Simon Magennis

Biography

Simon is an Irish qualified Chartered Accountant from Dublin, Ireland with 15 years full time experience teaching accounting and finance courses at post-secondary level. Eleven and one half of these years were in Ireland, three years at Dublin City University (DCU) and the remainder at the Institute of Technology Tallaght (ITT), Dublin. All of the teaching at ITT was at the undergraduate level, but he has three years experience teaching Financial Reporting at Masters level at DCU. His education includes BA in Accounting & Finance (1992), MBS in Accounting (1993), BSc. in Education and training (2011), all from DCU, and a Chartered Accountant professional designation (1998). In 2016 he was designated a CPA in Canada. Simon has seven years experience in professional accounting practice, industry and regulatory environments. Throughout my professional career he has given his time to the profession through involvement in the Chartered Accountants Ireland professional examination process and to society through his involvement with various voluntary organisations. Simon’s education, professional work experience and past teaching experience all influence his teaching at MRU.

Research Interest

Financial Accounting Practices, Principles of Auditing.