AFAANZ Board 2025-2026 | |
Nives Botica Redmayne | Nives’ doctoral research was an investigation into the effects of political risk and corporate governance on audit effort in the production of audit services in the NZ public sector. Her main area of research and expertise is assurance, in particular the economics and production of assurance services. Nives teaches undergraduate, postgraduate students and supervises doctoral students in advanced auditing and advanced financial accounting; and is a member of a several academic journals editorial boards. Nives is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) and she was the CAANZ President in 2021. She is also a member of the New Zealand Accounting Standards Board and a member of the New Zealand Financial Market Authority Audit Oversight Committee. She is the Executive Board member of the Comparative International Governmental Accounting Research (CIGAR) Network. Nives is a longstanding member of AFAANZ, the Executive Committee Member of AFAANZ AASIG as well as she is the Vice-Chair of that SIG. Nives was elected to the AFAANZ Board in 2022. |
Lily Chen | Lily Chen is an Associate Professor in Accounting. She joined ANU in July 2023 and previously worked at the University of Auckland Business School where she obtained her PhD. Lily’s research interests are in the areas of financial reporting and disclosure, financial analysts, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, integrated reporting, and machine learning. Her research has been published in international journals such as Accounting, Organizations and Society, Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Journal of Management Accounting Research, Journal of Business Ethics, Accounting and Finance, Journal of International Accounting Research, and Meditari Accountancy Research. Her work has been widely cited by regulatory bodies, major accounting firms, and professional bodies in their publications, and has received several manuscript awards and conference best paper awards. Lily is an editor for Pacific Accounting Review and serves on the editorial board for Accounting and Finance, and Meditari Accountancy Research. Nives was elected to the AFAANZ Board in 2023. |
Julie Harrison | Julie is an associate professor in the Department of Accounting & Finance at the University of Auckland Business School. She obtained her PhD in 2008. Prior to joining the University, Julie worked as a tax consultant at Ernst & Young and Deloitte. She specialised in international tax and transfer pricing. Julie has also worked as a corporate tax accountant and management accountant in New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Her research interests include performance measurement, data envelopment analysis, revenue management, international tax, and transfer pricing. Julie was elected to the AFAANZ Board in 2024. |
Martin Bugeja | Martin Bugeja is a Professor of Accounting at UTS and was Discipline Group Head between 2015-2018. Prior to joining UTS in February 2009, Martin held an academic position in the Discipline of Accounting at the University of Sydney (1997-2009). Martin's current research interests focus on mergers and acquisitions, intangible assets, corporate governance and board of director compensation. Martin was elected to the AFAANZ Board in 2025. |
Sumit Lodhia | Professor Sumit Lodhia is a Director of the Centre for Sustainability Governance, University of South Australia, where he leads research focused on sustainability accounting, reporting, and governance. Sumit was presented with the annual Australasian - Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Hall of Fame Award for 2017. The award is given to researchers who show leadership and a sustained contribution to research on sustainability accounting and reporting. Sumit was elected to the AFAANZ Board in 2018. |
Nicola Beatson-Lattimore | Nicola joined the Department of Accountancy and Finance at the University of Otago in 2010. Since that time she has had several teaching accolades, including being named in the Otago University Student Association (OUSA) awards (student voted) as the 'Premier Lecturer, Commerce Division' in 2017, the OUSA 'Overall Premier Lecturer' in 2018, and the '2019 University of Otago Award for Excellence in Teaching'. In addition to her department role, Nicola is a 'Research Leader' for the Office of Student Success. Nicola has a passion for accounting education and she is student focused, both in teaching and research activities. Her areas of research expertise are 'Accounting Education', 'Self-efficacy Beliefs', Student Engagement and Motivation', 'Teaching and Learning, and 'Non-cognitive Learning Variables'. Nicola was re-elected to the AFAANZ Board in 2025. |
Michaela Rankin | Professor Michaela Rankin is Professor of Accounting and Deputy Dean (International and Accreditation) at Monash Business School. She joined Monash in 2007, and has held a range of leadership roles in the Department of Accounting, including Director of Education and Deputy Head of Department. In addition to service to academia, Michaela has maintained a strong presence in professional and industry circles. Michaela is a highly regarded educator, and her passion and commitment to the student learning experience has been formally recognised in awards from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and Monash University. Her research focuses on corporate governance, financial reporting, executive compensation and sustainability, and integrated reporting, with her work being published widely across top journals. Michaela was elected to the AFAANZ Board in 2021. |
Yaowen Shan | Yaowen Shan is a Professor in the Discipline of Accounting at the University of Technology, Sydney. His research focuses on the intersection of accounting and financial economics. In particularly, he examines the role of accounting and non-accounting information in capital markets and corporate governance, accounting choices and earnings manipulations, and executive compensations. His work has been accepted for publication at Review of Accounting Studies, Contemporary Accounting Research, Abacus, Accounting and Finance, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Australian Journal of Management, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, and Australian Accounting Review. Yaowen has won two Best Paper Awards at leading international accounting and finance conferences and several competitive research grants such as CIFR and AFAANZ research grants. Yaowen was elected to the AFAANZ Board in 2019. |
George Wu | Dr. Ji (George) Wu is an associate professor of finance at the SAEF, Massey University (Albany). George received his PhD in Finance from Lincoln University, New Zealand. George was an assistant professor at IFAS, Xiamen University, before joining Massey. George is a board member of the Asian Finance Association and the Accounting & Finance Association in Australia and New Zealand. George is also an Overseas Committee Member of the Beijing Overseas Chinese Federation and a visiting professor at the Shandong University of Finance and Economics. George has achieved 43 journal publications, including 37 SSCI publications. George was elected to the AFAANZ Board in 2025. |
Mark Wilson | Professor Mark Wilson Mark Wilson is a Professor of Accounting and the Deputy Director (Research) of the Research School of Accounting. His research interests include accounting, economic and business history, earnings quality, the response of markets and securities analysts to financial reporting information and transaction cost economics. Some of this work has been funded through the Australian Research Council’s Discovery and Linkage Programs, as well as by prominent accounting associations including the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand and CPA Australia. Mark’s research has been published in leading journals including Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, the European Accounting Review, the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Accounting and Business Research, Accounting and Finance, the Journal of Business Ethics, the Journal of Management Information Systems and Abacus. He also contributes to the field through editorial roles, and is Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Accounting and Finance, and Associate Editor (Audit and Financial Accounting) of the Australian Journal of Management. Mark has written reports for, and provided analysis and advice to, leading public sector and professional bodies including the Australian Customs Service and CPA Australia, and is a member of the Academic Advisory Panel of the Australian Accounting Standards Board. Mark is Editor-in-Chief of Accounting & Finance since 2026. |
Millicent Chang | Professor Millicent Chang Millicent's research spans the accounting and finance areas and her current interests include climate related disclosures and understanding firm carbon emission targets. Her work has appeared in leading academic journals including Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Business Ethics, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal and British Accounting Review. She is a Senior Editor at Global Finance Journal and an Associate Editor at Accounting & Finance. She has previously received ARC Discovery funding for a project on late disclosure of trading by corporate insiders. Millicent is a past Australian President of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Millie is Editor-in-Chief of Accounting & Finance since 2026. |
