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Publications Click here for Publication listing Overview I joined the Faculty in January 2007, having previously been a Professor and Director of the Tim Fischer Centre for Global Trade & Finance at Bond University for six years. Since 2004 I have led the Research Network of Australia 21 entitled, “Enhancing Australia’s Security and Prosperity in the 21st Century”. For more, see http://www.australia21.org.au. As an academic, I have consulted to banks, finance houses and government departments, including the U.S. SEC and Department of Justice, the Australian Tax Office, the Indonesian Ministry of Finance and the Vietnamese Ministry of Trade. Before becoming an academic, I practised banking and finance law in Australia and Hong Kong and on Wall Street for nine years Research Interests My principal focus been on the international financial system and its impact on developing countries in general and the poor in developing countries in particular. Of late this interest has broadened into a focus on global governance, and how the international trade, financial and other governance systems interact. Current Research Projects Debt for development exchanges as a means of enhancing the effectiveness of Australian aid and debt relief. Strategies to promote the full participation of developing countries in the international financial system. Journal Affiliations Global Trade Law Series, Founding Series Editor, Kluwer Law International, The Hague. International Banking and Finance Law Series, Series Co-editor, Kluwer Law International, The Hague. Australian Law Journal, Overseas Law Column, Founding Editor. Other Activities Consultant to World Vision Australia on international debt and poor countries. Consultant to Jubilee Australia on international debt relief issues |
