Gary Hsu

Gary Hsu is an Associate Professor in Accounting at Durham University Business School. His research examines financial reporting, auditing practices, and corporate governance, with a focus on how governance mechanisms influence reporting quality in different institutional settings. Current projects investigate family ownership effects on accounting conservatism and IFRS adoption outcomes.

He has published extensively on auditor choice in family firms, board structure in IPOs, and audit committee effectiveness. His work employs empirical methods to analyze corporate failure predictors and reporting decisions.

Hsu has served as Director of Research in the Department of Accounting and program director for BSc Accounting & Finance. He teaches auditing, corporate governance, and financial accounting at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and has redesigned accounting curricula.