Professor ZHANG Liandong is the Dean of the School of Accountancy at Singapore Management University (SMU) and the Lee Kong Chian Professor of Accounting. Since joining SMU in 2017, he has held key leadership roles in the School’s strategic development, serving as Associate Dean (Research) from 2017 to 2023 and as Deputy Dean from 2023 to 2025. He was appointed Dean on 1 July 2025 following an international search.
Professor Zhang is an internationally renowned scholar whose research focuses on financial reporting and disclosure, corporate governance, and taxation. He has published extensively in top-tier journals, including Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Review of Accounting Studies, The Accounting Review, and Journal of Financial Economics. His work has made significant scholarly and societal impact and is widely cited in academic literature, regulatory policy documents, and the media. He has received multiple awards for research excellence, including an Honourable Mention at the 2024 Moskowitz Prize, and is a frequent speaker at leading academic and policy forums worldwide. He currently serves as Editor of Corporate Governance: An International Review and as Associate Editor for the Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics and International Review of Finance.
Professor Zhang holds a Ph.D. in Accounting from Nanyang Technological University and a Bachelor’s degree from Tsinghua University. Prior to joining SMU, he held faculty positions at City University of Hong Kong and the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University.