Meet our faculty

Our Academy of Excellence in Financial Crime Investigation and Compliance faculty have been carefully selected for their proven track record in their respective, specialist fields of financial crime. They are practitioners and thought leaders from business, higher education, government and the not-for-profit world.

Academy Team

Professor Andreas Chai

Director

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Associate Professor Jacqueline Drew

Deputy Director

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Professor Ernest Foo

Deputy Director

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Professor Shireenjit Johl

Deputy Director

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Ms Sarah Dunstan

Operations Manager

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Ms Caitlin Quinn

Administration Officer

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Ms Danielle Clark

Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships Financial Crime Investigation and Compliance

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Mr David Noonan

Manager, Professional Learning Hub Industry and External Engagement

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Academic Members

Dr Ausma Bernot

Lecturer, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Dr Gurmeet Singh Bhabra

Senior Lecturer, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics

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Associate Professor Carys Chan

Department of Management

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Dr Andrew Childs

Lecturer, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Associate Professor Sameer Deshpande

Department of Tourism and Marketing

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Dr L. Fernando Distadio

Lecturer, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics

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Dr Zhe Hou

Senior Lecturer, School of Information and Communication Technology

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Ms Sabin Huda

HDR Teaching Fellow, School of Information and Communication Technology

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Dr Zahra Jadidi

Lecturer, School of Information and Communication Technology

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Professor Benoit Leclerc

School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Associate Professor Kaiwen Leong

Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics

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Professor Alan Wee-Chung Liew

Head of School, School of Information and Communication Technology

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Dr Hai Luong

Lecturer, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Dr Ingrid Millar

Lecturer, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics

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Gary Morgan

Director, MPT Innovation Group

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Dr Jiraporn (Nui) Surachartkumtonkun

Senior Lecturer, Department of Tourism and Marketing

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Associate Professor Hui Tian

Discipline Head (Computer Science), School of Information and Communication Technology

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Professor Michael Townsley

School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Professor Nicholas Rohde

Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics

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Dr Victor Wong

Senior Lecturer, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics

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Associate Professor DaiFei (Troy) Yao

Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics

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Professor Alberto Posso

Head of Department, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics

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Industry Partners

Sharon Thorpe

Chief Operating Officer, Financial Crime Compliance – Commonwealth Bank of Australia

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Greg Hogarth

Senior Manager – Chief Operating Officer, Financial Crime Compliance – Commonwealth Bank of Australia

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Dr Matthew Leighton-Daly

Special Counsel, HWLE Lawyers

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Chad Olsen

Head of Forensic, KPMG

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Craig Robertson

Principal, Cron Risk Advisory

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Gordon Hook

Independent AML/CTF Consultant

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PhD Candidates

Samual Haak

Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics

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Awais Farid Khan

Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics

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Md Omar Faruq Khan

Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics

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Zulu Okonkwo

School of Information and Communication Technology

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Md Atiqur Rahman

Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics

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Alastair Smith

Department of Marketing

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Stella Yu

Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics

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