Albert MENSAH
Assistant Professor
Accounting and Management Control

Biography
Albert received his Ph.D. in Accounting from the City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong), his Master of Management Science (Accounting) degree from Xiamen University (China), and his Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting & Finance) degree from the University of Cape Coast (Ghana). Before his academic appointment at HEC, Albert worked as a principal research assistant and course instructor at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He has also previously worked in the corporate setting (in Ghana) as a hotel accounts officer and acting accountant and currently serves as a financial accounting consultant (in France), board member (in Hong Kong) and managing director (inter absentes) to a Ghanaian tech-based startup. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Chartered Economist (Ch.E) and a Chartered Financial Economist (Ch.FE).
Albert teaches the Financial Accounting course on the MBA program and has been recently ranked by Poets&Quants as Number 4 on the list of "Top 10 MBA Professors to Watch in 2022." As regards research, Albert has archival research expertise in several areas (eg, corporate disclosure, including big data; political economy; debt contracting, etc.). Away from research, he is a tennis fanatic.
Scientific articles
Journal of International Accounting Research, Summer 2019, vol. 18, n° 2, pp 31-64, (in coll. with Jinshuai HU, Albert TSANG)
Scientific articles
Journal of International Accounting Research, Summer 2019, vol. 18, n° 2, pp 31-64, (in coll. with Jinshuai HU, Albert TSANG)
Education
Academic appointments
Academic Responsibilities at HEC
- 2020- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris
- 2019- Assistant Professor, Accounting and Management Control HEC Paris
External Academic Responsibilities
- 2016-2018 Tutor, Teaching Assistant City University of Hong Kong
Scientific Activities
Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation
- American Accounting Association (AAA), Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA), European Accounting Association (EAA), Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG), American Academy of Financial Management (AAFM)