Angeliki D. Samara

Angeliki Samara is an Assistant Professor in Accounting at the Department of Accounting and Finance, School of Business Administration, University of Macedonia. She obtained her BSc in Economics from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, pursued her MSc degree in Applied Economics and Finance with academic direction in Applied Accounting and Auditing from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a PhD in Accounting from the University of Surrey, UK. She also holds a professional qualification in Audit from the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Greece (SOEL). She has extensive experience in accounting field and in the oversight of financial reporting and audit. She is a member of the Quality Control Board (QCB) of the Hellenic Accounting and Auditing Oversight Board (HAASOB) and of the Quality Control Committee (QCC) of SOEL. She has been an expert in EU twinning program on audit and accounting standards and corporate governance and a member of the team in the General Accounting Office (Ministry of Finance) for the preparation of the new Chart of Accounts for the Greek General Government. She is also the President of the Examinations Committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Greece (SOEL) for the conduction of the professional exams for Certified Public Accountants, a member of the Audit Committee and an Independent Non-Executive Members of Alpha Astika Akinita S.A. and Alpha Life AAEZ. She has participated in working groups of the Hellenic Accounting and Auditing Standards Oversight Board (HAASOB) on the transposition of Directive 2022/2464 as regards Corporate Sustainability Reporting (CSRD). She has also attended seminars held by the Committee of European Auditing Oversight Bodies (CEAOB) with regard to ensuring the submission of sustainability reports. She participates in national and international conferences in the accounting and audit fields. Her research interests include Financial Reporting, International Financial Reporting Standards, Accounting, Auditing and Audit Committees and ESG. Her work has been presented in various academic conferences and has been published in peer reviewed academic journals.

Publications

Examining the Impact of Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance Performance on the Quality Management System
Alexandros Garefalakis, Konstantina Ragazou, Christos Papademetriou, Angeliki D. Samara, George Sklavos. © 2024. 16 pages.
This study examines the benefits of combining ESG (environmental, social, and governance) concepts with HRM to boost entrepreneurial success. The authors use the conceptual...