Aquilina Mangan lectures in accounting and finance in the Institute of Technology, Sligo. Aquilina has worked in practice in the area of audit & assurance for a number of years. She has also worked as financial accountant for a number of companies operating within the hotel, manufacturing and engineering industries and as financial controller for a multi-national company operating within the pharmaceutical industry. She has also worked as management accountant in the higher education sector. Aquilina holds a first class honors degree in Business (specialising in finance), is an associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and is also a Chartered Tax Advisor with the Institute of Taxation in Ireland.