prof. dr. Kees Camfferman, RA

Full Professor, School of Business and Economics, Accounting

Full Professor, Amsterdam Business Research Institute

Personal information

Kees Camfferman is professor of Financial Accounting at the School of Business and Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. While pursuing a full-time academic career, he has been a close observer of the evolving world of corporate reporting, both in the Netherlands and internationally. He holds a Dutch audit certification ('registeraccountant') and is a member of the Dutch Accounting Standards Board.

Research

Kees' research adresses the institutional framework of corporate reporting: law, accounting standards, enforcement agencies, the audit profession. He researches these topics both from a current-affairs and a historical perspective. Specific themes include:

Accounting standard setting, in particular by the IASC and the IASB, and the relationship between IFRS and local regulatory frameworks
Financial reporting and company law
Voluntary disclosure
The auditing profession in the Netherlands and Europe

Teaching

Kees teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in financial accounting and reporting. He is programme director of the MSc Accounting and Control, and actively working with the executive education programs in SBE's School of Accounting to to maintain and develop a strong and coherent portfolio of programs in the area of accounting and control.

Ancillary activities

Protestantse Gemeente Amstelveen-Buitenveldert | Amstelveen | Bestuurder | 2015-01-11 - present
Raad voor de Jaarverslaggeving | Amsterdam | Lid | 2021-02-18 - present

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