Dr Yannis Tsalavoutas

Biography

After completing his undergraduate studies at the Technological Educational Institute of Athens (BSc in Business Administration), Yannis undertook the MBA Programme at the University of Stirling with specialisation in Corporate Finance. In November 2009, he completed his PhD in Accounting at the University of Edinburgh. Yannis' work experience includes positions as an accounting assistant (in Greece) and as a financial accounting and reporting analyst at Company Reporting Ltd in Edinburgh. Prior to joining the University of Glasgow in January 2015, Yannis was a Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Stirling. In parallel to his current post at the University of Glasgow, Yannis is a visiting Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Bamberg, a member of the Accounting Standards Committee of ICAS, Chair of the European Financial Reporting Network (EUFIN) and the Treasurer of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Special Interest Group (FARSIG) of the British Accounting and Finance Association.

Research Interest

Areas of expertise: Financial accounting and reporting (with an appeal to practitioners, investors and the academic community). In particular, investigating companies reporting practices under International Financial Reporting Standards across different jurisdictions, along with any economic consequences that may arise from divergence in practice; Corporate governance as an influential factor for companies' financial reporting practices.