Mrs Cathy Myles

Position:

Senior Teaching Fellow in Accounting and Finance
Head of Year, Accounting and Finance

Email:C.Myles@leeds.ac.uk
Telephone:+ 44(0) 113 343 3692
Location:2.05
Category:Academic, Accounting and Finance
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Profile

Qualifications

Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, Leeds Metropolitan University, U.K.

BA (Hons) Accountancy, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, U.K.

Professional Qualifications and Memberships

Chartered Accountant (ACA) - The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Fellow of HEA - The Higher Education Academy

 

Experience

Cathy is a Chartered Accountant and spent time in the banking sector before moving into professional practice.  The majority of this time was with Ernst & Young both in Leeds and Sydney where she specialised in the retail industry within audit and assurance.  Cathy then moved into teaching and spent time with BPP and Leeds Metropolitan University before moving to her current role at Leeds University Business School as a Senior Teaching Fellow and Head of Year. 

Teaching

During her time as a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University, Cathy received exceptional student feedback on a regular basis and her students' professional exam pass rates were consistently and significantly above the national average: ACCA P2 (Corporate Reporting); 2009 pass rate of 86% compared to the national average of 58%.