Professor Tam Nguyen’s Inaugural Lecture

In this inaugural lecture, Professor Tam Nguyen, a Professor of Accounting and Finance at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, will explore the following; How has accounting changed over time?; The current stage of accounting and Accounting for future sustainability.

Accounting has evolved from its initial function of recording historical information (such as sales, expenses, and profit) and serving specific users (e.g., business owners and shareholders) to broader responsibilities to various stakeholders (including society and communities) in a future-oriented perspective. Accounting has a significant role in enhancing future sustainability.

The lecture will focus on Sustainability reporting: frameworks & practices; Sustainability reporting and Artificial Intelligence (AI); Sustainable corporate governance and ESG, climate change and sustainable development goals.

Biography

Professor Tam Nguyen (PhD, FCCA, CPA Australia, PGCHE, FHEA) is a Professor of Accounting and Finance at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University. He has been qualified as a chartered accountant with several professional accountancy bodies, including the ACCA, UK; CPA Australia; CIPFA, and CPA Vietnam. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His research interests include financial reporting, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and climate finance.

Before commencing his professorial position at NTU, Dr Tam Nguyen was an associate professor at the University of Nottingham. He also worked at various universities in the UK, including the University of Southampton, the University of Winchester, and Southampton Solent University.

Before becoming an academic, he had extensive experience in practice as a finance manager, audit manager, and senior auditor at various organisations, including Samsung, Deloitte, and RSM Global.

He has published his research in several renowned research journals, including Energy Economics, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Business and Society, Financial Accountability and Management, International Review of Financial Analysis, Accounting Forum, Business Strategy and the Environment, and Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting.

His research projects have been funded by different organizations, such as: The Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) programme's Flexible Research Fund (FRF) (£90,000); The British Academy (£30,000); the University of Nottingham (£20,000); the AVSEglobal among the others.

Professor Tam Nguyen is currently Associate Editor at (i) Journal of Applied Accounting Research, (ii) Accounting Research Journal, and (iii) an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies.