Accounting and Finance

Head of Department,
Accounting and Finance
Accounting and Finance is the largest department in the School of Business. The department is committed to quality teaching and research. It has been producing graduates who are competent, skilled and sought after by prospective employers. It offers the prestigious Bachelor of Business and Commerce degree with the option of majoring either in Accounting or Banking and Finance. Students who do exceptionally well in their Bachelor degree have the option of completing the degree at Honours level.
Currently the department has in excess of 500 students served by a team of qualified academic staff. Most of the academics have industrial experience especially in the areas of Auditing, Manufacturing, Finance and Banking. The department conducts research in the following areas:
- Islamic Banking
- Social and Islamic Accounting
- Accounting for Websites
- Money Laundering and Informal Banking
- Earning Management, Policy Choice and Voluntary Disclosure
- Productivity of Commercial Banks
- Electronic Banking
- Corporate Governance and Financial Deepening
Numerous books and journal articles have been published by staff of the department.
Head of Department | ![]() | Neale O'Connor, Professor BBA, (Ballarat); Pg Dip, (Melbourne); PhD, (Griffith). Email: neale.oconnor@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 55146000 ext: 44997 (DID: 5514 4997) . |
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Professor | ![]() | Keshab Shrestha, Professor Master, (US); PhD, (US) Email: keshab.shrestha@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 55146000 ext: 46389 (DID: 5514 6389) . |
Coordinators | ![]() | Liang Zhang, Dr PhD, (University of Hawaii) Email: liang.zhang@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 55146000 ext. 44930 (DID: 5514 4930) . |
![]() | Siew Eu-Gene, Dr B.Comm (Adelaide), MBusSys (Monash), PhD (Monash) Email: siew.eu-gene@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 5514 6000 Ext: 44450 (DID: 5514 4450) . | |
![]() | Jothee Sinnakkannu, Associate Professor B.BA (Hons) (UKM); MBA (UPM); PhD, Finance (UPM) Email: jothee.sinnakkannu@monash.edu Phone Extention: (+603) 55146000(+603) 55146000 ext: 46297 (DID: 5514 6297) . | |
![]() | Foo Yee Boon, Associate Professor B.Mgmt (Hons) (USM); M.Sc Accounting & Finance (De Montfort); PhD (MMU); GCHE (Monash): FCCA Email: foo.yee.boon@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 5514 6000 ext. 46378 (DID: 5514 6378) . | |
![]() | Ananda Rao Samudhram, Dr B.Sc (Hons) (UM); M.Acc. (Western Illinois); MIA; CPA (USA); PhD (Monash) Email: ananda.samudham@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 55146000 ext. 45656 (DID: 5514 6185) . | |
![]() | Abdul Ghafoor, Dr BBA (National University of Modern Languages); M.Sc. (Muhammad Ali Jinnah); PhD (Malaya) Email: abdul.ghafoor1@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 55146000 ext. 46185 (DID: 5514 6185) . | |
![]() | Jeyanthi Selvarajah, Dr ACCA (UK); M.Sc. Finance (UPM); PhD (Monash) Email: jeyanthi.selvarajah@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 55146000 ext. 45844 (DID: 5514 5844) . | |
![]() | Lee Mei Yee, Dr B.Acc(Hons)(Malaya); Pg Dip (BusCom) (Monash); PhD (Monash) CA(M); CPA(M) Email: lee.mei.yee@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 5514 6000 ext. 44935 ( DID: 5514 4935) . | |
![]() | Lim Chee Ming, Dr MBA (Strathclyde); Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (Nottingham); PhD (Nottingham) Email: liang.zhang@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 55146000 ext. 59751 (DID: 5515 9751) . | |
![]() | Mohammed Sharaf Mohsen Shaiban, Dr B. Acc (University of Sana'a); MBA/ Accounting, MIS (Denver Univ. /USA); PhD, Accounting (UM) Email: mohammed.shaiban@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 55146000 ext. 44906 (DID: 5514 4906) . | |
![]() | Norita Mohd Nasir, Dr B. Acct. (Hons) (UUM); MA Accounting & Fin Management (University of Essex); Chartered Accountant (MIA); CPA (Australia) ; PhD (Monash) Email: norita.nasir@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 55146000 ext. 46368 (DID: 5514 6368) . | |
![]() | Puspavathy Rassiah, Dr MBA (Edith Cowan University); Pg Dip (BusCom), PhD (Monash) Email: puspavathy.rassiah@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 5514 6000 ext. 45891 ( DID: 5514 5891) . | |
![]() | Ravichandran K.Subramaniam, Dr MBA in Accounting (U.Malaya); PhD in Finance (U.Malaya); CA (M), CPA (Aust) Email: ravichandran.subramaniam@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 55146000 ext: 45684 (DID : 5514 5684) . | |
![]() | Sa'adiah Munir, Dr B.Acc (UM); M.Sc Accounting & Finance (Univ. of Birmingham, UK); DBA (UKM) Email: saadiah.munir@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 55146000 ext: 45843 (DID : 5514 5843) . | |
![]() | Sockalingam R. Ramasamy, Dr B.A Economics (Hons) (UM); MBA (UPM); PhD (MMU) Email: r.sockalingam@monash.edu Phone Extention: (+603) 55146000 ext: 44931 (DID: 5514 4931) . | |
![]() | Teh Chee Ghee, Dr B.Acctg (Hons); MBA; PhD (UM); CA(M); CPA(M); FCCA (UK); FCTIM Email: teh.chee.ghee@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 5514 6000 ext. 45892 (DID: 5514 5892) . | |
![]() | Yessy Peranginangin, Dr B. Management (Gadjah Mada); Pg Dip Finance (University of Melbourne); Master of Commerce (Finance) (University of Melbourne); PhD (University of Adelaide) Email: yessy.arnold@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 5514 6000 ext. 45868 (DID: 5514 5868) . | |
![]() | Aniza Zainol B.Acc. (Hons) (UUM), MSc. Acct & Fin (East Anglia) Email: aniza.zainol@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 55146000 ext. 46369 (DID: 5514 6369) . | |
![]() | Shymala Dhoraisingam Samuel MBA (Keele); MBA (Acctg) (Queensland); FCCA (UK); Chartered Accountant (MIA) Email: shyamala.dhoraisingam@monash.edu Phone Extension: (+603) 5514 6000 ext. 45845 ( DID: 5514 5845) . |