Professor Elaine P Harris is Professor and Head of Department of Accounting and Finance and Head of Leicester Business School’s Graduate Centre at De Montfort University. She is currently Chair of the Committee of Heads of Accounting (CHA), and a member of CIMA’s Education Board. Her research interests are in project risk assessment and decision making. She is guest editor of the International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management and managing editor (special issues) of The Journal of Applied Accounting Research.