
PhD (Economics) University of Sydney, Australia
Master of Commerce (Economics & Finance) University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Bachelor of Science in Commerce (major in Accounting) University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines
Climate Change Adaptation, GCAP Academy, University of Oxford
My research interests include environmental and social accounting, corporate reporting and assurance of non-financial information such as Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and the value relevance of these information to the capital markets. I am also a founding member of a UNSW network, the Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM). I have been teaching financial accounting in the undergraduate and postgraduate accounting programs for several decades. Recently, I have developed a postgraduate course on reporting for climate change and sustainability which is now taught to business, engineering and environmental studies students. I also teach and have co-developed a course on Integrated Reporting, a new course in the Business School that is accredited by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC). Before joining UNSW, I worked as a Teaching Fellow at Nanyang Business School, Singapore and a Lecturer and RJ Chambers scholar at the University of Sydney. I have published my works in Australian and international refereed journals. Prior to my academic career, I have worked as a consultant and auditor in large accounting firms in the US and Asia. I am a Fellow at CPA Australia and a member of the Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand.
In recent years, I have worked in the evaluation of environmental and social dimensions in corporate reporting and the connectivity of these aspects to the value creation of organisations in the Built Environment Sector. Most notable is my involvement as Lead Investigator in a Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living project that developed a Built Environment Impact Framework and a Decision Making Tool to measure and value the economic, social and environmental impact of projects in the Built Environment Sector. I also examine how the capital markets perceive the disclosure of Environmental, Social and Governance indicators. I am also currently working on developing indicators for the reporting of sustainable value creation.
ELECTED OFFICE
Councilor, NSW Divisional Council, CPA Australia
Director, Australasian Reporting Awards (Since 2019)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Fellow, CPA Australia
Member, TWG Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB)
Member Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ)
Member, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ)
Member, American Accounting Association (AAA)
Member, European Accounting Association (EAA)
Member, Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA)
Member, Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (ACSEAR)
Member, Pacioli Society
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIP
PSU Research Review: An International Journal, Editorial Board Member, 2016-Present
Managerial Auditing Journal, Guest Editor, 2012-2013
Philippine Management Review, Guest Editor, 2011-2012
Australian Research Council
REFEREEING ACTIVITIES
Accounting and Finance
American Accounting Association
Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal
Australian Accounting Review
Australian Journal of Management
Corporate Governance: An International Review
Energy Policy
Journal of Business Ethics
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal
My Teaching
ACADEMIC TEACHING
Undergraduate (BCom)
Graduate (MCom/Masters of Professional Accounting)
Executive Program – AGSM Hong Kong