Professor, Lakehead University, Chartered Professional Accountant, Canada (Co-Investigator)
Dr Camillo Lento is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Canada), a Chartered Business Valuator and Certified Fraud Examiner. In 2022, Dr. Lento was recognized as a Fellow of CPA Canada, the highest distinction bestowed by the profession. He has published thirty-eight articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Accounting Forum, Managerial Auditing Journal, and Issues in Accounting Education and often has his financial insights in The Globe and Mail. As of 2022, Dr Lento is ranked 11th in the world for Accounting Education Research by the BYU Accounting Ranking. A founding coordinator of Lakehead University’s AACSB Assurance of Learning Committee, Dr Lento has also taught over 70 financial accounting and assurance courses as a Professor of Accounting at Lakehead University, receiving the Distinguished Instructor Award in 2019. In his role, he has served on the supervisory committee of 30 graduate students and was instrumental in developing Lakehead’s CPA-Accredited Graduate Diploma in Accounting. Camillo is also the lead author of Canadian Financial Accounting Cases, a casebook adopted by educators at colleges and universities across Canada. Dr Lento is an Associate Editor of Accounting Perspectives and on the Editorial Boards for Issues in Accounting Education and the Journal of Accounting Education.