Zabihollah Rezaee

Zabihollah Rezaee
Born	1954 shahreza, isfahan, Iran
Nationality	American (from Iran)
Fields	Accountancy, Auditing, Corporate Governance, Ethics, Anti-Fraud
Institutions	The Thompson-Hill Chair of Excellence and Professor of Accountancy at the University of Memphis
Alma mater	Tarleton State University (in Texas), and the University of Mississippi

Zabihollah Rezaee (Persian: ذبیح الله رضایی) (born 1954) is an Iranian-born/American accountant the Thompson-Hill Chair of Excellence' and Professor of accounting at the University of Memphis.

Life and work

Rezaee obtained his BS in accounting at the Petroleum University of Technology (former Abadan Institute of Technology) in Iran, his MBA from Tarleton State University and his Ph.D. in Accounting, University of Mississippi.

Currently, he is the secretary of FIA (the Forensic & Investigative Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association, AAA). Also, he has served (two years) on the SAG (Standing Advisory Group of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, PCAOB).^[1][2][3]

Based his valuable contribution in academic and professional activities, many believe that he is the most famous Iranian accountant in the world.

Selected publications

• Financial Institutions, Valuations, Mergers, and Acquisitions: The Fair Value Approach;
• Financial Statement Fraud: Prevention and Detection;
• U.S. Master Auditing Guide (3rd edition);
• Audit Committee Oversight Effectiveness Post-Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
• Corporate Governance Post-Sarbanes-Oxley: Regulations, Requirements, and Integrated Processes;
• Corporate Governance and Business Ethics
• Financial Services Firms: Governance, regulations, Valuations, Mergers and Acquisitions,
• Corporate Sustainability: Integrating Performance and Reporting.
• Chapter 2: IRAN (Gholam hossein Davani & Zabihollah Rezaee), A Global History of Accounting, Financial Reporting and Public Policy, edited by Gary John Previts, Peter J. Walton, P. W. Wolnizer, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (July 17, 2012)

References

1. Zabihollah Rezaee's page on the University of Memphis website
2. PCAOB, Standing Advisory Group Meeting, Agenda Item 1, June 21-22, 2004, pp 7-8, Members and Biographies as of April 15, 2004: Zabihollah (Zabi) Rezaee
3. The American Accounting Association (AAA), Forensic & Investigative Accounting (FIA) Section, 2012/2013 Key People, Secretary: Zabihollah Rezaee .

External links

• Dr. Zabihollah Rezaee attends New York conference and book event, University of Memphis website.
• The Impact of Sarbanes Oxley on Accounting Firms and Financial Markets, University of Memphis website.