About

I am a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance and currently teach on a variety of accounting and finance modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. I also supervise undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations. Prior to joining the university, I was a practitioner in the automotive industry, predominantly overseas.

Teaching responsibilities

I currently teach and am module leader for Strategic and Financial Performance Management (postgraduate), Financial Accounting (undergraduate), Financial Reporting (undergraduate) and Contemporary Reporting Issues (undergraduate). I supervise dissertations at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

I have previously taught Mergers and Acquisitions (postgraduate), Financial Statement Analysis (undergraduate) and on ACCA and CIMA professional programmes.

Professional interests

Professionally, I am interested in business development and performance improvement, particularly with small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

I am an examiner for two papers for the Institute of Financial Accountants, a former Board Member of the East Midlands branch of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and have set Objective Test Questions (OTQs) for CIMA F2 paper.

Research interests

My research interests include: business development and improvement, sustainability, corporate social responsibility and corporate financial performance, accounting standards development, SMEs and both profit and not-for-profit organisations.

Membership of professional bodies

• Fellow of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA)
• Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
• Chartered Management Accountant (CMA)
• Member of Chartered Institute of Marketing (MCIM)
• Member of Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
• Member of Chartered Management Institute (MCMI)

Qualifications

Research qualifications

• Phd in Business (part time - ongoing)
• Postgraduate qualifications: 
• Postgraduate Diploma in Academic Practice in Research - University of Derby
• Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education - Nottingham Trent University
• Certificate in Healthcare Finance - Healthcare Financial Management Association
• Diploma in Strategic Business Coaching - Chartered Management Institute
• MBA Master of Business Administration - Duke University, North Carolina, USA
• Diploma in Marketing - Chartered Institute of Marketing

Undergraduate qualifications

• BSc Honours in International Business and Modern Languages - Aston University, Birmingham, UK
• Management Degree Programme 1 year exchange - Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

Recent conferences

• British Accounting And Finance Association, Annual Conference Of The Northern Area Group,10th ‒ 11th September 2018, Derby Business School, University of Derby, Derby, UK. Paper presented: ‘Ethical judgement and intent in business school students: the role of the psyche?’ (joint paper with Y. Kotera).
• British Academy of Management Sustainable and Responsible Business Special Interest Group Workshop, 7^th February 2018, University of Derby, UK. Presentation of book chapter: ‘Methodological approaches to carbon footprinting’.
• British Accounting And Finance Association, Annual Conference Of The Northern Area Group,14th ‒ 15th September 2017, Bangor Business School, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd. Paper presented: ‘A study of adoption rates and financial effects of IFRS for SMEs’.
• British Academy of Management (BAM), Annual Conference BAM2017, 5–7 September 2017, Warwick Business School, University Of Warwick, UK. Paper presented: ‘CSR, Financial Performance and Risk: does it add up for mid-caps?’
• Social Responsibility Research Network (SRRNet), 16^th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility and 7^th Organisational Governance Conference, 30^th August-1^st September 2017, University of Derby, Buxton, UK. Paper presented: ‘Does Good Integrated Reporting Improve Corporate Social Responsibility?’
• Centre for Social & Environmental Accounting Research, 15-16 May 2017, Toulouse Business School, Toulouse, France. Paper presented: ‘Corporate Social Responsibility in French listed companies – good for performance, poor for risk?’
• British Accounting and Finance Association – Northern Area Group, 1-2 September 2016, Loughborough University. Paper presented: ‘Did removing prudence from the Conceptual Framework impact accounting conservatism?’
• SDS 2015 – Sustainable Development Symposium, 5th Annual European Postgraduate Symposium, 15-17 June 2015, Lisbon, Portugal. Paper presented: ‘Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Rating Firms: Help or Hindrance?’ Abstract published in conference proceedings ISBN:978-972-9346-40-8.
• British Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, 23-25 March 2015, Manchester University. Paper presented: ‘UK financial reporting and prudence’.
• East Midlands Universities Research Conference, 18 September 2014, University of Leicester. Paper presented: ‘Does being socially responsible cost or benefit a company?’
• British Accounting and Finance Association – South West Group, 12 September 2014, Cardiff Business School, University of Cardiff. Paper presented: ‘Accounting Conservatism – is it changing?’
• British Accounting and Finance Association – Northern Area Group, 8-9 September 2014, Newcastle Business School, University of Northumbria. Paper presented: ‘Is UK Reporting Becoming Less Prudent?’
• ‘Low Carbon Procurement Opportunities -What's in it for Business?’ Conference held at University of Derby, 26^th June 2014. Facilitator for two external speaker sessions.
• SDS 2014 – Sustainable Development Symposium, 4th Annual European Postgraduate Symposium, 19-21 February 2014, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Paper presented: ‘Engaging Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Low Carbon Agenda’.
• British Accounting and Finance Association – Northern Area Group, 8-9 September 2013, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University. Paper presented: ‘CSR, CFP and investment ranking – a fair reflection on value?’
• SDS 2013 – Sustainable Development Symposium, 3^rd Annual European Postgraduate Symposium, 13-15 February 2013, Naples, Italy. Paper presented: ‘The qualitative impact of sustainability support to Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)’.

