Until his retirement in July 2024, Professor Paul Collier was Professor of Accounting at Monash Business School where he has been Deputy Head of the Department of Accounting & Finance, Associate Dean for Research Training, and most recently Director of the Monash MBA Program. ​ 

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He is a CPA who holds a Bachelor’s degree in accounting (UTS), a Master’s degree in organisation behaviour (UNSW), a Graduate Diploma in Education (UTS), and a Doctor of Philosophy (Warwick). ​

Paul’s career commenced in the private sector, where he became Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary, and subsequently General Manager (Operations) for a listed manufacturing company in Sydney. ​

He then made a late career transition, becoming Head of Training & Development for a UK police force, and then moved into academia. His main areas of research interest and publications have been in performance measurement, management control, governance, and risk management in the public and not-for-profit sectors. ​

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Paul has been on the board of Festival Housing, a large social housing organisation in England; Peninsula Health (which operates Frankston & Rosebud hospitals in Melbourne) and two academic charities, as well as two privately owned companies. At Peninsula Health, Paul was Chair of the Finance & Resources Committee, and a member of the Audit & Risk Committee and the Remuneration Committee. At Festival Housing, Paul was Chair of the Audit Committee. ​​

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He has been an author and subject matter expert for CPA Australia, and previously with CIMA in UK, in the fields of management accounting, risk and management control systems.​

 

Paul was a member of the Academic Board and Teaching & Learning committee of a reputable private higher education provider from 2014 to 2020.