Jason XIAO (Professor) Cardiff University, UK Jason Zezhong Xiao is a senior professor at Cardiff
University in the UK, founder and director of the China Business Administration
Research Center (CCBR), and the founder and co-editor of the China Journal of
Accounting Studies. Currently, he is a member of the editorial board of the British Accounting Review, Journal of Applied Accounting Research, International Journal of Digital Accounting
Research, China Journal of Accounting Research, and Nankai Business Review
International. His main research areas include accounting information
systems and China's financial accounting, management accounting, corporate
governance and other issues. Professor Xiao’s research have been published in first-class international and domestic academic journals such as Accounting Organizations and Society, Journal of Management Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal
of Banking and Finance, Accounting
Horizons, British Accounting Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Abacus, Economic Research, and Management World. Zhijun LIN (Professor) Macau University of Science and Technology,Macau Professor Zhijun Lin received his Ph.D. in Economics from Xiamen University in 1985. He was the first person who received a Ph.D. in China since China re-opened its tertiary education in 1970s. He is currently the Vice President of the Macau University of Science and Technology. He taught at Xiamen University from 1983 to 1988. He was a visiting scholar at Stanford University and the University of Illinois from 1988 to 1990. In 1990, he taught at the School of Management at Lethbridge University in Canada. He is a Professor and has been serving as a Dean of the School of Business and as the Associate Vice President of Macau University of Science and Technology since 2015. He is a Member of the American Institute of Accounting (AAA), International Institute of Accounting Education and Research (IAAER), Canadian Accounting Association (CAAA), North American Chinese Accounting Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and Chinese Institute of Certified Accountants (CICPA). Since 1982, Professor Lin has published more than 50 academic papers in Chinese and English in China, the United States, Canada, Britain, and Japan. He has also published 14 books and textbooks on accounting and translation. Accounting Academic Scholars: Bin LIN (Professor) Sun Yat-Sen University, China Bin Lin is a Professor at Sun Yat-Sen University. He is also the Head of the Accounting Department of the School of Management at Sun Yat-Sen University, Director of the MPAcc Education Center, Vice President of the Guangdong Auditing Society, current Rotating Chairman of the Chinese Company Anti-fraud Alliance, member of the Advisory Group of the Internal Control Standards Committee of the Ministry of Finance and Guangdong Management Accountants Association, Vice President of the Guangdong Provincial Internal Audit Association and Guangdong Assets Appraisal Association, Guangdong Provincial Internal Control Association, and member of the Guangdong Provincial Federation of Trade Unions. In academic research, Professor Lin has successfully supervised two prestige research projects offered by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, three by the National Natural Science Foundation, one by National Social Science, as well as provincial and ministerial level projects from the Ministry of Education. He has published more than 90 papers in more than 10 subject areas in high-level academic journals such as China Accounting and Finance Review, China Journal of Accounting Research,Economic Research, Management World, and Accounting Research. Shizhong YANG (Professor) Capital University of Economics and Business, China Yang Shizhong, Doctor of Management, Professor,
Doctoral Supervisor. He is a Member of the Chinese Accounting Association,
Academic Member and Senior Member of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, Consultant of the Internal Control Standards Committee of the
Ministry of Finance, Vice President of the Beijing Accounting Association, Vice
President of the Beijing Chief Accountant Association. Professor Yang is also
the Vice President of the Asia Pacific Management Accounting Association
(APMAA), Steering Committee Member of the Editorial Committee of Accounting Research and the Deputy Editor of Economics and Management Research (Financial
Management Edition). He has published more than 20 monographs and textbooks
such as "Modern Enterprise Cost Accounting Model", "Corporate
Responsibility Accounting", "Management Accounting Foundation",
"Market Economy and State-Owned Asset Management", "Guidelines
for the Integration of Enterprise Accounting Systems", "Management Consulting", and “Enterprise Accounting Information Quality". He has
also published more than 60 papers in various professional journals such as Finance and Accounting and Accounting Research. He supervised and
participated in more than 9 national, provincial and ministerial level projects
and has undertaken various corporate commissioned projects. Gang TIAN (Professor) Macquarie
University, Australia Gary Tian is a Professor of Finance in the Department of Applied Finance, Macquarie University. He is the deputy editor of Accounting and Finance. He was a former Professor and Director of HDR and Research in the Department of Finance and founding Director of the Centre of Business Research in China at Deakin Business School. He was also a former Professor of Finance and Director of Chinese Commerce Research Centre at Wollongong University. His research interests focus on corporate finance and governance in Chinese capital markets including political connections, CEO compensation, bank lending and informal finance, investment efficiency and family firm and audit opinions and auditor choice. Over the last seven years he has published 14 Australian ABDC A* ranked journal articles along with many A ranked articles including Management Science (2019), Journal of Corporate Finance (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017), Journal of Banking and Finance (2015, 2016, 2018 and two papers in 2019), Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory (2017) and European Accounting Review (two papers in 2017). Over the past years, he has successfully supervised 20 Ph.D. students.
