Professor Laura Spira

Professor of Corporate Governance (Emeritus), Oxford Brooks University

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Professor Laura Spira

Professor of Corporate Governance (Emeritus), Oxford Brooks University


Professor Spira is a Visiting Professor and a member of the university's Centre for Governance, Risk and Accountability.

She is a member of the ICAEW Research Advisory Board and a founder member of the British Accounting Association Corporate Governance Special Interest Group. She is a former joint editor of the Journal of Applied Accounting Research and remains on the editorial board. Since 2006 she has been a member of ESRC Peer Review College.

Professor Spira's research include:

  • Corporate governance
  • Internal audit and the management of risk