Alexandra Scherf is a doctoral student in the Accounting & Management Unit at HBS. She holds an A.B. in History with a minor in Economics from Harvard College (2012), an M.Phil. in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge (2013), and an M.Sc. in Accountancy from Bentley University (2014). Alexa previously worked as a Research Associate at Harvard Business School in the Accounting Unit, and as an Experienced Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers in their asset management assurance practice.