I am an accounting professional with over 25 years of accounting, management and teaching experience. I have worked in a broad range of sectors and roles including positions at a Big 4 accounting firm, investment bank, academia, start-up business, etc.

I am a qualified Chartered Accountant and have a PhD in Accounting from the University of Cape Town. My undergraduate accounting studies were completed at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

My role at UWA is to provide teaching, research and strategic leadership in the disclipline of accounting at the Business School. I am the Director of External Engagement at the Business School and lead the School's interactions with the Perth and international business community.

Future research interests include diluted earnings per share, extractive industries, conditional conservatism and employee share options.

Interaction between non-GAAP reporting and executive remuneration, with Marvin Wee, ANU, Australia, funded by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Considering the effectiveness of current accounting standards across different industries, with Sue Wright, UTS and Dianne Massoudi, UWE

Harmonising accounting for extractive industries: measuring degrees of harmony in accounting for pre-development expenditure, with Hafez Abdo, Nottingham and Freeman Owusu, NTU.

Developing professional scepticism in accounting students, with Prerana Agrawal, Jac Birt, and Mark Holub, UWA.

Presentation on the current limits of diluted earnings per share at the International Accounting Standards Board research forum, November 2021.

Interaction between non-GAAP reporting and executive remuneration, with Marvin Wee, ANU, Australia, funded by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Review of executive remuneration disclosure literature for Australian Accounting Standards Board, with Marvin Wee, ANU, Australia.

Commentary on accounting for financial instruments with characteristics of equity, for the Australian Accounting Standards Board research forum, November 2016.

Particular areas of expertise are the mining, government and financial services industries and treasury, hedging and financial instruments accounting.

My research interests generally revolve around accounting standards and particular areas of interest include financial instruments, mining, share-based payments, executive remuneration and non-GAAP reporting measures.