"[2] Meeks obtained his BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge in 1971[3] and a Ph.D. in Accounting and Economics from the University of Edinburgh in 1975[4] Meeks started his career as accountant trainee in Price Waterhouse in 1971.
From 1972 to 1975 he was Research Associate at the University of Edinburgh, Department of Accounting and Business Method.
[3] Meeks was Acting Dean of the University's Cambridge Judge Business School from 2010 to 2011.
On insolvency, he has analysed the role of exogenous macroeconomic shocks and of accounting valuation conventions in distorting the process of company failure.
Meeks has been heavily involved in the adoption by Cambridge of taught Masters courses; and has been founding director or co-founder of the Cambridge MPhil in Economics, MPhil in Finance, and Master of Finance programmes.