Technical Advisers
Professor Robert (Bob) Officer
Bob is among Australia's best known finance academics. Among his academic awards are Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and Life Membership of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand. Bob was previously Professor of Finance at Melbourne Business School.
Bob has an international reputation for his pioneering work on the impact of dividend imputation on valuation. Bob’s expertise and research includes corporate and international finance, capital markets, industrial organisation, takeovers and antitrust.
Bob was Chair of Victorian Funds Management Corporation until May 2006 with about $37 billion under management and he has been integrally involved in the Australian Pension Fund industry for many years. He has held several other prestigious appointments including Chairman of both the Victorian and National Commissions of Audit, and has consulted to a large number of public, private and government organisations.