Charles H. CHO (Professor) York University, Canada. Editor, Accounting Forum Charles Cho is Professor of Accounting, the Erivan K.
Haub Chair in Business & Sustainability and Director of the Centre of
Excellence in Responsible Business at the Schulich School of Business, York
University. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, a Master of Science
in Accounting, and a PhD in Business Administration (Accounting Track) from the
University of Central Florida. He also worked for KPMG LLP and other public
accounting firms for several years in auditing and taxation. His research
interests include Social and Environmental Accounting; Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR); and Accounting and the Public Interest. Professor Cho has
published papers in prestigious academic journals such as Accounting, Auditing and Accountability
Journal, Accounting,
Organizations and Society, Critical
Perspectives on Accounting, the European Accounting Review, and the Journal of Business Ethics,
and was an invited author of chapters in several books. His work has been
presented at various national and international conferences such as the
American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting, the Canadian Academic
Accounting Association (CAAA), the European Accounting Association (EAA) Annual
Congress and the International Congresses on Social and Environmental
Accounting Research. Haiyan Zhou (Professor) The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA. Editor, Asian Review of Accounting Haiyan Zhou is a Professor of Accounting at the
University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, and its former institute University of
Texas-Pan American (UTPA). Professor Zhou obtained a Ph.D. in accounting from
Temple University. Professor Zhou has been teaching both undergraduate and
graduate accounting and auditing courses. She serves as the editor-in-chief of
Asian Review Accounting, and as an editorial board member of International
Accounting, Auditing and Taxation. Some of her research appeared in top
accounting and auditing journals, such as Journal
of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Auditing: a Journal of Theory and
Practice, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Journal of Accounting
and Public Policy, International Journal of Accounting, Journal of International
Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, and Journal of International Financial
Management and Accounting. Zabihollah Rezaee (Professor) University of Memphis, UAS. Editor, The Journal of Forensic Accounting Research Zabihollah Rezaee is the Thompson-Hill Chair of Excellence, Ph.D. coordinator and Professor of Accountancy at the University of Memphis and has served a two-year term on the Standing Advisory Group (SAG) of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). He received his BS degree from the Iranian Institute of Advanced Accounting, his MBA from Tarleton State University in Texas, and his Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi. Dr. Rezaee holds ten certifications, including Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), Certified Sarbanes-Oxley Professional (CSOXP), Certified Corporate Governance Professional (CGOVP), Certified Governance Risk Compliance Professional (CGRCP), Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and Certified Risk Management Assurance (CRMA). He served as the 2012-2014 secretary of the Forensic Accounting (FIA) Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA) and is currently serving on Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the AAA. Dr. Rezaee was one of the finalists for the position of the Faculty Trustee at the University of Memphis in 2016 and the Ombudsperson position in 2017. He is the incoming editor of the Journal of Forensic Accounting Research of the AAA (2019-2020). Saurav Dutta (Professor) Curtin
University, Australia Professor Saurav Dutta is the Head of School in
the School of Accounting at Curtin University. Throughout his academic career
spanning over 25 years, he has engaged in high-impact research which has
greatly informed industry practices, including his work on uncovering Lehman’s
Repo 105 accounting practices. In the United States, he has influenced public
policy in his role as an Academic Fellow in the Office of Chief Accountant at
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In that role, from 2010 to
2012, he helped implement the Dodd-Frank Act and other measures from ‘lessons
learned’ during the 2007-08 global financial crisis. He worked closely
with then Chief Accountant, Mr. James Kroeker, who is currently the Vice-Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). While at the
SEC, Saurav also served as a liaison with FASB, PCAOB, IASB and IAASB, all of
which are critical standard-setting bodies that affect the accounting
profession.
