KEYNOTE SPEAKERS’ SHORT BIOGRAPHIES

International Conference on “Sustainable Economic Development and Business Management in the Context of Globalization”, (SEDBM-7).

1. Professor Grantley Taylor

Professor Grantley Taylor holds a Bachelor of Science (honours) from the University of Adelaide, a Bachelor of Economics from University of New England, and a PhD in accounting from Curtin University. From 1990 to 2003, he worked in the mining industry where he was in charge of multi-million-dollar exploration and advanced resource projects. From 2003 to 2006, he worked in the Energy and Resources sector at the Australian Taxation Office. In 2006, he joined Curtin University where he conducts research in the areas of international tax avoidance, sustainability, governance, and capital markets. He is currently a co-disciplined lead in accounting. He has recently published in the Journal of Corporate Finance, Review of Accounting Studies and has a recent acceptance in Management Science.

Professor Grantley Taylor is a faculty member at Curtin Business School (CBS) in Australia. His research interests include accounting as applied to the extractive industry, taxation, corporate governance, financial instruments, capital markets, and corporate social responsibility. He has a range of potential honours projects and HDR projects available in such areas as: corporate taxation, corporate social responsibility, capital markets, corporate governance, financial reporting, and disclosure as applied to Australia, the U.S., China, and the GCC.

2. Dr. Nga Nguyen

Dr. Nga Nguyen is a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the University of the West of Scotland, UK. She holds a PhD in Behavioural Finance from Dresden University of Technology, Germany, which she completed with magna cum laude distinction. Nga Nguyen also earned her MBA from Kyoto University, Japan.

Prior to her current position, Dr. Nguyen gained valuable international experience as a visiting scholar at Penn State University, USA, and Kyoto University, Japan. She also served as a research associate, teaching assistant at Dresden University of Technology, Germany. Currently, Nga Nguyen contributes her expertise as a Cafe Talk Team Lead at the Finance and Banking Network of the Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts (AVSE Global).

Nga Nguyen's research focuses on consumer behavioural finance, sustainability, corporate finance, and financial markets. Her interdisciplinary approach combines rigorous academic inquiry with practical insights, contributing to the advancement of knowledge in these fields.

3. Assoc. Prof. Maggie Xiaowen Gao

Assoc. Prof. Maggie Xiaowen Gao – Accounting and Finance at Greenwich Business School of University of Greenwich.
- Senior lecturer at University of Greenwich
- She teaches on modules in Accounting, Finance and Economics at the University and internationally in China and Vietnam.
- She currently is an external examiner for the University of Surrey and the University of Southampton.
- Programme leader for (TNE)MSc Finance and Investment and (TNE)BA Accounting and Finance
- Xiaowen’s research interests include SME and entrepreneur finance; crowdfunding and the circular economy; trust and mutual fund performance; corporate governance and firm value; e-commerce and emerging markets.