Gilad Livne

Position(s):	Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance and Course Director of MSc in International Accounting and Finance
Qualifications:	PhD (University of California at Berkeley); MSc (University of California at Berkeley); Certified Public Accountant (Israel); BA in Accounting and Economics (Tel Aviv University)
Faculty:	Finance
Expertise:	Financial reporting and disclosure, financial analysis, international accounting, asymmetric information and market microstructure, regulation of financial markets, financial analysts
Telephone:	+44 (0) 20 7040 5192
Fax:	+44 (0) 20 7040 8881
Room:	5066
E-mail:	g.livne@city.ac.uk

Background

Gilad joined Cass in 2005. Prior to that he served on the accounting faculty of the London Business School. He received his MSc and PhD in accounting at the University of California at Berkeley in 1996. Gilad is a CPA (Certified Public Accountant, Israel) and worked several years as a senior auditor in Israel, after completing his BA in accounting and economics at Tel Aviv University. Gilad's teaching involves financial statement analysis, international accounting as well as introductory and advanced financial accounting courses. Gilad has taught on Undergraduate, MBA, Executive MBA, Sloan and MSc programmes. In addition to teaching at Cass and LBS, Gilad has also taught at Lancaster University, on the Rochester–Bern Executive MBA Program, and on company-specific programmes, such as ExxonMobil and Pearson/FT. Gilad has also conducted consulting activities on corporate disclosure issues. Gilad's research focuses on understanding how capital markets react to accounting information. Current research looks into international accounting issues, accounting for intangibles, the role of non-financial information, firm-coverage decisions by analysts and soft dollar arrangements between money managers and brokerage houses. Gilad has widely presented his research in conferences and universities in Europe and the United States.

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