Accounting Professionals and Experts:
Grantley Taylor (Professor) Curtin University, Australia Grantley Taylor currently holds the position of Deputy
Head of School in the School
of Accounting at Curtin University. Grantley has worked for three major
mining companies and the Australian Taxation Office prior to joining
Curtin Business School. His research interest include: accounting as
applied to the extractive industry, taxation, corporate governance, financial
instruments, capital markets and corporate social responsibility. His area of
specialty is in corporate tax avoidance. He has more than 30 refereed journal
publications. Professor Grantley Taylor has a range of potential honours
projects and HDR projects available in areas such as: corporate taxation,
corporate social responsibility, capital markets, corporate governance,
financial reporting and disclosure as applied to Australia, the U.S., China,
and the GCC. Glennda Scully was the Head of the School of Accounting at Curtin University from 2008 to 2014. Glennda is a member of the Audit Advisory Committee (National) of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand as well as several other associations. Having worked at the University of Western Australia, BDO, the Bell Group and KPMG prior to joining Curtin University, Glennda has a wealth of academic and industry experience. Glennda’s interests lie in the research of behavioural decision making in auditing, ethics and teaching and learning issues relating to workload, accounting education, financial disclosure in developing economies, CSR reporting and the not-for profit sector. Glennda has more than 20 refereed journal publications and her areas of specialty include auditing, ethics, financial accounting and accounting education.
Tony Chong (Managing Partner) Squire Patton Boggs, Australia A corporate and
tax law specialist (with CPA and Tax Institute accreditation), Tony focuses on mid-market corporate advisory and
mergers and acquisitions. He has specialist knowledge in corporate, tax and fund
structures, foreign investment issues, particularly from Asia (including FIRB),
and regularly advises clients on funds establishment and management,
particularly in the technology, agriculture and property sectors. Tony is a
strategic, commercial advisor to a range of corporates (listed and private
groups) and high-net-worth individuals. He plays a strategic, advisory role –
identifying opportunities and bringing parties together, counselling on
structuring and commercial terms, as well as providing more traditional legal
and taxation advice.
