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Waqar ALI

Assistant Professor

Accounting and Management Control

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Biography

Waqar received his Ph.D. in Accounting and M.S. in Management Sciences from INSEAD, his ACA certification from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and his BSc (Honours) in Accounting and Finance from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). His research focuses on the real and contracting effects of financial reporting, the role of accounting in debt markets, risk management accounting, revenue recognition, and standard-setting issues. Waqar received the 2024 FARS Best Dissertation Award for his research on the Economic Effects of Standard Setting. At HEC Paris, Waqar teaches Financial Accounting and Reporting in the MBA program, and Financial Statement Analysis to Executives and Masters students. Previously, Waqar has taught financial and managerial accounting to MBA and Masters students at INSEAD, and undergraduate advanced accounting, auditing, and managerial accounting at LUMS' Suleman Dawood School of Business. Before joining academia, Waqar held positions at Grant Thornton London (UK) in Assurance and at PricewaterhouseCoopers London (UK) in Treasury Advisory and Risk Management.

Scientific articles

Real Effects of Hedge Accounting Standards

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming, (in coll. with D. BENS, G. CASSAR)

Working papers

Scientific articles

Real Effects of Hedge Accounting Standards

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming, (in coll. with D. BENS, G. CASSAR)

Working papers

Education

  • Ph.D., Accounting and Control, INSEAD - France

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2023- Assistant Professor, Accounting and Management Control HEC Paris
  • 2023- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris, GREGHEC HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Editorial activities

  • Ad-hoc reviewer, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting American Accounting Association FARS Mid-Year Meeting