Bertrand Malsch

Bertrand Malsch is Associate Professor of Accounting at the Smith School of Business at Queens University since 2013. He is also the PriceWaterhouseCoopers/Tom O’Neill Fellow of Accounting, and director of the CPA Ontario Research Centre for Corporate Reporting and Professionalism. He holds a PhD in accounting from Laval University and is a member of the Quebec Bar. He is the author of numerous leading articles in international academic journals on the subject of auditing, accounting regulation and governance. His work has been presented in many scholarly and professional conferences around the world. He is associate editor of the Behavioral Review of Accounting, Accounting Horizons, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, and Accounting and Business Research. He also serves on the editorial board of Accounting, Organizations and Society, and Contemporary Accounting Research. His current work funded by SSHRC and Smith research grants focuses on the role of accounting firms in tax avoidance mechanisms and the financial reporting processes of Indigenous communities. He regularly contributes to public policy discussions by publishing editorials reflecting the content of his research. Bertrand serves as a member of the Cannabis Oversight Committee established by the Cannabis Regulation Act in Quebec in 2019.