Daphne LUI

Associate Professor
department: Accounting and Management Control 
Campus de Singapour
+65 6835 7513
Financial Accounting & auditing – Corporate Finance
Career
Biography

Daphne Lui is an Associate Professor of Accounting and the Associate Academic Director of the Global BBA program at ESSEC Business School's Singapore campus. Her research focuses on financial reporting quality, corporate disclosure, financial intermediaries, and executive compensation, with a keen interest in integrating machine learning into her work.

At ESSEC, Daphne has taught across a wide range of programs, including the Master in Management, Master in Finance, Master in Strategy & Management of International Business, PhD programs, and the Global BBA.

Before transitioning to academia, Daphne had a career in corporate finance, where she advised multinational clients on capital raising and corporate restructuring. She holds an MSc in Finance and a PhD in Accounting from London Business School.

Career
Other Academic Appointments
    • 2022 – Now : Associate Academic Director of Global BBA APAC (ESSEC Business School Singapore)
    • 2016 – 2022 : PhD coordinator – Accounting and Auditing concentration (ESSEC Business School France)
Full-time academic appointments
    • 2016 – Now : Associate Professor (ESSEC Business School Singapore)
    • 2009 – 2016 : Assistant Professor (ESSEC Business School Singapore)
Distinctions
Research

Journal articles

Teaching

Thesis co-director

  • 2024 : Three Essays on Corporate Disclosure and Investment Analysis (ESSEC Business School France)
  • Now : (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2021 : Three Essays on Corporate Information Communications (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2013 – 2019 : Three essays on goodwill impairment disclosure (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2010 – 2015 : Three Essays on the Monitoring Role of Financial Analysts (ESSEC Business School France)
Other activities
Research activities
  • Senior or Associate Editor
    • 2021 – 2023: Associate Editor – Accounting Forum
  • Editorial Board Membership
    • 2020 – 2021: Editorial board membership – Accounting Forum
  • Participation in scientific commissions or reviewer for a conference
    • 2014 – Now: Member of the scientific committee of the European Accounting Association annual congress (Financial analysis Section)
Theses
  • 2013 : ANDREICOVICI Ionela-Irina (ESSEC Business School), Thesis co-director, Three essays on goodwill impairment disclosure
  • 2010 : HUANG Zhongwei (ESSEC Business School), Thesis co-director, Three Essays on the Monitoring Role of Financial Analysts
  • 2021 : LIU J. (ESSEC Business School), Thesis co-director, Three Essays on Corporate Information Communications
  • – : TAN H. (ESSEC Business School), Thesis co-director,
  • 2024 : TAO C. (ESSEC Business School), Thesis co-director, Three Essays on Corporate Disclosure and Investment Analysis