Luc PAUGAM

Luc Paugam is the holder of the Forvis Mazars chair Purposeful Governance. He obtained a Ph.D. in financial accounting and a MSc in Finance from Université Paris Dauphine. Luc graduated from ENS Paris-Saclay and is a CFA charterholder. His research focuses on issues surrounding financial reporting of M&As (goodwill, intangible assets), corporate whistleblowing, CSR, and activist short sellers. Luc has published in several academic journals including Accounting, Organizations & Society, Abacus, Review of finance, Comptabilité Contrôle Audit, Contemporary Accounting Research, European Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Business Law, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, and Strategic Management Journal. Books co-authored by Luc include Brand Valuation (Routledge), Evaluation Financière et Normes IFRS (Economica) and Evaluation Financière de la Marque (Economica). Luc teaches financial accounting in the Grande Ecole and MBA programs. Prior to joining HEC Paris, Luc has been a consultant in corporate finance, an associate professor at ESSEC Business School and a visiting scholar at the University of Houston and INSEAD. Luc is an associate editor of European Accounting Review and a board member of the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Accounting and Business Research, Accounting in Europe, Accounting Forum and a member of CFA France. He received the ESSEC foundation teaching award in 2016.