Katherine Schipper
Duke University
Fuqua School of Business
100 Fuqua Drive
Durham, NC 27708
E-mail: schipper@duke.edu
Phone: 1-919-660-1947

Katherine Schipper is the Thomas F. Keller Professor of Business Administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. She holds a BA degree summa cum laude from the University of Dayton, MBA, MA and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago and honorary degrees from Bucharest University of Economic Studies, the Norwegian School of Economics, Notre Dame University, Singapore Management University and the Stockholm School of Economics. Prior to joining Duke University’s faculty, she was a Board member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Chicago. Ms. Schipper has published research papers on topics in auditing, financial reporting, corporation finance and corporate governance. She has served the American Accounting Association as President, as Director of Research and as President of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section. She has served the International Association for Accounting Education and Research as Vice-president for Research and as President. She has been a governing board member of a mutual fund, a not-for-profit entity and two SEC registrants. She is a member of the Accounting Hall of Fame.

Elizabeth A. Gordon
Temple University
Fox School of Business and Management
339 Speakman Hall 
1810 N. 13th Street 
Philadelphia, PA 19122
E-mail: egordon@temple.edu
Phone: 215-204-6422
Cell: 215-470-8915

Elizabeth Gordon is Professor of Accounting and Senior Merves Scholar at the Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University. Dr. Gordon’s research interests include international accounting and corporate governance investigating topics such as international financial reporting standards, accounting restatements, corporate communications, executive compensation, related party transactions, market development and corporate disclosure. She has published her research in top journals in the field including the Journal of Accounting Research, the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, and The Accounting Review. She serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of International Accounting Research and The International Journal of Accounting. Dr. Gordon has taught courses in financial accounting and international accounting at the graduate and undergraduate levels, receiving a number of teaching awards. Experienced in both the private and public sectors, Dr. Gordon was an auditor with PwC and interned at the Office of Management and Budget before entering academia. Prior to joining the Temple University, she served on the faculties at the University of Chicago and Rutgers University. Dr. Gordon received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in New York, Masters in Business Administration from Yale University and Bachelors of Science in accounting with highest distinction from Indiana University.

Joanna Krasodomska
Krakow University of Economics
College of Economics, Finance and Law
Rakowicka 27
31-510 Krakow, Poland
Email: joanna.krasodomska@uek.krakow.pl
Phone: 4812-293-5299

Joanna Krasodomska is an Associate Professor at the Krakow University of Economics, Poland. She completed her PhD at Jagiellonian University.

Joanna's publications cover both financial and sustainability reporting, and her primary research interests center on stakeholder engagement, sustainability reporting and sustainability reporting assurance. Her broader interest is in how accounting research and practice can contribute to sustainable development. She has published her work in such academic journals as Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal; Accounting Education; Accounting in Europe; Journal of Applied Accounting Research; Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting; Meditari Accountancy Research; Organization and Environment; Social Responsibility Journal; Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal.

Joanna is a member of the European Accounting Association (EAA) Stakeholder Reporting Committee. She was appointed as Poland’s Representative to the EAA Board (2021-2024). She also serves as an Editorial Board Member of Accounting in Europe.

Joanna is a certified accountant and a member of the Accountants Association in Poland. She teaches various accounting courses and conducts seminars in Polish and in English (undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate levels, doctoral studies).

Jacqueline Birt
Charles Sturt University Australia
Head of School of Business
Email: jbirt@csu.edu.au
Phone: +61 8 6488 2902

Jac is the Deputy Dean (Deputy Head of School) and Professor of Accounting at the UWA Business School. Previously she was Head of the Department of Accounting and Finance at UWA. Jac is the current Vice President-Education at the International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER). She is a past Australian President of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ), past Chair of the Chairs in Accounting and Finance (CAFF) and has served on the International Accounting Education Standards Board Consultative Advisory Group (IAESB CAG).

Jac is a passionate leader, researcher and business educator with over 35 years’ experience in education. Jac is an award winner in research and national award winner in teaching. Her current education research includes digital transformation and the profession, exploring internal work integrated learning roles for business schools and exploring traits of professional scepticism and intellectual curiosity in accounting and auditing students. Her financial accounting research includes ESG and integrated reporting, embedded value and IFRS 17, accounting misconducts and the profession, and management earnings forecasts and diversification.

