Keynote Speakers

Professor Janice How

Professor Janice How serves at the School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business and Law, The Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. Her research interests are primarily in corporate finance, with particular focus on corporate governance, capital raisings (IPOs and SEOs), analyst forecasts, payout policies, and the political economy of finance. Her work is published in leading international journals including The Journal of Business, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance, and Journal of Business Ethics. She is a strong advocate for regional research, with contributions to Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Accounting and Finance, and Australian Journal of Management.

Janice has held senior academic appointments across Australia and New Zealand, including Professor and Head of Finance at The University of Auckland, and academic roles at Curtin University and The University of Western Australia. She was the founding Director of Area of Research Excellence in Asia-Pacific Capital Markets at Curtin Business School and served as Director of Research Training in QUT’s Faculty of Business and Law (2020-2023).