My Story

Professor Helmi Hammami is a full professor of Accounting at Rennes School of Business – France. He currently serves as the Senior Advisor for Knowledge Transfer at the same business school. In particular, his portfolio covers research valorization, and making research more entrenched in society and more related to societal issues. .
Until September 2021, Prof. Hammami was the Academic Dean of Rennes SB, where he managed the academic affairs of the school. He also held several other leadership positions including the Senior Advisor for accreditations, the Head of the Department of Finance and Accounting, and the Head of the Department of Strategy and Innovation at Rennes SB.
Before joining Rennes SB, Prof. Hammami worked for several years at Qatar University where he was very active in university reform. He held the position of the Head of the Department of Accounting and Information systems, with a portfolio of responsibilities covering several facets of the academic affairs of the school. He also held other previous professorship and consulting appointments in Tunisia and Italy.
Helmi Hammami led several committees related to quality assurance, faculty affairs and accreditations. With extensive international experience, Prof. Hammami is well-versed in academic reforms especially in relation to the requirements of international accreditation bodies with whom he is very engaged, and faculty management in multicultural settings. Besides, he has good knowledge of the North-American, the French education systems and Middle Eastern and African education systems, in particular.
He holds a PhD in Accounting and Finance from Bocconi University – Italy. He is a former resident fellow of the Collegio di Milano, and recipient of the French Government fellowship to outstanding overseas academics.
Helmi specializes in accounting related topics, notably financial reporting (IFRS), fraud risk governance, and accounting for economic development. He has several publications in international academic refereed journals. Helmi works extensively with accounting professional bodies to strengthen academic- practice ties. He acted as the vice-president for academic relations at the IMA(1) French chapter and he is active with the French and other accounting bodies. He is currently member of the accreditation governance of the Association of African Business Schools (AABS).
As give-back to the community, Helmi sits on the board of several SMEs and provides advice to burgeoning entrepreneurs.

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