Updated on May. 19, 2008.
Idlan Zakaria is a lecturer in accounting at the School of Accounting, Finance and Management, University of Essex. Originally from Malaysia, she spent part of her childhood in Durham, England before returning home to pursue her secondary and undergraduate education.
She then returned to England to pursue her Masters, and subsequently her PhD, in Accounting and Finance, at Lancaster University Management School. Her research interests lie in corporate governance, voluntary disclosure, international accounting harmonisation and financial reporting.
Away from work her interests lie in sports, photography, reading and comedy.