Venuti Francesco | ESCP Business School

Francesco Venuti

Associate Professor of Accounting, Financial and Sustainability Reporting and Business Administration

Department : Financial Reporting & Audit
Campus : Turin

Francesco Venuti is the Associate Dean for the Executive MBA and the General Management Programme (GMP) at ESCP Business School. He is a permanent faculty member and an Associate Professor of Accounting in the Financial Reporting and Audit (FRA) Department. Francesco is also the Academic Director of the Specialised Master in International Food & Beverage Management (IFBM – DEAMIE) and of the Food & Beverage Specialisation for the Master in Management (MIM) in Turin. His research focuses on financial accounting and sustainability reporting, particularly for insurance companies and the food and beverage sector. He is also experienced in teaching innovation and behavioural accounting. Francesco is a member of the Accounting for Banking and Insurance Research Lab (ABIREL) and the European Accounting Association (EAA). He teaches financial accounting, sustainability reporting, and business administration across graduate, undergraduate, and executive programmes – including academic, custom, and open-enrolment courses. He has received the ESCP "Teaching Award" in 2020 and in 2025. He is the Academic Director of the Executive MBA at ESA Business School in Beirut, Lebanon, and an external lecturer at the University of Torino, SAA Business School, and ESA Business School. His expertise extends to financial accounting for banking and insurance companies. A cum laude graduate in Economics from the University of Torino, Francesco earned a PhD in Business and Management at the same institution. He completed the GCPCL (2019) and the CWW (2020) at Harvard Business School in Boston. Previously, he lectured at the Free University of Bolzano-Bozen and the Politecnico of Torino. He also coordinated teaching innovation and external communication for Istituto Sociale and for the Fondazione GE. Currently, besides his consulting activities, he sits on the Board of Directors and invests in several innovative start-ups.

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International sustainability reporting standards: Competition or complementarity between different organizations and approaches?

ESCP Impact Papers, 2022-18-EN, 128–138

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Financial Institutions and Corporate Finance

04 June 2026 - 05 June 2025
07.00 am - 02.00 pm

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AI in Higher Education Summit 2026 – Paris, 17–18 March

17 - 18 March 2026
07.00 am - 05.20 pm

2025

ESCP Business School Teaching Award 2025

Teaching Award

2020

ESCP Business School Teaching Award 2020

Research and expertise

News & events

Events

Financial Institutions and Corporate Finance

04 June 2026 - 05 June 2025
07.00 am - 02.00 pm

Events

AI in Higher Education Summit 2026 – Paris, 17–18 March

17 - 18 March 2026
07.00 am - 05.20 pm

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Chapters

2025

Il cibo di oggi e di domani: tra novelty food e nuovi trend alimentari

ESCP Impact Papers

2025

CFOs in the Age of AI: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Accounting and Audit

Academic Articles

2024

Financial distress, auditors’ going concern modification (GCM) and investors’ reaction in a concentrated ownership environment: new evidence from the Italian stock market

ESCP Impact Papers

2024

Cultured cuisine: The business of food from the lab

ESCP Impact Papers

2024

Biodiversity in Agri-Food Systems and the Role of Accounting for Biodiversity

ESCP Impact Papers

2024

ESG ratings: From fog to sunshine?

ESCP Impact Papers

2024

The Big Bang in EU Sustainability Reporting

ESCP Impact Papers

2023

ChatGPT is here to stay: How can higher education institutions benefit from it?

ESCP Impact Papers

2023

How to account for technological assets such as crypto-currencies?

ESCP Impact Papers

2022

International sustainability reporting standards: Competition or complementarity between different organizations and approaches?

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Teaching Award

2025

ESCP Business School Teaching Award 2025

Teaching Award

2020

ESCP Business School Teaching Award 2020

Research and expertise

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