Dr. Sridhar Ramamoorti, ACA, CPA/CITP/CFF/CGMA, CIA, CFE, CFSA, CGAP, CGFM, CRMA, CRP, MAFF, is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Dayton, and from January 2020, a sustainability Scholar affiliated with the UD Hanley Sustainability Institute. Previously he was on the accounting faculties of Kennesaw State University, Georgia, and the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.

Dr. Ramamoorti has a blended academic-practitioner background with over 35 years of experience in academia, auditing, and consulting. A BComm. graduate of Bombay University, he holds Masters and Ph.D. degrees from The Ohio State University. Earlier in his career, he was a principal with Andersen Worldwide, was National EY Sarbanes Oxley Advisor, a corporate governance partner with Grant Thornton LLP, and a principal and later, consultant, with Infogix, Inc.

Dr. Ramamoorti is co-author of over 60 papers and articles and 15 books and monographs, including The Audit Committee Handbook (Wiley, 5^th ed., 2010), A.B.C’s of Behavioral Forensics (Wiley, 2013) that has been presented to the FBI Academy, and the textbook, Internal Auditing: Assurance and Advisory Services published by the Institute of Internal Auditors, with translations in French, Spanish, and Japanese. In the last two decades, he has presented his work and spoken at conferences in 16 countries.

Ian Ball is an Adjunct Professor at the Wellington School of Business and Government at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is a former CEO of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) (2002-2013), and was the Director of Financial Management Policy and Central Financial Controller at the New Zealand Treasury (1997-2004). He was a principal architect of the New Zealand Government’s financial management reform process, making New Zealand the first government to introduce modern accrual accounting integrated with the budget and appropriation processes. He also initiated and lead the development of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) while Chair of IFAC’s Public Sector Committee (1995-2000).

Mark leads ACCA’s global public sector research as part of the Policy and Insights team, focusing on current issues affecting finance professionals working in the public sector across different countries. He has previously authored reports on public sector  sustainability reporting and assurance, jointly published by ACCA, IFAC and the INTOSAI Development Initiative, as well as  green budgeting and the evolving role of senior finance leadership in the public sector. Mark has a MA in Public Administration and Public Policy and a MSc in Public Financial Management. He is a qualified Chartered Public Finance Accountant and previously worked in local government in England.

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