2005 Media Releases
October 04, 2005
La Trobe University appoints two new Professors of Accounting
Two leading researchers and teachers in corporate accountability and corporate disclosure of information – Carol Adams and Kamran Ahmed – have been appointed as Professors of Accounting in the La Trobe University School of Business.
Professor Carol Adams is an internationally recognised researcher in the area of corporate accountability. She has to her credit more than 80 publications on corporate initiatives in social and environmental reporting and international financial reporting. Some of these have been published in international journals such as 'Accounting Organisations and Society', the 'Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal', 'Abacus' and 'Accounting and Business Research'.
She is currently Professor of Accounting and former Head of the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, at Deakin University. She has previously held positions of Professor of Accounting and Head of Business and Economics at Monash University, Gippsland, from 2002 to 2004 and prior to that Professor of Accounting and Head of the Department of Accounting and Finance at Glasgow University.
Professor Adams has served as a Director and Council member of the Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability and is a Fellow of CPA Australia. She is also a Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
She is regional editor of the journal, 'Indonesian Management and Accounting Research', and associate editor of the 'Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Organizational Change' and is on the editorial board of a number of journals including the 'Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal', the 'Australian Accounting Review', 'Accounting Forum' and the 'Journal of Corporate Citizenship'.
Professor Adams holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accountancy and Business Law from the University of Stirling, UK, a Master of Science degree in Accounting and Finance, from the London School of Economics (University of London), and a PhD from the University of Glasgow.
Professor Kamran Ahmed’s research deals with corporate disclosure of information in emerging economies and accounting policy choice on which he published papers in reputed international journals and a book last year titled 'Corporate Financial Reporting in Emerging Countries', (South Asia Publishers).
He has also research interest in capital market research in accounting, specifically, on the market response to research and development accounting in Australia.
Previously Associate Professor in Accounting at La Trobe University, he joined the University 1999. He has taught financial accounting and management accounting at the University of New England, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ, the Australian National University, and the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has also worked as a financial analyst for the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation.
He holds a Bachelor (Hons) and Masters degree in Commerce from the University of Dhaka, an MBA from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and a PhD in Accounting from the Australian National University.
Professor Ahmed teaches financial accounting, management accounting, international accounting and business research methods, and has also developed elective teaching subjects in international accounting.
A Certified Practicing Accountant, he holds professional memberships with the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh, the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, and the American Accounting Association.
Professor Ahmed is on the editorial board of 'Pacific Accounting Review' and the 'International Journal of Business Studies'.
Tuesday, 4 October 2005La Trobe University appoints two new Professors of Accounting