Co-Directors of the Centre
Alan Jagolinzer
Professor of Financial Accounting
PhD (Pennsylvania State University)
Rafael Rogo
Professor of Accounting
PhD (Northwestern University)
Deputy Director of the Centre
Jenny Chu
Professor of Financial Accounting
PhD (University of California, Berkeley)
Jan Bouwens
Professor of Management Accounting
PhD (Tilburg University)
Sarah Kroechert
Assistant Professor in Accounting
PhD (Humboldt University of Berlin)
Eilis Egan
Associate (Visiting)
BA (School of Oriental and African Studies), MA (King’s College London)
Eilis’s research at Cambridge Judge Business School focuses on the Critical Thinking Skills Project, which aims to equip children with the tools to navigate misinformation and disinformation online. She designs and tests age-appropriate learning resources. By exploring participatory methods, she examines how children can learn to question information, assess evidence, and build resilience against fake news, supporting safer and more critical digital engagement.
Geoff Meeks
Emeritus Professor of Financial Accounting
PhD (University of Edinburgh)
Geoffrey Whittington
Fellow (Finance) & Emeritus Professor
PhD (University of Cambridge)
Christopher Armstrong
EY Associate Professor of Accounting, Wharton School of Business
Associate Editor of The Accounting Review, and on the editorial boards of Journal of Accounting and Economics, and Journal of Accounting Research
Mary E Barth
Emerita Professor of Accounting, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Annette Beatty
Professor, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University
Anne Beyer
The Staehelin Family Professor of Accounting, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Gonzalve Bich
Chairman, BIC Corporate Foundation for Education
Former CEO, BIC
Hui Chen
Professor of Accounting, University of Zurich
Patricia Dechow
Professor of Accounting, USC Marshall School of Business
Bjorn Jorgensen
Professor of Accounting, Copenhagen Business School
David F Larcker
James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Head of the Stanford University Corporate Governance Research Initiative
Jan Metzger
Global Head, Coverage Banking, Standard Chartered
Jan has more than 25 years of experience in the banking industry and currently serves as Global Head of Coverage Banking at Standard Chartered. Prior to joining Standard Chartered, he spent over a decade in senior leadership roles at Citi, including serving as Asia Pacific Head of Corporate and Investment Banking and previously as Global Co-Head of Technology Investment Banking. Jan began his career as a software engineer, specialising in artificial intelligence and voice recognition technologies. In his current role, he advises multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments on strategic advisory, financing and growth initiatives. He is also a trusted advisor to boards of directors and CEOs, helping organisations harness artificial intelligence and knowledge management capabilities to remain competitive and accelerate digital transformation.
Jan’s passion for entrepreneurship and innovation stems from his early career experience as Chief Technology Officer of a voice recognition startup. He is an active supporter of the innovation ecosystem, sponsoring scholarships in artificial intelligence and partnering with universities and organisations worldwide to develop entrepreneurship programmes, competitions and training initiatives for emerging founders.
Jan is also the author of Source Code Sunday, a publication that explores and analyses emerging disruptive technologies and their impact on business and society. Jan has a bachelor’s degree with a double major in both economics and computer science from the University of Sussex. He also holds an MPhil from the University of Cambridge.

