Accounting Standards Board

Carolyn is a Professor at the School of Accounting and Commercial law at Victoria University of Wellington.Carolyn has undertaken commissioned research projects, published internationally, and is on the editorial board of several academic journals. She teaches risk management, financial reporting and audit. She is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a Fellow of CPA Australia.

Michael is a Professor of Accounting at Massey University, Albany. He is currently an associate editor of the Australian Journal of Management and is on the editorial board of seven other journals. Mike served on the Financial Reporting Standards Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand for 10 years, the International Joint Working Group of Standard Setters, Financial Instruments, IFRIC and the International Financial Reporting Standards Advisory Council.

Nives is currently an Associate Professor in Accountancy at the Massey University School of Accountancy and Business School, Palmerston North campus.

Nives is the President for 2021 of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. She is also appointed by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) as a member of the Auditor Oversight Committee (AOC).  Nives is also a board member for a number of Manawatu community groups, societies and charities.

Francis is the Group Financial Controller at Auckland Council. Francis has over 30 years’private and public sector financial reporting experience, internationally as a Partner with Deloitte’s Southern African practice and recently with Audit New Zealand specialising in Local Government and Crown Entity sectors.

Richard is an experienced executive and director with over 25 year’s experience in senior roles. He has previously held senior finance and executive roles at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Landcorp Farming Ltd and Callaghan Innovation and has been a Technical Advisor to the International Monetary Fund.

Denise is a partner with Deloitte and heads up Deloitte’s National Technical team, advising partners, staff and clients on a range of complex audit, accounting and financial reporting issues. Denise was formerly the deputy chairman of the Financial Reporting Standards Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand and a former member of the Professional Practices Board of the Institute, the board responsible for the auditing and other professional engagement standards and the Institute’s code of ethics.

Prior to his appointment to the NZASB Keith was a Partner at Rigby Cooke Lawyers, a Victorian barrister, and a Senior Lecturer at La Trobe University. Keith's experience across law, academia, accounting, and government (as a member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal), allows him to bring a well-rounded perspective to projects.

Richard is the Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary for Steel & Tube Holdings Limited  and is responsible for finance, taxation and treasury functions as wellas oversight of the legal team. Richard was a member of the Financial Reporting Standards Board of the then New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants between 2006 and 2009 and a member of the External Reporting Advisory Panel (XRAP) until appointed to the NZASB in September 2017.

Jason is an audit and technical partner at RSM.   His professional role involves the provision of audit and financial reporting advisory services to small and medium sized entities (SMEs), the not-for-profit and public sector clients across a diverse range of industries. Jason is a licensed auditor, and a member of Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand.