Associate Professor Simone Domenico Scagnelli

• Italian Research Center for Shared Value, Co-founder
• European Accounting Association, member
• Sustainability Accounting Standard Board Alliance, member
• Italian Academy of Business Administration (AIDEA), member
• Italian Society of Accounting Scholars (SIDREA), member
• Italian registry of professional Auditors, member

Scagnelli got awarded his Ph.D in 2005 from the University of Turin, in Italy, with a thesis focussing on the accountability and measurement issues of Management Information Systems. Prior to joining ECU as Associate Professor, Scagnelli was Associate Professor at the Department of Management, University of Turin, Italy, and was the Head of International Relations and Director of the International Bachelor in Business & Management. From 2012 to 2018, Scagnelli was also Adjunct Professor of Financial & Managerial Accounting at ESCP Europe, one of the top Business Schools in the World. Scagnelli’s research has been mostly in Accounting, with a particular focus on Corporate Social Responsibility. Scagnelli has presented at leading international conferences and published in scholarly international journals such as the Australian Accounting Review, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, and Pacific Accounting Review. Scagnelli’s international research partnerships span the countries of Italy, UK, Germany, Russia, Australia and Japan, where has obtained a number of research grants. Scagnelli has also supervised research students to completion at the PhD level. Scagnelli has also developed an extensive experience in the industry. Prior to joining Academia, Scagnelli was associate partner at a leading Italian Law and Accounting firm, providing advisory services to national and multinational companies in the Automotive, Aerospace and ICT industries. Simone Scagnelli is now Associate Professor in Accounting, School of Business and Law, Commerce Discipline.

Dr Jaime Yong

• Edith Cowan University, Academic Discipline Coodinator in Finance
• School of Business and Law, the Course Coordinator for Finance
• Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA), member

Jaime won an Excellent Bachelor Degree in Business at Edith Cowan University. Jaime got awarded her Ph.D in 2013 from the Edith Cowan University, a prestigious university in Australia. Jaime started as a sessional academic at ECU, Perth Institute of Business and Technology and Curtin University. Jaime has been with ECU on a full-time basis since 2009. Jaime’s research focus is on direct and securitised real estate investments in Australia and implications on portfolio choices. In 2013, Jaime was awarded with Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching from Faculty of Business and Law. Over the past decade, Jaime has taught economics and finance units at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level, with subjests of Finance, Fundamentals of Value Creation and Corporate Finance. With 18 international publications covering Commercial Real Estate, Index construction, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Asset pricing and Portfolio allocation, associated with coauthors from European and Asian countries, Jaime has shown youth enthusiasm and success in science researching.