BACKGROUND

1. QUALIFICATIONS

Master of Business Administration, University of Bath (UK)
PhD (Accounting and Auditing), University of Sheffield (UK)

2. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

The Association of MBAs (Member)
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (Fellow)
The Chartered Management Institute (Member)
The Institute of Internal Auditors (Practitioner)
The Institute of Management Specialists (Fellow)
Royal Society of Arts (Fellow)
Institute of Learning and Teaching (Member)

3. HONORARY TITLE

2001 Awarded Associate Professor of Accounting by the Senate of the University of Oradea, Romania. The highest academic award to a non-citizen by a reputable and comprehensive Romanian University.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2005-now - Associate Professor, College of Business, Prairie View A&M University (USA)
2001-2004 - Professor of Accounting, Southampton Business School, Southampton Solent University (UK)
1997-2000 - Reader and Head of Research (Southampton Business School): responsible for leading and motivating research of more than 100 faculties of the Business School; formulating research strategies; administrating the Research Centre with more than 10 full time and 11 part time MPhil/PhD students; attracting external funding, Southampton Solent University (UK)
1995-1997 - Reader and Research Leader (Business Finance Faculty) and Deputy Head (Business Development Research Centre): responsible for leading and motivating research of more than 40 faculties of the Business Finance Department (part of the Business School); formulating research strategies; attracting external funding, Southampton Solent University (UK)
1993-1995 - Principal Lecturer & Deputy Head of Business Development Research Centre: responsible for leading and motivating research of more than 40 faculties of the Business Finance Department (part of the Business School); formulating research strategies; attracting external funding, Southampton Solent University (UK)
1989-1993 - Senior Lecturer: responsible for teaching, leading, and developing courses and programs, Southampton Solent University (UK)
1986-1989 - External Tutor: responsible for conducting tutorials/workshops for the undergraduates, University of Southampton (UK)
1982-1984 - Financial and Management Consultant/Independent Director: overseeing the setting up and update the financial and management information system; strengthening the financial planning & control system, Brilliant Publications, Malaysia
1976-1984 - Audit Senior/Supervisor: responsible for leading major audits and investigations; offering consultations on floatation and M&A exercises. Audit clients include public listed companies, government agencies, non-profits, small & medium sized organizations and diversified conglomerates in electronics, newspapers, insurance, shipping, properties, banking and retailing, Ernst and Young, Malaysia

RESEARCH
Academic awards
1998 - Received the ANBAR Original Paper Prize on `Chinese auditing systems' Management Accounting, July/August 1998, pp. 66-68 (ISBN: 0025-1682)
1995 - Awarded the 1995 Greatest Contributor in Research by Southampton Institute, June 9
1995 - Received the 1995 Addison Wesley Best Auditing Paper Award at the Second Swedish Accounting and Auditing Research Colloquium; University of Umea, Sweden for the paper "An empirical study of materiality in UK financial statements."
1993 - Received the 1993 `Larry Sawyer Best Paper' award from the MCB University Press on `Auditors and materiality' which appeared in Managerial Auditing Journal; v.7; no 5; September 1992; pp. 8-17

Research interests
      • Auditing systems in China and Romania
      • Environmental accounting, auditing, reporting and education
      • Materiality and audit risk
      • Non profit organizations and ethics
      • Performance measurements and accountability
      • Voluntary disclosure and corporate governance

Some refereed scholarly publications

2006 - "How small businesses measure performance?" International Journal of Problems and Perspectives in Management (with Erkki Laitinen), 4(3), (ISSN: 1727-7051) forthcoming
2004 - "Neutrality of narrative discussions in annual reports of UK listed companies" The Journal of Applied Accounting Research, 7(1), January, 74-107(with Ven Tauringana), (ISSN: 0967-5426)
2003 - "Performance measurements for SMEs" The International Journal of Condition Monitoring & Diagnostic Engineering Management, 6(3), July, 11-15 (ISSN: 1363-7681)
Some refereed professional-practitioner and other papers
2006 - "Sarbanes Oxley and the nonprofits organisations" SAM Conference Proceeding, Society for the Advancement of Management; forthcoming
2006 - "Materiality in auditing" Journal of Accounting and Auditing (Finland), 49(5), May, 28-35 (ISBN:0783-0017).
2006 - "Are the Chinese auditors independent?" Conference Proceeding, Association of American Accounting Southwest, 13-20

SECTION C: TEACHING

Teaching specialism
      • Auditing
      • Financial Accounting
      • Managerial Accounting