BBus (Acc) (FIT), Dip Ed (SCVH), MBA (Monash), PhD (Monash), FCPA, FCA, FIPAA, FAICD

Colin is part-time at Victoria University as Professor of Accounting and Director of the Victoria Business Confucius Institute.

He has been Dean International at Victoria University and has previously held senior leadership roles as Dean of Business, Executive Dean and Deputy Dean within the former Faculty of Business and Law of Victoria University.

As a professor of accounting, he has been active within the accounting profession and is a former Vice President of CPA Australia and a Past President of the Victorian Division of CPA Australia. He is a past member of the Australian Accounting Standards Board Advisory Group. Colin has received awards for his contribution to the accounting profession. 

He has an extensive publications record including refereed journals, edited books, and government reports.  He has supervised almost 20 doctoral completions.  

Colin has held a number of non-executive director roles in health, professional bodies, and regulatory agencies, and has served as a local government councillor and mayor.  

Colin has undertaken a range of consulting projects, including conducting a ministerial review, producing a report of the Estimates Committee of the Victorian parliament, and a number of reviews of legislation under the national competition policy.  International projects he has undertaken include conducting a review of the Audit Office of the Solomon Islands and drafting legislation to establish a national audit office; and, leading an AusAID project on public sector reform in South Africa.