Service
Service Philosophy
My service comes about from the recognition that I am a member of a community, whose definition is one of context and scope. This philosophy motivates me to serve in diverse roles such as the MAF program director and the former Treasurer of the Plimmerton Boating Club.
Service to School of Economics and Finance
MAF (Master's of Applied Finance)
Programme Director (2016- July 2019)
Management Committee (2011-2015)
Professional Program Review Board (2018)
Brown Bag Seminar Coordinator (2014-2015)
Finance Seminar Coordinator (2011-2013)
Hiring Committee (2011, 2012, 2015 and 2018)
Graduate Studies Committee (2011-2015, 2020-21)
Turnovsky Fellowship Committee (2011-2014)
Supervision & Thesis Examination
Honours & Masters Project Supervision
Richard Russell (2021)
Ash Ball (2020)
Ollie McDowell (2019)
Elliot Brown (2019)
Kang Wang (2018)
Rhys Allan (2017)
Ratheshan Manickaratnam (2016)
Cameron Hobbs (2014)
Susannah Neild (2013)
James Tate (2012)
Sam Wilson (2011)
Ph.D. Supervision
Loan Nguyen (since February 2021)
Helena Sarkodi (since February 2021)
Bernard Tawiah (since March 2019)
Huyen Nguyen (since April 2017)
Kwabena (Kobby) Boasiako (March 2017- October 2021)
Zonghao (Jeffrey) Chen (March 2016-August 2019)
Mona Yaghoubi (January 2013-May 2017)
Internal Examiner
Tanjila Tabassum (Ph.D. 2022)
Binh Nguyen (Ph.D. 2021)
Ryan Campbell (Master's Thesis, 2019)
Cameron Hobbs (Master's Thesis, 2017)
Tram P. Cao (Master's Thesis, 2015)
Gabriel Godofredo Fiuze de Braganca (Ph.D. dissertation, 2011)
External Examiner
Beiqi Lin (University of Queensland Ph.D. Thesis 2022)
Ha Nguyen (University of Auckland Ph.D. Thesis 2020)
Yolanda Yulong Wang (University of Melbourne Ph.D. Thesis, 2019)
Xufan Deng (University of Auckland, Master's Thesis, 2015)
Yi Wei (Massey University, Ph.D. Thesis, 2015)
Conference and Workshop Program Committee Work
Auckland Finance Meeting Program Committee (2014)
Financial Management Association Annual Meeting Program Committee (2015)
Financial Management Association European Meeting Program Committee (2017)
Financial Markets and Corporate Governance Conference Program Committee (2013, 2017)
Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting Program Committee (2011)
Victoria University School of Economics and Finance Workshop Committee (2011-2014)
Invited Presentations
Macquarie University (2019)
Massey University (2011, 2018)
Queensland University (2019)
Oregon State University (2017)
Reserve Bank of New Zealand (2011)
Simon Fraser University (2017)
Washington State University (2017)
Willamette University (2015, 2017)
University of Adelaide (2019)
University of Melbourne (2014)
Conference Participation
Presentations
Accounting and Finance Conference – 2013
Cross Country Perspectives in Finance – 2021*
New Zealand (formerly Auckland) Finance Meeting – 2011-2013, 2014*, 2016-2017, 2019
Entrepreneurial Finance Association Annual Meeting – 2021*
Financial Management Association – 2009, 2010, 2012*, 2014*, 2018, 2019*
Financial Management Association Asia – 2011
Financial Management Association Europe -- 2017
Financial Markets and Corporate Governance – 2013, 2017, 2017**, 2021
French Finance Association Annual Meeting – (2019, 2021*)
INFINITI -- 2018
New Zealand Finance Colloquium – 2011-2014, 2016-2018, 2020
Northern Finance Association – 2009, 2015*
Paris Financial Management Conference – 2019*
Southern Finance Association – 2007, 2008, 2009
Southwestern Finance Association – 2009, 2010
Victoria University of Wellington Finance Workshop – 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
* Paper presented by co-author
** Paper presented with co-author
Discussant
Auckland (New Zealand) Finance Meeting (2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019)
Financial Management Association Annual Meeting (2009)
Financial Management Association Asia (2011)
Financial Management Association Europe (2017)
Financial Markets and Corporate Governance (2020)
French Finance Association (2019)
INFINITI (2018)
Northern Finance Association (2015)
Southern Finance Association (2007-2009)
Southwestern Finance Association (2009, 2010)
Victoria University Finance Workshop (2016)
Session Chair
Auckland (New Zealand) Finance Meeting (2016, 2020)
Financial Markets and Corporate Governance (2013)
Financial Management Association Annual Meeting (2008)
Financial Management Association Asia Meeting (2011)
Financial Management Association Europe (2017)
Journal Referee Reports
Accounting & Finance (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Bulletin of Economic Research (2015, 2017)
Corporate Governance: An International Review (2020, 2021)
China Finance Review International (2017 (2))
Contemporary Economic Policy (2010)
Finance Research Letters (2017)
Economics Letters (2019)
Energy Economics (2017, 2018(2))
Journal of Banking and Finance (2011)
Journal of Business Research (2012, 2013)
Journal of Corporate Finance (2016 (2), 2020 (2))
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2019)
Journal of Multinational Financial Management (2017)
International Journal of Finance & Economics (2018, 2020)
International Review of Economics and Finance (2017, 2018)
Managerial Finance (2020)
Pacific Basin Finance Journal (2017)
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance (2015, 2016, 2018)