Jas external board roles include the CA ANZ Education Board and the CA ANZ Regional Council.

Leslie Hodder
Indiana University
Kelly School of Business
David Thompson Chaired Professor
Indiana University, Kelley School of Business
1310 E. 10th Street, Godfrey 2000
Bloomington, IN 47405
E-mail: lhodder@indiana.edu
Phone: 812-855-9951

Leslie Hodder is a Professor of Accounting holding the David Thompson Chair at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. Prior to earning her PhD from The University of Texas at Austin, Professor Hodder worked in public accounting and as Chief Financial Officer of a publicly traded bank. Professor Hodder has taught many courses in financial accounting at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels, including Intermediate Accounting, Applied Accounting and Auditing Research, Accounting and Public Policy, Detecting Earnings Management, and Special Topics in Doctoral Research. Leslie is a co-author of Intermediate Accounting, a text published by Cambridge Publishers. Leslie’s research interests include regulation, standard setting, and financial instruments and institutions. She has published her research in top accounting journals and has completed two terms as an Editor at The Accounting Review. Leslie is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and is active in the American Accounting Association, serving as the VP of Finance and on various committees.

Mukesh Garg
Department of Accounting
Monash University
900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East
VIC 3145, Australia
E-mail: mukesh.garg@monash.edu
Phone: +61399031461             

Mukesh Garg is an Associate Professor of Accounting at Monash University in Australia. He currently serves as a member of the Stakeholder Reporting Committee and the Auditing, Assurance, and Ethics Standards Committee of the European Accounting Association. He earned his PhD in Accounting and Finance from Monash University in 2014. From 2019 to 2021, he served as Director of Programs in accounting, and in 2022, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Department of Accounting. Since 2020, Mukesh has contributed to the Faculty as one of the Chairs of the Academic Progress Committee. In addition, Mukesh served as an elected member of Monash University’s Academic Board for two years. Mukesh has published in highly ranked journals in accounting such as AJPT, European Accounting Review, JBFA, Journal of Business Ethics, and Research Policy, and is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics.

He has extensive experience teaching undergraduate and postgraduate units, received the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, and holds a CPA qualification. He is also the co-author of an auditing textbook published by Cengage Australia. Beyond academia, Mukesh has experience in accounting standard-setting, having worked with the Australian Accounting Standards Board as a Research and Education Principal.

Linda Kidwell
Nova Southeastern University
Professor of Accounting, Department Chair
H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship
3300 S. University Drive
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328
Email lkidwell@nova.edu
Phone: +1-954-262-5065
 
Linda Kidwell is a Chair/ Professor of Accounting, teacher and researcher, who aims to prepare students to be ethical professional accountants and to better understand ethical business behavior and its correlates.

After earning her PhD at Louisiana State University, she taught at Niagara University and the University of Wyoming and has held visiting positions at Charles Sturt University and the University of Queensland. She was also a Fulbright Scholar in Romania. Much of her research is directed at accounting ethics and accounting ethics education, as well as governmental accounting and fraud. She has researched factors associated with followers of unethical leaders. She also worked on developing a stakeholder model of public sector financial reporting standards.

Holger Daske
University of Mannheim
Business School
Schloss Schneckenhof Nord 2nd floor
68131 Mannheim, Germany
E-mail: holger.daske@uni-mannheim.de

Holger Daske is Professor of Accounting and Capital Markets at the University of Mannheim. Prior to his current position, he spent two years at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and has also been a visiting Professor at London Business School, the University of Sydney, and IESE Business School in Barcelona.

