Lisa Weaver
About Lisa Weaver
Lisa Weaver is a Professor of Accounting at Warwick Business School and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. A qualified chartered accountant (ICAEW), Lisa began her career at Deloitte, where she worked with a wide range of clients including charities, multinational corporations, listed companies, and football clubs.
With over 25 years of experience in professional education, Lisa specialises in developing high-quality learning materials for qualified accountants and finance professionals. Her work spans key areas such as IFRS, corporate governance, audit, ethics, integrated reporting, and sustainability - equipping professionals with the knowledge and insight needed to navigate an evolving regulatory and ethical landscape.
Lisa is the author of two well-regarded books: a practical guide to implementing IFRS and a comprehensive textbook on audit and assurance. She also co-authored the ACCA’s report on ethical dilemmas in the era of sustainability reporting. A regular speaker at professional and academic conferences, Lisa contributes thought leadership on the evolving responsibilities of professionals in a changing world. She brings deep technical expertise and a strong commitment to advancing professional learning across the global accounting and finance profession.
What makes Lisa tick?
Lisa is passionate about innovations in accounting education and inspiring the next generation of accounting professionals to think beyond the numbers.CPD Courses
5 Principles of Good Governance
It's important to ensure effective governance in an organisation so that it's appropriately managed and controlled. This bite explores five principles of good governance that all accountants should know.
Corporate Governance
Good corporate governance entails meeting standards of good practice in relation to board leadership and effectiveness, remuneration, accountability and relations with shareholders.
Demonstrating Professional Scepticism
We are all aware of the importance of professional scepticism in audit. But what about for accountants in other areas? This bite looks at who in the profession needs to demonstrate a sceptical mindset, as well as when and how.
Environmental KPIs
Use this bite to discover some examples of environmental KPIs and whereabouts you should report them, to help meet the growing demand from stakeholders for organisations to disclose information about their environmental performance.
IFRS: A Primer
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are adopted by companies across the globe. This course provides you with an overview of IFRS, why it is important and how it relates to other accounting standards.
Integrated Reporting
Integrated Reporting provides the ideal framework for creating a sustainable relationship with all stakeholders. This course gives you a clear overview of the Integrated Reporting Framework, and practical advice on its application.
Narrative Reporting
Narrative reporting offers insights beyond financial statements, providing a comprehensive overview of a company's performance and key risks. This course delivers a detailed exploration of narrative reporting and its practical implementation.
Professional Judgement in Audit
Did you know that a failure to use professional judgement has caused a number of audit scandals in recent years? Discover why it is important that all accountants apply professional judgement, and a framework that can help.
Professional Scepticism
This course provides guidance on developing an attitude of professional scepticism with examples demonstrating the significance of judgement in financial accounting. Discover why being sceptical is described by the IAASB as the personal and professional responsibility of every accountant.
Reporting on an Uncertain Future
This course looks into how reporting can be adapted during times of uncertainty. It explores the changes to reporting requirements and how to keep business performance reporting accurate and relevant.
Reporting to Stakeholders
Does your current reporting take a sufficiently holistic approach? This course will make sure that you stay on top of key developments and trends to help you meet the changing expectations of both internal and external stakeholders.
Sustainability Reporting: Assurance Engagements
Part of a series on Sustainability Reporting. This short course explores how accountants can provide assurance on sustainability information. It highlights the support provided by incoming regulations and sustainability reporting frameworks, and discusses the ethical pitfalls that assurance practitioners should be mindful of.
The Benefits of Integrated Reporting
What non-financial reporting methods do you currently use? Have you considered adopting integrated reporting? Learn what integrated reporting is and how following the International Integrated Reporting Framework could benefit your business.
UK & Ireland GAAP for Small and Micro-Entities
This course looks at the UK GAAP requirements for micro and small reporting entities. You'll examine the accounting and disclosure requirements and the wider implications and planning aspects, ensuring a smooth transition to a different regime.
Understanding the Basics of Narrative Reporting
Narrative reporting is taking off, as more and more organisations look to share the context of their financial statements with stakeholders. This bite covers the basics of narrative reporting to help you get ahead of the curve.