Mathijs van Peteghem is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Maastricht University and a doctoral researcher at KU Leuven. His research focuses on corporate governance, audit committees, internal controls, and board dynamics. He has published in leading journals such as The Accounting Review on topics like board diversity and faultlines, and regularly contributes to projects examining audit committee involvement and audit quality. Mathijs also collaborates with the Foundation for Auditing Research on studies that bridge academic insights and practical challenges in auditing.