Amir Ghandar is Chartered Accountants ANZ's Reporting and Assurance Leader. After starting his career in a country accounting firm in Northern New South Wales, Amir trained at top tier professional services firms including EY in Australia and London gaining extensive experience in reporting, assurance and regulation. In his role, Amir engages with Chartered Accountants and stakeholders to help shape the profession's vision on key policy decisions, represent the profession in major forums and reimagine how reporting and auditing can deliver on society's evolving needs. Previously, as Deputy Director, Public Policy & Regulation at the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), Amir drove the public policy and advocacy strategy for the global profession on issues including reporting, assurance, and governance. He grew the profession's influence and networks at the top level of international policy making, collaborating with the G20 and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to carve out the profession's role in improving transparency, tackling corruption and building public trust.

Simon is a senior financial executive with 23 years CFO experience across diverse entities and various ownership structures. He is currently in a public sector role with Health New Zealand/Te Whatu Ora as GM Finance, National Data and Digital. In addition to his work in New Zealand, Simon has had three international postings to Canada and on both the East and West coasts of America. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant and a New Zealand Councillor with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Tom Scott is a Professor of Accounting at the Auckland University of Technology. His research focuses on examining the intended and unintended consequences of changes in accounting and auditing rules and the usefulness of accounting information. Tom serves as an Editor-in-Chief for Pacific Accounting Review, associate editor at Abacus and on advisory panels for New Zealand and Australian Accounting standards boards.

Amanda is the Deputy Associate Dean Education (Learner Experience) at the UTS Business School and has been teaching accounting at the university level for almost two decades. She has been recognised at a national level for her innovation in assessment and the learner experience, as a winner of the Teaching Excellence Award for Law, Business, Economics by the Australian Awards for University Teaching and a Medal in the Order of Australia. Her educational philosophy is based on building trust and providing care to her 2000+ students per annum to drive engagement and performance.