Over the last 25 years, Teerooven has held academic positions at the University of Mauritius, Aberystwyth University, the University of Southampton and University of Essex. He has taught accounting at undergraduate, Masters, MBA and executive education level. He has held various external examining positions and is currently the external examiner for the MSc Governance programmes at Leeds Beckett University. He previously headed the Accounting Departments at Southampton Business School and the University of Essex. More recently, he was the Deputy Dean for Academic Partnerships at the University of Essex, overseeing relationships with UK and TNE partners. Since 2025, Teerooven is the Co-Departmental Lead for Research and Enterprise for the Department of Accounting and Finance. 

Teerooven is currently teaching on the following undergraduate modules:

Final year BF3304 - Financial Analysis

Final year BF3319 - Contemporary Issues in Accounting 

Masters BSM101 - Applied Research Methods and Skills

He also acts as a postgraduate dissertation supervisor and placement tutor. 

In previous universities, he has taught management accounting, financial accounting and reporting, governance, financial statement analysis, and research methods at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. 

Teerooven's research focuses on the interplay between accounting, accountability and governance. His work considers diverse empirical settings such as companies in developing/emerging economies, corporate foundations, public sector, charities, non-governmental organisations and higher education institutions. His stakeholder engagement and impact development work focuses on Africa and relates to the review and development of corporate governance codes, ESG evaluation frameworks and reporting, and public sector financial management practices.  

Teerooven has supervised to completion 19 PhD students in accounting and governance areas (using qualitative or quantitative methods) notably on management control practices in emerging economies (e.g. China, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait), corporate governance mechanisms and corporate disclosure patterns (UK, Mauritius), accounting/audit professionalisation projects and regulatory systems (Saudi Arabia, Egypt), IFRS/ISA implementation and sustainability reporting (Mauritius) and Charity Accountability (UK). Teerooven has also examined over 50 PhD theses in the UK and internationally. 

Associate Editor, Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies

Associate Editor, Accounting Forum

Specialist Editor (Europe), Journal of Accounting Literature

Teerooven is an editorial board member of Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Accounting Forum, British Accounting Review, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, African Accounting and Finance Journal and Comptabilité, Contrôle et Audit (Accounting, Auditing and Control). 

He is currently a co-guest editor on:

(1) Accounting Forum Special Issue on Accounting and Accountability in Africa. The details are available on the journal's website. 

(2) Audit Comptabilité Contrôle - Recherches Appliquées (ACCRA) - Appel pour un numéro spécial sur la "Comptabilité en Afrique : Pratiques et perspectives". 

Teerooven has been President (2020-2022) of the British Accounting and Finance Association (www.bafa.ac.uk), President (2019-2021) of the African Accounting and Finance Association (www.aafassociation.com) and a member of the executive committee (2022-2025) of the Association Francophone de Comptabilité (https://www.afc-cca.com/) focusing on international relations with emerging economies. He is the research convenor of the Africa Call for Accounting and Finance Research Initiative (ACAFRI) funded by the Pan-African Federation of Accountants (PAFA) and coordinated by AAFA. Teerooven also collaborates with the African Association of Accountants General (AAAG) on research matters pertaining to public financial management systems. 

Current research engagement projects include collaborations with the Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA) and the African Association of Accountants General (AAAG). 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +44 0121 204 4693