Management Practice Associate Professor
Director of the Executive Master of Accounting Programme
BS, MBA (Brigham Young University), PhD (Wharton School of Business)
My research interests include disclosure regulation, regulatory enforcement, financial reporting choices, and accounting-based capital markets research. I was previously a Senior Instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder.
I’m a member of the Accounting subject group at Cambridge Judge Business School, which focuses on the creation, dissemination, interpretation, use, and governance of financial information, and examines how business managers utilise information to make strategic decisions.
Previous appointments
Michael was previously a Senior Instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Awards and honours
- Robert S. Wasley Teaching Award, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder, 2015
News and insights
Insight
Accounting for climate change
Accounting for rising sea levels and other uncertain effects of climate change present significant new challenges to companies and accountants, says Dr Michael Willis, Director of the Master of Accounting (MAcc) programme at Cambridge Judge Business School.
Accountants may seem unlikely warriors in the frontline of the climate change challenge, but the outlook is set fair for their role to become increasingly crucial.
Programme news
Why accountants are a big deal when landing the big deals
As global mergers and acquisitions get set to accelerate over the coming years, accountants will find themselves busy. So what makes a great M&A accountant?