Albert MENSAH

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.