Sasan Saiy, PhD
Sasan Saiy is an Associate Professor in the School of Accounting and Finance at the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on corporate governance, financial distress and insolvency, the use of both accounting and non-accounting information in various contexts—such as valuation and debt contracting—and ESG and sustainability reporting. Sasan serves as the Co-Director of the recently established Bachelor of Sustainability and Financial Management (BSFM) program at the University of Waterloo. He teaches a variety of courses in Financial Accounting and is currently developing several courses in sustainability reporting for the BSFM program, including Human and Social Capital Accounting and Natural Capital Accounting.
Sasan earned his Ph.D. in Financial Accounting from the University of Toronto. He also holds a Master of Applied Science (MASc.) in Finance from Queen’s University, a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Economics from York University, and a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc.) in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto. He holds several professional certifications, including the Competent Boards Sustainability and ESG Certificate, the Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Credential, and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Training Course on Sustainability Reporting.
Prior to his academic career, Sasan held various engineering positions within several North American corporations, providing him with valuable insights for his scholarly activities.