Tony is currently on the Curtin University’s School of Accounting Advisory
Board. Bohui XIA (CEO) Bank of Sanxiang Xia Bohui, Ph.D. in Management from Xiamen University (researched by renowned economist and accountant Professor Ge Jiaxuan), a well-known Chinese banker, Professor in accounting, pioneer of financial accounting standards, and the first batch of certified public accountants. He is currently the party secretary, president and legal representative of Hunan Sanxiang Bank, the director of the 8th Board of Directors of the Chinese Accounting Association, and a member of the Financial Professional Committee of the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau Cooperation Promotion Association. Former World Bank Technical Assistant, People's Bank of China Accounting Reform System Project Financial Accounting Standards Research Group Chinese Working Group Leader, Ministry of Finance Accounting Standards Consultant, Hunan Province Spiritual Civilization Construction "Five One Project" Theoretical Articles Expert Steering Group Member, Hunan, the first batch of academic leaders in provincial universities, the general manager of the head office of Shenzhen Development Bank, the Executive Director of finance, the General Manager of the asset management department of China Merchants Bank, the Executive Director, Deputy President, President and Party Secretary of Guangdong Huaxing Bank. He is mainly engaged in business banking management, accounting theory and financial cost research. He has published 229 papers and published 29 works in newspapers such as Banker, Xinhua Digest, Accounting Research and China Finance. Jinlong GUO (Partner) Shine Wing Certified Public Accountants, China
Jinlong Guo, Chinese
Certified Public Accountant, Fellow of the CPA Australia, a member of the
ACCA China Expert Think Tank, and the Vice President of the Guangdong
Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is currently a partner of
Xinyong Zhonghe Certified Public Accountants, an independent director of
Huada Gene, an independent director of Shenzhen Hanyu Pharmaceutical Co.,
Ltd., an independent director of Shenzhen Tuo Rixin Energy Co., Ltd., an
independent director of Tianhong Mall Co., Ltd., and a subsidiary of Dazu
Laser Technology Industry Group. Independent director of the company. Former
Deputy Secretary General of Shenzhen CPA Association, Shenzhen Accord
Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shenzhen SDG Information Co., Ltd., Shenzhen
Agricultural Products Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Yantian Port Co., Ltd. and Fangda
Group Co., Ltd. director.
Zhiyuan (Mike) LINAG (Founding Partner) Wis Partners, Australia Mr. Zhiyuan Liang is the founder and chief partner of Wis Partners. Mike has worked for KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Mazars Certified Public Accountants, as well as business companies in Australia and China for many years, and has served as an independent director of a number of companies.Mr. Liang holds a bachelor's degree from Nanjing Audit University and a master's degree in accounting from the University of New South Wales. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CPA Australia), a Fellow of The Tax Institute, a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CAANZ), and a corporate auditor registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Liang is the principal founder and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Australian Chinese Accountants Association (ACAA). For more than a decade, he has devoted himself to professional service, enthusiastic Chinese accountant public welfare undertakings, and joined hands with other professional organisations and enthusiastic professionals to set up Australia's first Chinese professional accountant association to provide quality for the study, development and exchange of Australian Chinese accountants platform. Shujun CHEN(Partner) Shenzhen Guangshen Accounting Firm, China Mr. Shujun Chen has a Master
of Business Administration in Finance and Finance from the Chinese University
of Hong Kong, Master of International Accounting from the City University of
Hong Kong, and Bachelor of Law from Tsinghua University. He is a Senior
Accountant, Chinese Certified Public Accountant, Certified Tax Agent, Judicial
Expert, and National Legal Professional Qualification. He is a Legislative
Consultant of the Standing Committee of the 12th Guangdong Provincial People's
Congress, Director of the 5th Guangdong Provincial Institute of Certified
Public Accountants, and the 6th Shenzhen City Registration Director of the
Institute of Accountants. He has served as the Manager of Guangzhou Certified
Public Accountants since 1998 and is the managing partner of Shenzhen Guangshen
Accounting Firm. Hao YU (CFO) Shenzhen Guangju Energy Co. Ltd. ACCA Global Council Director) Hao Yu has a Master of Accounting. She is a China Certified Public Accountant, Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA). She is a member of the member of Global Council of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). She is currently the Director and Financial Controller of Shenzhen Guangju Energy. She used to be the audit manager of the audit department of Deloitte International Accounting Firm, manager of t he operation control department of IBM Technology Products Co., Ltd., director and chief accountant of Hubei Tianhua Co., Ltd., financial director of Di Gaole Industrial (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chief Financial Officer of Commercial Co., Ltd., General Manager of Shenzhen Agricultural Products Co., Ltd. Financial Center, and Chair an of Shenzhen Agricultural Products Microfinance Co., Ltd. |