Prof. Daske obtained his Ph.D. in 2005 from Goethe University Frankfurt after being trained in the European Union’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie doctoral network HARMONIA. Holger Daske’s research interest is in financial accounting, focusing on IFRS, capital markets, and transparency regulation. His research has appeared in top academic journals, including the Journal of Accounting Research, Management Science, or Contemporary Accounting Research. He is a winner of the American Accounting Association’s Distinguished Contribution to the Accounting Literature Award and Emerald Citations of Excellence Award. He held numerous keynote speeches, among others, at the EIASM EDEN 25th Anniversary Symposium, the Workshop on “Accounting and Regulation” of the EIASM, the African Accounting & Finance Association Conference, or the Korean Accounting Association’s Doctoral Consortium.

In the past, he served as a member of the IFRS Advisory Council with the IFRS Foundation, and as an invited expert for the European Parliament on the endorsement of IFRS 9. He is also a long-time member of Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft’s Arbeitskreis Finanzierungsrechnung, and a principle investigator of the collaborative research center TRR 266 “Accounting for Transparency” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Cecile Janse van Rensburg
University of Pretoria
Department of Accounting 
Room 2-34, Level 2, EMS Building
Lynnwood Road, Pretoria, South Africa
E-mail: cecile.jansevanrensburg@up.ac.za

Cecile Janse van Rensburg is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. She is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) and holds a PhD in Accounting from the University of Pretoria.

Cecile has a passion for teaching and as a result, has a keen interest in accounting education literature. Her socio-constructivist view of teaching and learning is evidenced through competency-based pedagogy that promotes collaborative learning, and the use of technology in the classroom. Cecile teaches international accounting at the undergraduate level and received a number of teaching awards. She presented her thoughts on accounting education at various international conferences including the American and European Accounting Association annual meetings, the British Accounting and Finance Association Accounting Education SIG conference as well as the World Congress of Accounting Educators. Her work is published in leading international journals such as the Journal of Accounting Education; Accounting Education; and Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education.

Sharon Machado
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Policy and Insights
The Adelphi
1-11 John Adam Street
London
WC2N 6AU
E-mail: sharon.machado@accaglobal.com
Phone: +44-20-7059-5628

Sharon is the head of sustainable business within ACCA’s Policy and Insights team. Sharon and her team generate future looking thought leadership research and influence policy relating to the technical domains of sustainable finance, ethics, governance, risk, corporate reporting, tax, business law, audit and assurance.  This work has the aim of driving better business through the role of professional accountants.

Education enabling the conversion of technical knowledge into action is vital, and Sharon regularly incorporates this into her own work and that of the team. Her passion for education was gained from preparing students for the technical and professional demands of accountancy qualifications, which she did prior to joining ACCA in 2008. Since joining ACCA, her roles have also included shaping the ACCA Qualification and its digital transformation. 

Donna L. Street
University of Dayton
300 College Park
USA
Email: dstreet1@udayton.edu
Phone: 937-229-2461

Dr. Donna L. Street is Professor and Mahrt Chair in Accounting in the Department of Accounting at the University of Dayton. She serves as the Director of Research and Educational Activities of the International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER) and previously served as the Association’s President, VP Research and VP Communications. She coordinates the IAAER KPMG research grant program to inform the IASB and IAAER's collaborations with the IASB, IAASB and ACCA.  Previously she served as President of the International Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association and received the section’s Outstanding International Accounting Educator Award and its Service Award. Professor Street’s research focuses primarily on international financial reporting issues including compliance and segment reporting.  

Michaela Rankin
Monash University
Monash Business School
H.10, 900 Dandenong Road
Caulfield East, Victoria, Australia 3145
E-mail: michaela.rankin@monash.edu

Michaela is Professor of Accounting and Deputy Dean (International and Accreditation) at Monash Business School. Her research focuses on corporate governance, executive compensation, sustainability, and accounting education, with her work being published widely across a range of international journals.

Michaela is an active contributor to the accounting community, most recently as a member of CPA Australia’s Environment, Society and Governance Centre of Excellence and a current board member of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand. She is the immediate past Chair of the Australian Business Deans’ Council’s International Network.

