Staff Profile
Christopher Soan
Associate Dean Education
- Email: chris.soan@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 1651
- Address: Newcastle University Business School
Room 7.24.4
5 Barrack Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7SE
Profile
An experienced ICAEW Chartered Accountant, I am the Associate Dean Education for Newcastle University Business School and a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance. Previous roles here include Director of Education, Joint Subject Group Head of Accounting and Finance and Degree Programme Director for the NN14 Business Accounting and Finance programme (the Flying Start degree, a partnership with PwC and ICAEW running since 2003) at Newcastle University Business School.
The immediate past President of the ICAEW Northern Society of Chartered Accountants, I have a BA (Hons) in Accounting and Financial Analysis from Newcastle University and am a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA), by profession.
Before becoming an academic in 2010, I worked in two of the ‘big four’ accountancy practices in Newcastle as well as in industry in both the private and public sectors.
From a voluntary and engagement perspective I am an active participant in the Region's ICAEW committees. As well as being the Deputy President of the ICAEW Northern Society of Chartered Accountants, other roles have included four years as the President of the ICAEW Northern Chartered Accountant Student Society (“NCASS”), the Honorary Secretary of the ICAEW Northern Society of Chartered Accountants and two years as the Chairman of the ICAEW Tyne and Wear Branch. Other voluntary roles included being Treasurer of the Friends of the Theatre Royal committee for four years and current Treasurer of North Tyneside Swimming Club.
My subject specialisms include Financial Accounting, Financial Reporting, Audit & Assurance and Corporate Governance.
My current undergraduate teaching comprises "Introduction to Financial Accounting" (ACC1010).
In addition, teaching and module leadership in previous years has included:
ACC1052 The Financial Environment
ACC2005 Intermediate Financial Accounting
ACC2064 Audit & Assurance
ACC2066 Financial Accounting for Business
ACC3001 Financial Accounting