Athanase PLASTIRAS

Athanase PLASTIRAS Research Active Faculty - Associate Professor
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    • Department
      Finance Department
    • Languages
      English, Greek
    • Teaching specialisations
      Accounting, Management Control, Risk Management, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial accounting, Internal Audit
    • Areas of research
      Audit quality and internal audit, Auditor behaviour, Risk management and managerial behaviour, Anti-fraud procedures
    • Campus
      Tours

    Biography

    Originally from Greece, Dr Athanase Plastiras is an Associate Professor in the Finance Department of Excelia Business School since 2021. He holds a PhD in Management Sciences specialized in financial strategy obtained at the IAE of Caen Basse-Normandie in 2008.


    He teaches accounting, management control and risk management to students at the Bachelor and Master levels and gives lectures in French and English. His research interests include auditor behavior, fraud phenomena and audit quality.


    He has worked for many years in Greece as a consultant in financial analysis and as an evaluator of investment projects for the Hellenic Ministry of Industry (IQS Ltd.). Since 2015 he is a certified Associate CPA at CPA International in the UK (Auditor).


    Dr. Athanase Plastiras publishes regularly in peer-reviewed journals and participates in conferences related to his research topics. He is a member of the French Finance Association (AFFI), ADERSE, the Chamber of Economists of Greece, the Hellenic Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education as a reviewer (ΑΔΙΠ) and is a reviewer for several refereed journals.  

     

  • 2008

    PhD in Management Sciences, IAE de Caen Basse-Normandie, France

    1990

    DESS, Certificate of Aptitude for Business Administration, IAE Aix en Provence

    1989

    Master’s degree in economics and international relations, Université Aix-Marseille, France

  • 2021

    Learning Coordinator MSc in Wealth Management, Excelia, La Rochelle, France

    2020-2020

    MSc in Audit and Consultancy Learning coordinator, Excelia, La Rochelle, France

    2016-2020

    Lecturer Researcher, ESCEM, , France

    2015-2016

    Adjunct Professor, KEDGE Business School,

    2013-2014

    Dean of Faculty FBS Poitiers, Université de Poitiers, POITIERS, France

    2012-2019

    External International Evaluator, Autorité de Contrôle Qualité des Universités du Ministère de l’Education Hellénique,

    2001-2015

    Lecturer Researcher, ESCEM, , France

    1995-2001

    Consultant in Management Control and Financial Analysis, IQS,

    1993-1995

    Consultant in Management Control and Financial Analysis, Eurodes SA,

  • Journal articles

    PLASTIRAS, A., AL SHARIF, N., MENEXIADIS, M. (2022). From Fraud Triangle to Fraud Polygon: Lessons from The Greek Case.. Vie et Sciences de l'Entreprise. doi:10.3917/vse.216.0324.
    AL SHARIF, N., PLASTIRAS, A., MENEXIADIS, M. (2018). A Contribution on Understanding Professional Perception and Practice in Borderline Cases : Creative Accounting vs. Fraud. The Case of Greek External Auditors. Revista Costos y Gestión (n° 97).
  • Papers presented at academic or professional meetings

    PLASTIRAS, A., AL SHARIF, N., MENEXIADIS, M. (2019). “From Fraud Triangle to Fraud Polygon: Lessons from The Greek Case. An Overview”. 16ème Congrès de l’ADERSE, Aix-en-Provence, 28-29 Mars 2019.
    PLASTIRAS, A., AL SHARIF, N., MENEXIADIS, M. (2017). A contribution on understanding professional perception and practice in borderline cases: creative accounting vs fraud: the case of Greek external auditors. 15th Conference of International Institute of Costs & 4 th transatlantic Conference of Accounting, Auditing, Financial Control and Cost Control, ISEOR, Lyon 2017..
    PLASTIRAS, A., DESTRAZ, S., LAHAYE, R. (2012). Are Credit Ratings Trustworthy? An empirical study on the dependence of corporate defaults to market risk within investment grade and speculative grade range. ATINER. 10th Annual International Conference on Finance.

    Published cases with instructional materials

    PLASTIRAS, A., MENEXIADIS, M. (2021). AEGEAN AIR: Risk management in an air transport company.. CCMP, C0488.

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