Eileen Peacock is senior vice president and chief officer, Asia of AACSB International as of June 1, 2009. Previous to taking this position, she had served as dean and professor of accounting at Charlton College of Business at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth since 2004. Prior to her position at Charlton College of Business, Peacock served as associate dean and professor of accounting in the School of Business at Oakland University. Her teaching interests were in managerial and cost accounting, and cost management. She obtained her PhD from the University of Birmingham, England. Her research interests lie in managerial accounting, including activity-based costing, behavioral aspects of accounting, IT justification and curriculum development. Recent grants include one associated with the creative economy and development and delivery of blended programs.

She has published in a variety of journals and magazines including The Journal of Information Systems, Information & Management, The British Accounting Review, Review of Business Information Systems, Internal Auditing, Journal of Cost Management, Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, Database, Strategic Finance and Management Accounting.

Peacock previously was a member of the AACSB International Board of Directors, Initial Accreditation Committee, Accounting Accreditation Committee and Pre-accreditation Committee. She has served as a member of many accreditation teams, and worked as an accreditation mentor to a number of schools and accounting programs.