Hesham Bassyouny

Dr Hesham Bassyouny is a Lecturer in Accounting at Southampton Business School, specializing in Financial Accounting research. His teaching focuses on Financial Reporting, Advanced Financial Accounting, and Introduction to Accounting and Finance.

• PhD in Accounting (University of Portsmouth, 2020)
• MSc in Accounting and Finance (Alexandria University)

Research explores narrative reporting, corporate governance, and financial reporting quality, with recent publications analyzing:

• Social capital and governance impacts on earnings management
• Narrative tone in principle-based regulation
• Executive characteristics' influence on financial disclosures
• Cross-country governance comparisons

Active in top journals like International Review of Financial Analysis and Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation. Supervises multiple PhD candidates in Business Studies.

• Fellow of the UK Advanced Higher Education (HEA)