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Leon Coopasamy

Lecturer in Accounting and Auditing

Leon Coopasamy

Specialisms

  • Governance, 
  • Auditing, 
  • Financial Reporting and External Auditing

Location

Whiteknights

Leon is registered as a Chartered Accountant with the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) and SAICA (South African Institute of Chartered Accountants). He has also been awarded fellowship status with the AdvanceHE.

Leon currently teaches in the UK and on the partnership program at the Beijing Institute of Technology. He also serves as the admissions tutor for the Accounting programs. Prior to joining academia, he worked at Deloitte as an external auditor where he audited companies based in South Africa, the United States of America and the United Arab Emirates. He has served on audit committees in South Africa and currently serves as an audit quality inspections committee member for the Audit Regulator in South Africa (IRBA).

Assurance in Context

This module introduces students to the nature and purpose of audit and assurance, and offers a practical understanding of the work undertaken by assurance providers. The module examines the stages...

Module code: AC222

Audit and Assurance

This module builds on the part one Assurance, governance and ethics module to equip students with the necessary skills to undertake audit work....

Module code: AC205

Advanced International Financial Reporting

This module looks closely at a number of international financial reporting standards and at the preparation of consolidated financial statements....

Module code: AC312