The ICAS Research Panel

Guy became Chairman of the Research Panel in July 2017 and is a member of the Policy Leadership Board.

Guy is an Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh and is the former Global Head of Governance & Stewardship at Standard Life Investments. He retired from Standard Life after 30 years service. He has played a leading role in developing and implementing best practice in corporate governance and stewardship and was the recipient of ICSA’s Outstanding Achievement Award for 2015. He was Co-Chair of a number of bodies including the Global Auditor Investor Dialogue, the GC100 and Investor Group and the Conference Board's European Corporate Governance Council from 2007 to 2014. For many years, he was a member of the influential ABI Investment Committee, standing down in 2014. Guy served on the Standing Advisory Group of the PCAOB, the US audit regulator, from 2014 to 2016.

Also, Guy is a member and a Director of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), an Independent Non-Executive of Mazars LLP and a member of the Standing Advisory Group of the PCAOB, the US audit regulator.

Marie Gardner is Head of Research at ICAS. Originally from the South of France, Marie studied for a Master of Science in International Business jointly awarded by the CERAM (renamed as SKEMA) Business School in France and the University of Stirling. She trained as a chartered accountant with PwC mainly in financial services audit, and qualified as a member in 2003.

In February 2018, Marie joined ICAS to work in the ICAS Policy Leadership Division. Marie is responsible for the Research Centre at ICAS and is also a member of the team providing technical advice to members.

Mario is the Head of Corporate Reporting at Gather.  Mario leads the agency’s corporate reporting service providing advice to FTSE 350 companies, undertaking research and developing thought leadership. Mario is a Fellow of both CIMA and CPA Australia.

He is a member of the Technical Working Group of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board and the SME Implementation Group of the IASB.

Mario is also a member of the editorial board of Accounting in Europe. Mario previously held positions as Leader of Research and Development at the International Federation of Accountants and Research Director at EFRAG.  He also held other senior finance roles in the private and public sectors.

Dimitris joined the University of Strathclyde as a Lecturer in 2013 and by the age of 35 he became Professor in Finance in 2018. Meanwhile, Dimitris has been a visiting lecturer at Cass Business School, ESCP Europe, and SKEMA Business School. Based on his research he is ranked in the top 10% of Authors on SSRN by all-time downloads and my research is published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, and the European Journal of Finance among others.

Since 2012 his research and external engagements have generated approximately £250,000 and has led research grants funded by Innovate UK and BiP Solutions and by the French Chamber of Commerce. Also, Dimitris is an Associate Editor for the European Journal of Finance and have acted as Associate (Guest) Editor for the International Review of Financial Analysis and the Journal of Operational Research Society. Moreover, I have been invited to act as a Scientific Committee member for several conferences, I serve as research assessor for Carnegie Trust and as a regular ad-hoc reviewer for a number of scientific journals. Finally, I am actively engaging with industry in various roles such as consulting and R&D advisor.

Mark is Professor of Accounting at the School of Economics, Finance and Management at the University of Bristol. He obtained his PhD from Cardiff University, where he worked for 17 years. He has research interests in the links between financial reporting and capital markets and in corporate audit markets. Mark is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in financial reporting and is also Associate Editor of Accounting and Business Research.

Andrew has served as a member of Council, the Qualifications Board and joined the Research Panel in 2006 because of the opportunity to work with, not only members across business and practice but also leading figures in the accounting academic community.

Following a commission in the Royal Navy, Andrew joined KPMG in 1992, qualified as a CA and, after a period working in corporate finance, went on to be Head of Acquisition Finance at Clydesdale Bank before joining Macfarlane Group PLC in 1999. Andrew was Company Secretary and Director of Corporate Development at Macfarlane Group PLC and part of the Group's Executive Team leading corporate development, acquisitions and disposals, before leaving the Group in May 2015 to pursue new ventures.

Louise is a Professor of Accounting at Newcastle University Business School.  After training with KPMG to become a chartered accountant and member of ICAS, she held academic positions at Robert Gordon University, Dundee University, Abertay University and St Andrews University.  Louise is a visiting professor at the University of Bergamo and has been a visiting researcher at the University of Brescia for several years.

Louise's research interests include international financial reporting, professional accountancy education and NGO governance & accountability. She has received research funding for each of these areas which has led to the publication of her research, including the publication of two ICAS monographs.

Before being appointed to ICAS' Research Panel in 2011, Louise served for six years as a member of the Student Education Committee of ICAS. She is currently also a member of the Tayside Area Committee, which she has chaired since March 2012.

Hilary Eastman is Director of Investor Engagement at PwC, with responsibility for managing the firm's relationships with the investment community in the UK and globally. In her role, Hilary works with investors and analysts to get their views on a variety of corporate reporting and governance matters to help companies improve their reporting to the capital markets. She also seeks their views on matters that affect the accounting profession.

In addition, Hilary oversees the Corporate Reporting Users' Forum (CRUF) network around the world, facilitating dialogue between the investment community and standard setters and regulators on a range of corporate reporting topics.

Hilary previously worked at the IASB, where she led their investor engagement programme and the fair value measurement project, which resulted in IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement. She has a background in company and asset valuation.

Hilary is a member of the CFA Society of the UK's Financial Reporting and Analysis Committee and the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group's (EFRAG) User Panel. She is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute.

Eugene is the strategic lead for accountancy, audit and tax governance in HMRC's Large Business directorate. He currently provides strategic direction to the resourcing and deployment of accountants, audit and governance specialists across large business customers.

Eugene is a member of ICAS. He joined EY in 1980 as a trainee, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1983. After 18 years with EY, including two years in Prague and three years in the technical accounting department, he joined Large Business in Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs as a compliance accountant.

He has had various roles within HMRC's Large Business since then, all involving strategic leadership and direction of teams involved in combating tax avoidance.

He previously served as a member of the Accounting Standards Committee of ICAS.

Professor Stefano Zambon (PhD) is Chair of Accounting and Business Economics at the University of Ferrara, Italy. He has visiting appointments in universities in four continents. Stefano has more than 100 publications in books and international journals in the areas of management and reporting of intangibles, international financial reporting, and accounting theory and history.

He was the co-ordinator of the 2003 Study for the European Commission on the measurement of intangible assets and a member of the expert group that in 2006 prepared the EC Study ""RICARDIS"" on intangibles in research-based SMEs. He has been an invited key-note speaker at OECD, United Nations, European Parliament, European Commission, and French, Chinese and Japanese Governments' events on intangibles. In 2013 he was a member of the European Commission's Expert Group on ""IP Valuation"". Since April 2014 he has been the President of the of the official Expert Group on Intangibles set up by the French Government.

Stefano is the founding member of the global network ""World Intellectual Capital Initiative"" (WICI), and has been Deputy Chairman of the network since July 2013. He is also Chairman of WICI Europe and Secretary General of WICI Italy.