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Academics:
Zhijun LIN (Professor, Macau University of Science and Technology) Jason XIAO (Professor, Cardiff University, UK) Bin LIN (Professor, Sun Yat-sen University) Shizhong YANG (Professor, Capital University of Economics and Business) Gang TIAN (Professor, Macquarie University) Charles H. Cho (Professor, York University, Canada. Editor, Accounting Forum) Zabihollah Rezaee (Professor, University of Memphis, UAS. Editor, the Journal of Forensic Accounting Research) Haiyan Zhou (Professor, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA. Editor, Asian Review of Accounting) Saurav Dutta (Professor, Curtin University, Australia) Grantley Taylor (Professor, Curtin University, Australia) Xia, Bohui (CEO, Bank of Sanxian) Mike Liang (Founding Partner, Wis Partners, FCPA) Jinlong Guo (Partner, Shine Wing Certified Public Accountants, China) Shujun Chen (Partner, Shenzhen Guangshen Accounting Firm, China) Hao Yu (CFO, Shenzhen Energy Group, Member of ACCA Council)
![]() 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 iscurrently 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 taughtat 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 ofCertified 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. ![]() 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 AdministrationResearch 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, Journalof Banking and Finance, Accounting Horizons, British Accounting Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Abacus, Economic Research, and Management World. ![]() Bin LIN (Professor, Sun Yat-Sen University, China) Bin Lin is a Professor at Sun Yat-Sen University. Heis 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 ofthe 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 hassuccessfully 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 andministerial level projects from the Ministry of Education. He has published more than 90 papers in more than 10 subject areas in high-level academicjournals such as China Accounting andFinance Review, China Journal ofAccounting Research, EconomicResearch, 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 PublicAccountants, 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 alsothe 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 textbookssuch as "Modern Enterprise Cost Accounting Model", "CorporateResponsibility Accounting", "Management Accounting Foundation","Market Economy and State-Owned Asset Management", "Guidelinesfor the Integration of Enterprise Accounting Systems", "ManagementConsulting", 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 andparticipated in more than 9 national, provincial and ministerial level projectsand 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 formerProfessor 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 andfamily firm and audit opinions and auditor choice. Over the last seven years he has published 14 Australian ABDC A* ranked journalarticles 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, YorkUniversity, Canada. Editor, AccountingForum) Charles Cho is Professor of Accounting, the Erivan K.Haub Chair in Business & Sustainability and Director of the Centre ofExcellence 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 theUniversity 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 beenpresented at various national and international conferences such as the American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting, the Canadian AcademicAccounting Association (CAAA), the European Accounting Association (EAA) Annual Congress and the International Congresses on Social and Environmental Accounting Research. ![]() Haiyan Zhou (Professor, TheUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA. Editor, Asian Review of Accounting) Haiyan Zhou is a Professor of Accounting at theUniversity 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 andPractice, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Journal of Accountingand 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 hasserved 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 CorporateGovernance 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 ofthe 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, IASBand IAASB, all of which are critical standard-setting bodies that affect the accounting profession. ![]() Grantley Taylor (Professor, Curtin University, Australia) Grantley Taylor currently holds the position of Deputy Head of School in the Schoolof 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. ![]() Tony Chong (Managing Partner) Squire Patton Boggs, Australia A corporate and tax law specialist (with CPA and TaxI nstitute 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 arange 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) Bankof 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 EnergyCo., 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 FangdaGroup Co., Ltd. director. ![]() Zhiyuan (Mike) LIANG (Founding Partner), Wis Partners, Australia Mr. Zhiyuan Liang is the founder and chief partner of Wis Partners. Mike has worked for KPMG, Pricewaterhous Coopers (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. |