Principal Lecturer, Accounting and Financial Management, University of Portsmouth
Christina is a Principal Lecturer in Accounting and Financial Management at the University of Portsmouth.
Christina qualified as a Chartered Accountant, undertaking audits across a variety of business sectors, preparing financial statements, performing due diligence work and providing business services to SMEs. She then spent 8 years working as a forensic accountant for a Big Four firm in London, including disputes and expert witness work; fraud, insider trading, bribery, and corruption investigations; regulatory and US sanctions compliance work; and AML, compliance, and fraud risk reviews. Christina has also been a member of accounting training teams, including acting as a financial expert for advocacy training for the Inner Temple.
Her research is in the areas of forensic accounting, anti-corruption, and corporate governance in sport.
Feb 05, 2024 07:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
Premier League transfer windows can be a noisy affair, with vast amounts of money being thrown around, as deals are made and players bought and sold. The summer of 2023 reached a record spend of 2.36 billion, straight...
English football is ready for a rule change when it comes to financial management
Nov 13, 2023 12:04 pm UTC| Sports
Football fans are frequently involved in heated arguments over the rules of the game. Soon it will be the turn of elected politicians to debate new regulations which govern how the sport in England will be run. On...
Rugby union's financial crisis: why the sport's model is 'broken'
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As athletes, rugby union players are notoriously robust. But in England, the finances behind the sport are looking far from healthy. In the space of a few weeks, two of its most famous club teams, Worcester (founded 1871)...
How women's football can avoid being corrupted when more money comes its way
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