Experience in industry

Prior to moving into teaching and research, I worked for 17 years in industry, initially as a management accountant, later moving into Finance Director and Managing Director roles. My background is in the automotive industry and encompassed a variety of roles and projects, such as feasibility studies, accounting, finance, company secretarial, purchasing and logistics optimisation and company startups. The majority of my experience is overseas, in countries such as Germany, Poland, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Slovenia and China. The latter experience involved being the Managing Director for a company start up in northern China for two years, taking the company from an idea on a spreadsheet through site selection, design, build and selection and training of employees leading to a fully functioning manufacturing and machining facility supplying customers both internally in China and also exporting to the US.

I have also been a Non-Executive Board member of a NHS Primary Care Trust and a not-for-profit Housing Association.

Recent publications

Journals (all peer reviewed)

• Conway, E. (2019 accepted) ‘To Agree or Disagree? An analysis of CSR Ratings Firms’. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal
• Conway, E. (work-in-progress) ‘Financial Accounting Challenges to Support New Business Models: the case of the circular economy’.
• Conway, E. (work-in-progress) ‘Corporate Social Responsibility in French listed companies – good for performance, poor for risk?’
• Conway, E., Kotera, Y. (work-in-progress) ‘Ethical judgement and intent in business school students: the role of the psyche?’
• Conway, E. (2019 accepted) ‘Did removing prudence from the Conceptual Framework impact accounting conservatism?’ International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance.
• Conway, E. (2019 accepted) ‘Quantitative impacts of mandatory integrated reporting’. Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting.
• Kotera, Y., Conway, E., Van Gordon, W. (2018) ‘Mental Health Attitudes in UK Business Students: Moderator in the Relationship between Self-compassion and Mental Health Symptoms’. Journal of Education for Business. https://doi.org/10.1080/08832323.2018.1496898
• Kotera, Y., Conway, E., Van Gordon, W. (2018) ‘Ethical judgement and mental health of UK business students: relationship with motivation and self-compassion’. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-018-0034-2
• Lavender, S.G., Conway, E. (2018) ‘The impact of digitalisation on UK retail banking strategies’. Critical Perspectives on Business Management. Volume 6, pp. 21-41.
• Mir, A., Conway, E. (2018) ‘The advantages and disadvantages of integrated reporting for UK multinational enterprises’. Critical Perspectives on Business Management. Volume 6, pp. 2-20.
• Kalinga, N., Conway, E. (2018) ‘An Investigation into the Wage Rates in the Malawian Tea Industry’. Critical Perspectives on Business Management. Volume 6, pp. 42-57.
• Mtambalika, I., Conway, E. (2016) ‘Accountants’ perceptions of the development of Integrated Reporting – a two country study’. Critical Perspectives on Business Management. Volume 5, pp2-16.
• Conway, E. (2015) ‘Engaging Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the low carbon agenda’, Energy, Sustainability and Society, 5:1:32. DOI: 10.1186/s13705-015-0060-x, URL: http://www.energsustainsoc.com/content/5/1/32
• Conway, E. (2014) ‘Is UK Financial Reporting Becoming Less Prudent?’, European Journal of Economics and Management, Volume 1, No. 2, pp26-48.
• Conway, E. (2014) ‘Does Corporate Social Responsibility Pay?’ Critical Perspectives on Business Management, Volume 3, pp41-51.
• Conway, E. (2014) ‘Assessing sustainability support to Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)’, Journal of Performability Engineering, Volume 10, Number 4, pp377-386.

