Professor Keryn Chalmers

BCom Melb PhD University of Tasmania, Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment Finsia, BCom Melbourne University

Professor Keryn Chalmers is Head of Department of Accounting and Finance at Monash University. Professor Chalmers has been in academia since 1987 and prior to joining Monash in 2003, held positions at The University of Melbourne and Victoria University. During her academic career, Keryn has undertaken numerous administrative duties at the University, Faculty and Department level. Prior to joining academia, Keryn worked in government accounting positions.

Keryn's expertise is in the Financial Accounting and Financial Reporting area, specifically in relation to Accounting Standards, Accounting Policy and Disclosure Choices of management and the economic consequences of regulation. She is an active researcher with numerous academic publications and national competitive grants.

Keryn is a Victorian Divisional Council member of CPA Australia and has been a member of their national education accreditation board, special considerations committee and examination policy advisory committee. She is a director and President-Elect of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ), board member of the Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies and a Senior Fellow of Finsia with her ten year contribution to the Institute recognised with a practitioner service award.