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It is with deepest regret that I have to report that Professor Anthony Hopwood, former Dean of the Saïd Business School, died at home on 8 May. He died peacefully after a long illness.

Anthony Hopwood was instrumental both in creating a world-class business school at Oxford University and in developing the field of European accounting research. He created a new stream of work on the organisational and sociological aspects of accounting, which has become highly influential.

He explained it as follows: “It’s about understanding how accounting has impacts, has consequences, what they are – understanding how accounting gets tied up in configuration of organisations and is related to broader patterns of social change, and is different at different points in time and in different countries.”

It is the need to appreciate these processes that Anthony pushed throughout his career and with which his name is now synonymous. Read more on Anthony’s illustrious career on the School’s website.
Anthony Hopwood is survived by his wife Caryl and his two sons Mark and Justin. He will be sorely missed by his friends and colleagues at the Saïd Business School and across the University of Oxford.

With kind regards

Professor Colin Mayer
Peter Moores Dean