Leo is an Assistant Professor in Accounting at the UWA Business School. Prior to his appointment at UWA he was Lecturer in Advanced Financial Accounting at La Trobe University in Melbourne. His PhD was completed in the field of Finance at La Trobe University. He also holds a Master of Economics (Research) from La Trobe University, and a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) from RMIT University. Leo has been a Unit Coordinator and Lecturer in Accounting at several Universities in Australia. Prior to academia Leo worked for several organisations in industry in a diversity of fields, including auditing, taxation, management accounting, legal enforcement and financial market regulation.
* Impact of Computer technology on Investment and Trading patterns in different financial markets
* Corporate Governance in the Sport and Hotel industry
* Financial Performance Measurement in Sport, Leisure & Hospitality
* Education Futures Grant UWA - Adaptive Learning in Accounting [in collaboration with Nikki Schonfeldt and Peter Robinson] (2016)
* Industry Grant Vision Reach Australia - Disruption and Financial Performance within the Football Industry [in collaboration with Gary Stockport] (2015)
* University Of Western Australia Teaching Grant (2013)
* La Trobe University Project Grant (2004)
* Involved in the initial formation and design of the ASX Australian National Schools Stock Market Game.
* His use of various innovative teaching methods were included in the 2009 Final Report compiled by the ALTC (Australian Learning and Teaching Council) for best practice teaching strategies and distributed to all Australian Universities.
* Peer Reviewer for the National Accounting Learning Standards Achievement Project
* Mentor to Associate Members for the CPA Program
Langa, L., Graetz, B. and McCormack, D. (2018), "Creatures of Habit and Risky Business : Trading Behaviour and the Segmentation of Online Investors". (Forthcoming Paper)
Langa, L., McCormack, D. and Graetz, B. (2020), "A Demographic profile of Internet Investors and their Tools of the Trade". (Forthcoming paper)
Stockport, G., and Langa, L. (2019), "Examining the financial performance and disruption taking place within Industry Sectors & Football Clubs".
Langa, L., and Stockport, G. (2021), "An analysis of financial distress of Companies operating in the Hotel Industry".