Professor Janek Ratnatunga, is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Education Committee of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants (Australia). Previously, he was the Dean and Head of Commerce at the University of South Australia for four years and prior to that held the Chair in Business Accounting for 18 years at Monash University, Australia. He has also held academic positions at the University of Melbourne and the University of Canberra in Australia, and the Universities of Washington, Richmond and Rhode Island in the USA. He has authored / co-authored twenty five books on strategic cost management, entrepreneurship, financial accounting, accounting theory and financial modelling, and over 250 academic and professional papers.

Prof. Ratnatunga has worked in the profession as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG and is a consultant for the World Bank. He has undertaken a major consultancy for the Australian Department of Defence in the valuation of strategic capabilities and has valued the brand capabilities of major Telecommunication and IT companies worldwide. He is also a world authority on the business and accounting implications of climate change and carbon trading. In January 2009, he was awarded the prestigious joint American Accounting Association, AICPA (USA), CIMA (UK) and CMA (Canada) Impact on Management Accounting Practice Award. The award is presented annually to a paper published within the last five years in a refereed academic journal that has the greatest potential impact on Management Accounting Practice.