Jaan Alver is Full Professor of Accounting. From 2003, he is a Director of Institute (Department) of Accounting and Head of the Chair of Management Accounting, Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration, Tallinn University Technology (TUT), Estonia. Prior to joining TUT, Professor Alver spent eight years on the faculty at Estonian Business School and eleven years at University of Tartu.
 

Professor Alver received his PhD from the Institute of Economics of the Estonian Academy of Sciences and he is Full Professor from 1995. From 1993, he is a member of the Mother Tongue Society of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, from 2003 a member of the Professional Accreditation Committee of the Estonian Accounting Association and from 2002 an expert – member of the Latvian accreditation body of higher education institutions, colleges and study directions.
 

Professor Alver is a member of the European Accounting Association (EAA) and Editorial Board Member of Journal of Accounting, Ethics & Public Policy. His primary research interests include accounting terminology, international accounting, business analysis, accounting education and history of development of accounting. His publications include besides several articles and papers financial accounting and management accounting textbooks, Dictionary of Accounting Terms: English–Eesti–Français–Deutsch and Encyclopedia of Accounting and Finance.