AFAANZ Insight Series

Dr. Eric Lee, Research Director, The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB)

Eric is currently serving as the Research Director at the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB). He completed PhD in accounting at Monash University. He was a lecturer for several years and worked in Big Four accounting firms before returning to the AASB. He is a member of CPA Australia, CA ANZ and AFAANZ. He is also an FSA Credential holder and GRI Certified Sustainability Professional.

Roger Simnett, Emeritus Professor at UNSW Sydney, Professorial Research Fellow at Deakin University

Roger Simnett is currently an Emeritus Professor at UNSW Sydney and a Professorial Research Fellow at Deakin University. He has over 25 years background in international standard setting, including being a member of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (2002-2005, 2019-2021), and the Chair and CEO of the Australian Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (2017-2020). He researches extensively in audit and assurance and has numerous refereed and professional publications. In 2018 he was awarded the Order of Australia for service to the accounting profession and education and in 2019 was elected to the Australian Accounting Hall of Fame. He is also a Fellow of CPA Australia and the Academy of Social Sciences.

Professor Marvin Wee, The Australian National University

Marvin Wee is a Professor at The Australian National University, serving as a Professor and the Deputy Director (Education) of the Research School of Accounting within the College of Business and Economics. In addition to his roles at ANU, he holds positions in the broader academic community, including President (Australia) of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the journal Accounting & Finance. ​Marvin's research interests encompass capital markets and company disclosures. He actively engages in industry-related research, having produced commissioned reports on remuneration reporting and non-financial performance metrics. He has also secured notable grants from organizations such as the Australian Research Council, CA ANZ, KPMG/IAAER and ICAS for his work on IFRS adoption, managerial remuneration, and performance disclosures.

Dr Lyndie Bayne, Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Western Australia

Dr Lyndie Bayne is a fully qualified chartered accountant (FCA) with over 20 years of experience as a sustainability researcher and accounting (financial and management accounting) lecturer, after being in audit at KPMG. She has been awarded competitive industry grants for research on climate disclosures and non-financial KPIs, such as the IAAER-KPMG Grant Program to Inform the IASB (International Accounting Standards Board) Round 8 (2023-2025) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (2018-2019). Her research has been published in high quality journals (e.g. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal and Accounting & Finance Journal) and industry reports and has been presented at industry and academic conferences. In 2025, Lyndie was elected to the Regional Council of CA ANZ. She is currently the Chair of the CA ANZ Sustainability Working Group WA and Deputy Chair of the Corporate Advisory Panel WA (CA ANZ). Lyndie promotes a practical, strategic and collaborative approach to incorporating sustainability principles and practices into organisational behaviour.