Phil is a Winthrop Professor and the Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning at the UWA Business School. He joined the Business School in January 2002 from Murdoch University where he was Associate Professor of Accounting. Phil has extensive experience in the regulation of corporate financial reporting, international accounting and management in both the educational and private sectors.
Phil completed a BCom with Honours and a Master of Commerce by thesis at the University of W.A.
He is a Fellow of CPA Australia, the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand. He is an active member of the profession, makes presentations to members of both bodies and sits on a national panel associated with the Society’s CPA Program. Phil is also a member of the ASIC Accounting Liaison Group in WA.
Phil has published more than 40 articles in leading accounting journals and a number of chapters in books and has presented papers at national and international conferences. He is also the co-author of one of the biggest selling MBA accounting text books in Australia.
Phil provides consulting and training to a wide range of organizations in the private and public sectors where he draws on his expertise in financial reporting and analysis, corporate governance and the use of the balanced scorecard.
He has taught courses at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In 2003, Phil was awarded a UWA Excellence in Teaching Award for Postgraduate Coursework. In 2006 Phil received a national Carrick Institute citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. In 2013, Phil received an award for outstanding contribution to accounting and finance education in Australia by the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand.
Phil has held senior positions at UWA, ECU, and Murdoch Universities. He was also a Director and Chairman of the University Credit Union for 10 years.
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