Olayinka Moses
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
RH615, Level 6, Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus
23 Lambton Quay, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Email: Yinka.Moses@vuw.ac.nz   
Phone: +64 4 886 3670

Yinka Moses is a Senior Lecturer at the Wellington School of Business and Government, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He teaches Sustainable Decision Making and Control, Accounting Technologies, and Systems Management and Strategy. His research focuses on the intersection of accountability, management accounting, and sustainability reporting, with his work published in several top-tier academic journals. Yinka also holds influential editorial positions, contributing to the dissemination of new knowledge and the advancement of the accounting profession.

Yinka plays a pivotal role in advancing accounting and finance research in Africa. He is an Executive Member and Vice President of the African Accounting and Finance Association (AAFA) and holds a Professor Extraordinarius appointment at the University of South Africa, Pretoria.

Beyond academia, Yinka is actively involved in the development of professional accounting practices. He is a Fellow of both Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and CPA Australia. As Chair of the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Committee for CPA Australia’s New Zealand division, Yinka leads initiatives to equip members with sustainability skills critical to the evolving accounting profession.

For more details about Yinka’s work and contributions, please visit: https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/olayinka.moses 

Ajay Adhikari
American University
Kogod School of Business
Washington DC, USA
E-mail: aadhika@american.edu

Ajay Adhikari is Professor of Accounting at the Kogod School of Business, American University.  He previously served as Sr. Associate Dean of Research and Faculty at the school.  His research and teaching interests lie in the areas of international and sustainability accounting. He has served as the Annual Program Chair for the American Accounting Association and as President of its International Accounting Section. He is a recipient of the Section’s Ian Hague Outstanding Service Award.

Professor Adhikari has been an EEC Fellow at the Danish Summer Research Institute, Visiting Fulbright Scholar at Kuwait University, a Visiting Professor at Chuo University, Japan, and a Visiting Professor at Beijing Institute of Technology, China.  Professor Adhikari received his Ph.D. and MBA from Virginia Commonwealth University and Bachelor of Arts from St. Stephens College, Delhi University.

Adrien Bonache
University of Burgundy
IAE Dijon
8, Boulevard Gabriel
21000 DIJON
France
E-mail: adrien.bonache@u-bourgogne.fr 

Adrien B. Bonache is a faculty member at Université de Bourgogne, where he leads research in accounting and control. As Vice-President At Large of IAAER, representing the Association Francophone de Comptabilité (AFC), he plays a key role in fostering collaboration between Francophone and international accounting communities.

His work focuses on strengthening the alignment of accounting education and research between Francophone and Anglophone frameworks. As a member of the France Master CCA association and diploma examination juries, he actively contributes to discussions on accounting education, professional qualifications, and international best practices. He is committed to ensuring that AFC members benefit from IAAER research initiatives and opportunities.

Through his leadership in the research axis on accounting and control at IAE Dijon, Bonache facilitates international partnerships, supports student exchange programs, and promotes global research collaborations. His research interests include international accounting standards, sustainability reporting, and the impact of regulatory frameworks on financial reporting.

Bonache’s engagement with IAAER provides a platform to expand research opportunities, develop cross-border collaborations, and enhance the visibility of Francophone scholarship within the global accounting community.

Cagnur (Kaytmaz) Balsari
Dokuz Eylul University
Faculty of Business
Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi Buca 35390 Izmir
Turkey
E-mail: cagnur.kaytmaz@deu.edu.tr

Prof. Dr. Cagnur (Kaytmaz) Balsari was born in 1971 in Izmir, Turkey. She completed her undergraduate education at Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Business Administration, then continued her Master's studies at Loyola University of Chicago and obtained her Doctoral degree from Boston University in 2004. Prof. Dr. Balsari is currently working at Dokuz Eylul University as the Dean of the Faculty of Business.

She has served as the academic advisor of the Izmir Chamber of Certified Public Accountants and a member of the International Financial Reporting advisory committee of the Turkish Public Oversight Agency. Prof. Dr. Balsari has worked with the accounting profession extensively in IFRS, IFRS for SMEs and Accounting Ethics areas as an advisor and trainer in Turkey. She has also served as the president of Turkish Accounting Academicians' Collaboration and Research Foundation.

Rolien Kunz
University of Pretoria
Department of Auditing
EMS Building, Level 4, Room 90
Lynnwood Road, Pretoria, South Africa
E-mail: rolien.kunz@up.ac.za

Rolien Kunz is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Auditing at the University of Pretoria. She is Chartered Accountant (South Africa). Rolien has lectured at a number of higher education institutions at undergraduate as well as postgraduate level and acted as external examiner for various higher education institutions. She is a co-author of a widely prescribed South African auditing text book and the co-editor of the accompanying question book. Her research interest includes accounting education as well as the use of developing information technology in auditing. Rolien has published a number of articles in both South African and international journals.

Tomoki Oshika
School of Commerce,
Waseda University
1-104 Totsukamachi, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo, 169-8050, Japan
Email: oshikat@waseda.jp

Tomoki Oshika is Professor of Accounting at the Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University. He chairs the International Committee of the Japan Accounting Association. His research interests focus on sustainability related financial information (formerly known as non-financial information). His 2023 book, Decision Usefulness of Non-financial Information has received several academic and professional awards. He has also published articles in various journals.

Ann Tarca
International Accounting Standards Board
Board member
Columbus Building
7 Westferry Circus
London E14 4HD, UK
E-mail: atarca@ifrs.org

Ann Tarca joined the International Accounting Standards Board from the University of Western Australia’s Business School, where she was an accounting teacher and researcher since 1996 and a professor since 2011.

Professor Tarca served as a member of the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) from 2014 to 2017 and was research director for the AASB from February 2017. She was an academic fellow of the IFRS Foundation from 2011 to 2012. She has authored a text book on accounting and written a wide range of research papers related to IFRS Standards, for which she has received many awards. Professor Tarca is an active member of the international accounting academic community, having served on several boards and committees.

She qualified as a chartered accountant in 1985 and has a PhD in accounting from the University of Western Australia.

Themin Suwardy
Singapore Management University
School of Accountancy
60 Stamford Road
Singapore 178900
E-mail: tsuwardy@smu.edu.sg
Phone: 65-6828-0399

Associate Professor (Practice) Themin Suwardy is the Associate Provost for Postgraduate Professional (PGP) Education since 2021. His PGP responsibilities include academic governance and policies, institutional marketing and outreach, and student experience and development. Themin joined SMU in 2001 and has served as Associate Dean at the School of Accountancy (2002-2013), founding director of Master of Professional Accounting (2006-2016) and Dean, Postgraduate Professional Programmes (2016-2021). Themin is a regular contributor to professional and regulatory bodies, industry and media on matters related to financial reporting, corporate governance and accounting education. He has received numerous SMU and international teaching awards, as well as Public Administration Medal (Bronze), CPA Australia’s Lifetime Achievement Award, CEEMAN’s Champion Award and IBM Faculty Award. He is also the Chair-elect of Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), Vice Chair of SATA CommHealth, and a member of the Ministry of Finance’s Goods and Services Tax Board of Review.

Greg Stoner
University of Glasgow
Adam Smith Business School (Accounting & Finance)
University Avenue
Glasgow
G12 8QQ
E-mail: Greg.Stoner@Glasgow.ac.uk

Greg Stoner is Professor of Accounting in the Adam Smith Business School of the University of Glasgow. Greg was Head of Accounting and Finance 2019-2021. Greg has a PhD in accounting history and education from the University of Glasgow and his primary research interests are the history of accounting, the accounting profession, accounting education and the impact and utilisation of information systems (and IT) in accounting practice and higher education.

Greg is currently Editor for Accounting and is on the editorial board of Accounting and Business Research. Previously Greg was an Associate Editor of Issues in Accounting Education (one of the three primary publications of the American Accounting Association).

Greg is Chair of the British Accounting and Finance Association Accounting Education Special Interest Group and is on the executive committee of the British Accounting and Finance Association. Greg is also a member of the Accounting education Committee of the European Accounting Association, is an ex officio member of the executive board of the IAAER, the International Association for Accounting Education and Research, and has been Co-chair of the International Member Outreach Committee of the AAA (American Accounting Association) Teaching Learning and Curriculum Section, and. Greg was a Member of the most recent QAA (The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education) Benchmarking Review Groups for both Accounting & Finance in the UK.