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Bertrand Malsch
Centre Director
Bertrand Malsch is Associate Professor of Accounting at the Smith School of Business at Queens University since 2013.
He holds a PhD in accounting from Laval University and is a member of the Quebec Bar.
He is the author of numerous leading articles in international academic journals on the subject of auditing, accounting regulation and governance. His work has been presented in many scholarly and professional conferences around the world.
He is associate editor of the Behavioral Review of Accounting, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Accounting Horizons, and Accounting and Business Research. He also serves on the editorial board of Accounting, Organizations and Society, and Contemporary Accounting Research.
His current work funded by SSHRC and Smith research grants focuses on the role of accounting firms in tax avoidance mechanisms and the financial reporting processes of Indigenous communities.
He regularly contributes to public policy discussions by publishing editorials reflecting the content of his research. Bertrand serves as a member of the Cannabis Oversight Committee established by the Cannabis Regulation Act in Quebec in 2019. Bertrand is also an active member of the Extended External Reporting Advisory Group set by the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board in Canada in 2020 to discuss the future of auditing practice.
Erica Pimentel
Senior Research Fellow
Erica Pimentel is an Assistant Professor in the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University. She is in the Accounting Area where her teaching focuses on Financial Accounting.
Erica Pimentel’s research explores how technological disruption impacts the ways in which auditors engage with their work. She conducts this research using a variety of qualitative approaches, namely interviews and ethnography. She is currently working on projects that explores how remote working arrangements and blockchain are impacting audit practices. Her broader interest is in thinking about how professions are changing in light of new technologies and the on-going crisis of expertise.
Erica holds a PhD and MBA from Concordia University, an LLM in Tax from York University. She is CPA, CA and worked in public accounting before entering academia.
Bertrand Malsch is Associate Professor of Accounting at the Smith School of Business at Queens University since 2013.
He holds a PhD in accounting from Laval University and is a member of the Quebec Bar.
He is the author of numerous leading articles in international academic journals on the subject of auditing, accounting regulation and governance. His work has been presented in many scholarly and professional conferences around the world.
He is associate editor of the Behavioral Review of Accounting, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Accounting Horizons, and Accounting and Business Research. He also serves on the editorial board of Accounting, Organizations and Society, and Contemporary Accounting Research.