Contact Details
| Organization: | Finance |
| Position: | SENIOR LECTURER |
| Email: | |
| Homepage: | http://www.finance.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/fin_staff_webpage.cfm?StaffNo=24 |
Biography
Prior to taking up this position in 2001, Sean lectured at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the Department of Accounting and Finance at the University of Newcastle and prior to that at Monash University. Sean has also taught at the postgraduate level at Lancaster University in England and has undertaken a range of consulting activities for firms operating in both the domestic and international marketplace. He has developed and delivered professional short-courses on treasury risk management, derivatives and capital budgeting issues for major Australian and international companies. Sean has a well-developed research profile with his work appearing in leading Australian and international journals and has received a number of prizes for his research work. Sean is a coauthor of the widely used McGraw-Hill textbook, Business Finance. In its 9th edition the text was awarded an Australian Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing in 2006 by the Australian Publishers Association. In July 2007 Sean was awarded the Pearson Education Accounting/Finance Lecturer of the Year Award, endorsed by the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand and judged by the Education Directors of CPA Australia, the ICAA and the NZICA. The announcement was made at the recent AFAANZ annual conference in Brisbane.
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Commerce with Honours (First Class) | Monash University | 31-Dec-1995 | |
| Doctor of Philosophy | University of Newcastle | 31-Dec-2001 |
Other Awards
| Award Type | Awarding Body | Comments | Date Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other (Award) | Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand | Best Paper Prize - 2008 Annual Conference | 01-Jul-2008 |
| Other (Award) | Financial Management Association - Asian Finance Association | Best Manuscript Award | 13-Jul-2005 |
| Other (Award) | Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand and Pearson Education | Accounting and Finance Lecturer of the Year | 03-Jul-2007 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
- Finance (BANKING, FINANCE AND INVESTMENT) (350301)
- Financial Econometrics (BANKING, FINANCE AND INVESTMENT) (350302)
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Additional Grant and Contract Information
- $15,000 for the project titled The Impact of Anonymous Trading on SFE Market Microstructure awarded by the Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies (with C. Brown) awarded in December 2006
- $7,000 for the project titled International Evidence on the Other January Effect awarded by the Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies (with S.A. Easton) awarded in December 2006
- $11,400 Teaching Innovation Grant for The Development of Flexible Assessment Tools for Quantitative-Based Finance Subjects (with A. Lamba) awarded in August 2006.
- $2,496 Teaching Innovation Grant (with matching funds from the department) for a pilot-run of the project FinanceNow! awarded in January 2007.
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.