Jesse Hughes

Dr. Jesse Hughes (CPA, CIA, CGFM) received his PhD in Accounting from Virginia Tech in 1983 and is the author of several articles on governmental accounting, auditing and public administration. He worked in government for 20 years as an accountant, comptroller, and auditor as well as another 20 years in academe. During the past 20 years, he worked as an international consultant for each of the big four accounting firms, IMF, IPSASB, United Nations, and the World Bank on government financial management issues in 23 countries. Countries in which he worked are as follows: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Jordan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, USA, Vietnam, and Zambia.

The international Association of Government Accountants (AGACGFM.org) has recognized Dr. Hughes with the following awards: Research (1999), International (2008), and Education (2021). Lifetime Achievement Awards have been awarded to Dr. Hughes by the following organizations: Virginia (USA) Government Finance Officers Association (VGFOA) and International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management (ICGFM).

In 2019, Dr. Hughes co-authored (with Dr. Michael Parry from the UK) an ebook self-published on Amazon titled “Accounting for Governments: from Budget to Audit”. It is approximately 700 pages long and is available in digital or print form.