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Macquarie University’s Faculty of Business and Economics International Governance and Performance Research Centre Director, Professor Nonna Martinov-Bennie, has been appointed to the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board.

Before becoming an academic, she was a Senior Audit Manager with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, managing audit teams for major corporate audit clients. Prof. Martinov-Bennie is a FCPA and FCA and continues to be involved with the profession as a member of several advisory committees.

“It is a great honour, as the only academic member, to be appointed to such a prestigious and important regulatory body. I look forward to contributing my expertise and experience to the Board and its standard-setting activities”, she said.

The Auditing and Assurance Standards Board is an independent statutory agency of the Australian Government, responsible for developing standards and related guidance for auditors and providers of other assurance services.

About Macquarie University Faculty of Business & Economics (FBE)
Macquarie University’s Faculty of Business and Economics offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in addition to strong academic research in the fields of accounting and finance, actuarial studies, business, economics, marketing and management.

Macquarie University’s new Centre for Workforce Futures has named Raymond Markey as Director and Professor of Employment Relations.

In this position he will be responsible for the strategic planning and operational management of the centre. The mission of the centre is to establish cross-disciplinary collaborations to undertake problem-focused research relating to the workforce and workplace, as well as conduct research on emerging issues for the workforce and workplace.

“I am delighted to be given this opportunity to assist and build the new centre. The centre aims to make a mark academically with production of high quality research outputs and also aims to partner with industry and the community in developing research programs that are of public benefit and socially relevant at regional, national and international levels,” Mr Markey said.

“In other words, we aim to have a significant impact with our research, and I believe that the team that we have assembled in the centre is well placed to achieve that.”

Prof. Markey comes to the centre with 20 years experience in establishing and managing similar university research centres in Australian and New Zealand. He is also the chair for the International Labour and Employment relations Association Study Group on Workers' Participation. 

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About Macquarie University Faculty of Business & Economics (FBE)

Macquarie University’s Faculty of Business and Economics offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in addition to strong academic research in the fields of accounting and finance, actuarial studies, business, economics, marketing and management.