Leigh Ellen Walsh

Biography

Leigh Ellen received her PhD from York University’s Schulich School of Business and is an Assistant Professor of in Accounting at the Telfer School of Management. Her research focuses on accounting and financial communications in the public sector, with a particular focus on open government and open data initiatives. Leigh Ellen holds a dual Masters in Public Administration from the London School of Economics and the Paris Institute of Political Studies. She returned to academia after practising as s a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA,CA) for almost ten years, both in Canada and abroad. She has taught a variety of accounting courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels and delivered training on international accounting to staff at organizations including the European Commission and NATO.