Wendy Beekes - 抖阴APP导航

Dr Wendy Beekes

Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance

Profile

Wendy Beekes is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at 抖阴APP导航 Management School. She joined 抖阴APP导航 in 2000 after completing a BSc Econ (Hons) in Business Studies (First Class Honours), an MSc Econ in Accounting and Finance, and a PhD in Accounting at the University of Wales Aberystwyth, where she also taught on undergraduate programmes.

Wendy's research focuses on corporate governance, financial reporting quality and corporate disclosures. Her work has examined the relationship between governance structures and the quality and timeliness of corporate reporting, including a Leverhulme Trust-funded project undertaken with Professor Philip Brown (University of Western Australia). Her research has been published in leading international journals including Accounting and Finance, Corporate Governance: An International Review and Journal of Business Finance and Accounting.

She has extensive experience in scholarly service, acting as reviewee for a range of international accounting and finance journals and serving on the Scientific Committee of several European Accounting Association Annual Congresses. She has also worked as academic consultant to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) on a research project relating to IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures.

Wendy is a Senior Fellow of Advance HE and was awarded a University teaching prize in recognition of her contribution to student learning. She teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in financial and management accounting, financial statement analysis and related areas. She has supervised numerous undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral research projects.

Alongside her teaching and research activities, Wendy has made significant contributions to academic leadership and quality enhancement within Department of Accounting and Finance. She currently serves as Teaching Director in Accounting and Finance, Programme Director and Academic Tutor for BSc (Hons) Accounting, Finance and Mathematics programme.

Qualifications

BSc Econ, MSc Econ, PhD Aberystwyth, CiLTHE, SFHEA

Current Teaching

Academic Year 2025-26

AcF 610 - Advanced Management Accounting (Lent term)

AcF654 - Management Accounting and Control (Lent term)

Academic Year 2026-27

ACFN5295 Intermediate Accounting and Finance (Lent Term)

ACFN7261 Management Accounting for Decision Making (Lent Term)

Professional Role

Teaching Director in Accounting and Finance

Programme Director & Academic Tutor for BSc (Hons) Accounting, Finance and Mathematics major students

Member of LU Senior Fellows Network

Member of LUMS Education and Student Experience Committee (ESEC)

Research Interests

Corporate Governance, Capital Markets, Firm Disclosures, Earnings Conservatism, Earnings timeliness.

Current Research

Timeliness and Corporate Governance

This research strand has developed from work with and is examining the link between corporate governance and the informativeness of firm disclosures. We have completed a number of individual country studies, a cross country study and a paper analysing the measures developed in the course of our research. These have been published in , and . There are also working papers available from my author page on .

Research Grants

March 2009: 'Corporate Governance, Disclosure Policies and the Timeliness of Price Discovery' (with P. Brown), The Leverhulme Trust Grant ?91,245. Completed

March 2008: 'Corporate Governance, Corporate Disclosure Policies and The Timeliness of Price Discovery: An International Study' (with P. Brown) 抖阴APP导航 Management School Small Grant ?2,776. Completed.

December 2005: ‘LUMS Visiting Professorship’ Grant for Professor P. Brown ?3,500. Completed.

December 2004: ‘Performance Management Systems in Action’ (with D. Otley and V. Ururuka) ?6,000 grant from Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). Completed.

October 2004: ‘Information Flows & Corporate Governance’ (with P. Brown) ?2,750 grant from 抖阴APP导航 Small Grants Committee. Completed.

Selected Publications

Beekes, W.A., Brown, P.R., Zhan, W., Zhang, Q. 03/2016 In: Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. 43, 3-4, p. 263-297. 35 p.
Journal article

Beekes, W., Brown, P., Zhang, Q. 12/2015 In: Accounting and Finance. 55, 4, p. 931-963. 33 p.
Journal article

Brown, P., Beekes, W.A., Verhoeven, P. 2011 In: Accounting and Finance. 51, 1, p. 96-172. 77 p.
Journal article

Beekes, W.A., Brown, P. 2006 In: Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. 33, 3-4, p. 422-450. 29 p.
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