About

I make hidden corporate and professional behavior measurable, teach the next generation of sustainability and forensic accounting professionals, and engage with Singapore regulators on reporting and compliance.

I am an Associate Professor of Accounting with tenure at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. My research builds measures of what companies and the people around them actually do: greenwashing, tax avoidance, diversity tokenism, misconduct by financial advisors, and bias in analysts’ forecasts.

I develop novel measurement approaches using job postings, linguistic analysis of SEC filings, and machine learning to reveal what companies actually do, not what they claim. My work has been published in Nature, Management Science, the Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, and the Review of Accounting Studies.

Before academia, I was a Senior Corporate Tax Advisor at a Big 4 firm in Hong Kong. That experience taught me how corporations construct narratives. Now I deconstruct them.

Education

Ph.D. in Finance University of Texas at Austin

M.Sc. in Finance University of Texas at Austin

M.Sc. in Economics Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Beta Gamma Sigma)

B.Sc. in Accounting and Finance University of Birmingham (First Class Hons, Ranked #1, Full Scholarship)

Editorial service

Associate Editor European Accounting Review (2025–present)

Editorial Board Member Communications Sustainability (Nature Portfolio, 2026–present)

Editorial Boards

The Accounting Review (2023–present)
Accounting, Organizations and Society (2024–present)
Contemporary Accounting Research (2026–present)

Journal Refereeing

44 journals overall, including:

Journal of Accounting Research
Journal of Accounting and Economics
Contemporary Accounting Research
Management Science
Review of Financial Studies
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Review of Finance

External Reviewer Hong Kong Research Grant Council (2017–present)

Advisory Board

Founding Academic Advisory Board member, Center for Corporate Behavior and Regulation Analysis, University of Mannheim (2026–present)

Research awards

Best Archival Paper Award, AAA Auditing Midyear Meeting
Excellence in Refereeing Award, Journal of Accounting Research
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Contemporary Accounting Research
Excellence in Reviewing Award, Management Science
Distinguished Service Award, Management Science (2 times)
AAA FARS Excellence in Reviewing Award (7 times)
Best Reviewer Award, Hawaii Accounting Research Conference (3 times)

Teaching recognition

Teacher of the Year Award, Accountancy Division, NTU (2022)
Courses:
- Forensic Accounting with GenAI (MSc Accountancy)
- Sustainability Reporting (MSc Finance)
- Accounting Recognition and Measurement (Undergraduate)

Professional experience

2016–present Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2012–2016 Tilburg University, Netherlands (Assistant Professor, CentER Fellow)

2002–2006 KPMG Hong Kong (Senior Corporate Tax Advisor)

University leadership

2026–present 11th NTU Senate Steering Committee Member

Regulatory engagement

I have engaged with regulatory bodies on detecting corporate misconduct, tax evasion, and sustainability fraud:

IRAS Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore: Workshops on AI and analytics for tax compliance (2020, 2025)

CPIB Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau: Research meeting on corruption detection and forensic investigations (2021)

MAS

Monetary Authority of Singapore: Consultation responses (2025)

IFRS

International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation
Comment letter on post-implementation review (2025)

MHA Ministry of Home Affairs: Protection from Scams Bill consultation (2024)

Speaking and executive education

I give talks and executive-education sessions on sustainability reporting, AI in auditing, and corporate fraud detection. For speaking or training inquiries, please get in touch.