Reports

‘Engagement of Derbyshire-based small and medium sized enterprises in the low carbon economy - a report of SME activity within the low carbon agenda’, published within ‘Low Carbon Economy Engaged Research Project – Findings Report’, a combined research project for University of Derby, Derby City and Derbyshire County Councils, August 2013.

Book chapters

• Conway, E. (2018) ‘Should we expect exemplary integrated reporting to increase organisational ESG ratings?’ (pp 135-162) in ‘Responsibility and governance: the twin pillars of sustainability’. Crowther, D., Seifi, S., Wond, T. (eds.) Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1047-8
• Conway, E. (2018). ‘Sustainability, the Triple Bottom Line and Corporate Social Responsibility’ (pp 15-35) in ‘Contemporary Issues in Accounting’. Conway, E. and Byrne, D. (eds.) Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91113-7
• Crookes, L., Conway, E. (2018). ‘Technology Challenges in Accounting and Finance’ (pp. 61-83) in ‘Contemporary Issues in Accounting’. Conway, E. and Byrne, D. (eds.) Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91113-7
• Conway, E. (2018). ‘The Future of Accountancy – Beyond the Numbers’ (pp 187-195) in ‘Contemporary Issues in Accounting’. Conway, E. and Byrne, D. (eds.) Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91113-7
• Conway, E. (2017). ‘Measuring Carbon: An Organisational Management Perspective’, (pp. 117-140) in ‘The Low Carbon Economy: Understanding and Supporting a Sustainable Transition’. Baranova, P., Conway, E., Lynch, N. Paterson, F. (eds.) London. Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56753-2
• Baranova, P., Conway, E. (2017). ‘Transition to a Low Carbon Economy: an SME perspective’, (pp 87-115) in ‘The Low Carbon Economy: Understanding and Supporting a Sustainable Transition’. Baranova, P., Conway, E., Lynch, N. Paterson, F. (eds.) London. Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56753-2
• Conway, E., Paterson, F., Baranova, P. (2017). ‘The transition to a low carbon economy: a call for collaborative action towards the ‘new normal’, (pp. 199-210) in ‘The Low Carbon Economy: Understanding and Supporting a Sustainable Transition’. Baranova, P., Conway, E., Lynch, N. Paterson, F. (eds.) London. Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56753-2

Conference proceedings

SDS 2015 – Sustainable Development Symposium, 5th Annual European Postgraduate Symposium, 15-17 June 2015, Lisbon, Portugal. Paper presented: ‘Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Rating Firms: Help or Hindrance?’ Abstract published in conference proceedings ISBN:978-972-9346-40-8.

‘The qualitative impact of sustainability support to Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)’; abstract published in ‘SDS 2013 – Sustainable Development Symposium’, Rogiosi Editore, Naples, Italy, ISBN 978-88-97893-28-8, February 2013.

‘Engaging Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Low Carbon Agenda’; abstract published in ‘SDS 2014 – Sustainable Development Symposium’, Slovak Committee for Scientific Management, Bratislava, ISBN 978-80-970684-2-4, February 2014.

Other publications

'Sustainability matters': a commentary on sustainability for an article published on the website of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA), November 2014: http://www.accaglobal.com/uk/en/student/acca-qual-student-journey/sa/features/sustainability.html