MARK BRIMBLE is an associate professor in finance in the Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics at Griffith Business School. He has a PhD in capital markets and has active research interests in fi nancial markets, sustainable finance, personal finance and finance education. He also has publications in various national and international journals including Accounting and Finance, Corporate Governance: An International Perspective Griffith Law Review The International Journal of Learning Higher Education Research and Development. Mark has a number of years experience in teaching and learning leadership roles, with seven years as the Program Director of a bachelor of commerce program and numerous teaching and learning grants, citations and awards, including being part of the team that won the 2010 Business and Higher Education Round Table Award for the best higher education and training collaboration. Mark is also the Foundation Director of the Centre for Financial Independence and Education, a centre that engages in community programs on financial capability/literacy. Mark is also a CPA, a Fellow of the Finsia and a foundation member of the Financial Planning Association’s Future Financial Planners Council.
ANUP BASU is a senior lecturer and finance major subject area coordinator at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Prior to joining academia, he served in management positions with large banking and fi nancial services organisations in India and the United States for more than eight years. Anup’s research has been published in renowned peer-reviewed journals and covered by international media including the Financial Times. His work has been cited at the joint public hearing on target date funds conducted by the United States Government Department of Labor and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). Anup also serves as an adviser to Australian superannuation funds and corporations on investment management issues. Apart from lecturing in undergraduate and postgraduate classes at the School of Economics and Finance, he is involved with the MBA and Executive MBA program run by the Brisbane Graduate School of Business (BGSB). Anup is a certifi cated associate and life member of the Indian Institute of Bankers, and a member of the Financial Management Association (USA) and Brisbane Executive Club.
LIAM LENTEN is a senior lecturer in the School of Economics and Finance at La Trobe University where he has been since 1997. Liam has been teaching fi nancial markets, institutions and instruments at La Trobe since 2000, and in 2005 Liam completed his PhD which centred on exchange rate determination models, macroeconomic cycles and forecasting. Although more of his recent research is on sports economics, Liam still publishes in the forecasting area. Liam has previously held visiting positions at Monash University, as well as Lancaster University and University of Exeter in the United Kingdom.
DIANNE THOMSON is a senior lecturer in finance at Deakin University. Dianne received her BEc (Hons) from La Trobe University and has taught at both undergraduate and graduate level at Deakin University from 1988, specialising in courses relating to macro-economics,financial institution management and international banking and fi nance. Prior to her career in academia Dianne had 15 years of extensive experience in the health care sector. Her research interests include the impact of financial organisation and structure on performance, financial institution regulation, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility in the finance sector. Dianne has published a number of articles in academic journals including International Review of Financial Analysis Accounting, Business and Finance History Journal.
