Summary
Hosted in conjunction with the Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania, the 2026 Kate Stanton Memorial Lecture will be presented by Dr Keith Kendall, Chair and CEO, Australian Accounting Standards Board.
The Australian Accounting Standards Board are more than 12 months past the introduction of mandatory sustainability reporting in Australia. Keith will talk about the process they went through to get the ISSB standards ready for Australian adoption, as well as the experience over the last 12+ months since adoption.
Network with members over refreshments following the presentation.
Hosted in conjunction with the Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania
Speaker
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Dr Keith Kendall
AASB Chair
Dr Keith Kendall was appointed Chair of the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) in May 2020. As part of this role, he is also a member of the New Zealand Accounting Standards Board and is presently Chair of the Asian Oceanian Standard Setters Group (AOSSG) and co-Chair (with the Canadian Accounting Standards Board) of the International Forum of Accounting Standard Setters (IFASS).
Prior to his appointment to the AASB, Dr Kendall worked as an accountant and a lawyer for almost 25 years in various roles across the Big 4, academia, government and sole practice (as a barrister), spending time as a Partner at Rigby Cooke Lawyers before accepting an appointment to serve on the former Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
As well as his present appointment as Chair of the AASB, Dr Kendall also serves on a number of boards of not-for-profit organisations, including as Finance Director of Rugby Victoria and on the Investment Committee of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
He holds degrees from Monash University, the University of Melbourne and the University of Chicago, obtaining his doctorate from La Trobe University applying behavioural law and economics to the regulation of insider trading. He is a Fellow of CPA Australia, a Member of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, a Chartered Tax Adviser and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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