Richard Barker DPdilMA, DPhil

Richard read Modern History and Economics at Christ Church from 1986-89, and then following a period in industry with AstraZeneca, he completed an MPhil and a PhD at the Faculty of Economics, Cambridge University. In 1996, he was appointed to a Lectureship in Accounting at Cambridge’s Judge Business School. He also served as Director of the MBA Programme and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Cambridge University Press. Richard has held visiting posts at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business in the USA and at INSEAD in France. He joined Oxford’s Saïd Business School in 2012. Richard has won teaching awards at both Oxford and Cambridge, including in 2013 'Most Acclaimed Lecturer in the Social Sciences', awarded by Oxford University Student Union.

Richard’s research is focused on corporate reporting, including international accounting standards and investors’ use of financial statement information. Richard is the academic member of the Accounting Council, the UK's accounting standard-setter. He previously served on secondment as Research Fellow at the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in London.