Patricia Doran Walters

• Bachelors: BA, Mathematics, College of St Elizabeth
• Masters: MBA, Accounting, Stern School of Business, New York University
• PhD: Accounting, Stern School of Business, New York University

• International Financial Reporting Standards
• Usefulness of financial reporting information for financial analysis

• “Understanding the collapse of the US sup-prime mortgage market and the impacts under International Financial Reporting Standards.”  Article, Published by Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia, May 2008.
• S. Bryan and P. Walters, "Recognise the True Cost of Stock Options." April 2002, pp. 96-99. Accountancy (UK)

Dr. Walters has been an active participant in Canadian financial reporting for several years.  A member of the Accounting Standards Oversight Council (AcSOC) of the Canadian Accounting Standards Board (AcSB) since 2001, she was recently appointed a member of the AcSB’s International Advisory Council.  Through June 2006, she was a member of the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), and previously served as technical advisor to the financial analyst delegation to the International Accounting Standards Committee. She is a member of the Committee on Improved Corporate Reporting of the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA). 

Dr. Walters presents on financial reporting and financial analysis topics at conferences and workshops worldwide to auditors, financial statement preparers, and investment professionals.  Most recently, she has been the lead course developer and instructor for the 3-day Foundations of IFRS course offered by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Dr. Walters holds the CFA designation   Formerly a Senior Vice President at the CFA Institute, Dr. Walters was responsible for global advocacy on financial reporting and capital markets issues, development of Global Investment Performance StandardsÒ, and enforcement of the CFA Institute’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.  Before joining the CFA Institute, she held faculty appointments at Yeshiva University, New York University, and Baruch College, City University of New York.  She was previously a faculty member at Fordham from 1985-1990.