Tony van Zijl

Tony van Zijl is Emeritus Professor of Accounting & Financial Management. He is past Director of the Centre for Accounting, Governance and Taxation Research.

He is a member of the Institute of Finance Professionals of New Zealand (Certified Securities Analyst Professional). He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant and Life Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ). He is also a Life Member of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ).

Professor van Zijl is a former Chair of the Financial Reporting Standards Board and was a foundation member of the Accounting Standards Review Board. He is a past member of the Valuation and Property Standards Board of the New Zealand Property Institute. He is currently a member of the XRB External Reporting Advisory Panel. He has served on government working parties on securities law reform, capital charging for tertiary education institutions, and value based reporting.

In 2005 he received the AFAANZ Outstanding Contribution to Accounting & Finance Practice Award, in 2011 a Victoria University Research Excellence Award, and in 2012 the CA ANZ (previously NZICA) Outstanding Service to the Accountancy Profession Award.

He is a Consulting Director of Sapere Research Group Limited (previously LECG, Nasdaq: XPRT) and of Financial Analysis Consulting Group Limited and provides consulting advice and litigation support in the areas of his research interests. He is a Lay Member of the High Court of New Zealand.

Professor van Zijl is an Honorary Consul for the People's Republic of Bangladesh.