Leigh Ellen Walsh

Biography

Leigh Ellen is a PhD Candidate at York University’s Schulich School of Business and recently joined the Telfer School of Management as a Lecturer in Accounting. 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.