I am a Professor of Finance and hold the MSA Charitable Trust Chair in Finance at the Massey University Business School. I am also the Research Director of the School of Economics and Finance at Massey University. I am focused on research that can make a difference in industry practice. My research interests include long-term stock returns and retirement planning, the impact of ESG on financial markets, factors influencing stock returns, the cost of capital, and quantitative approaches to portfolio management, transaction cost and liquidity measurement, and exchange-traded funds. My research has been published in internationally respected academic journals, such as the Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of Banking and Finance, and journals with a practitioner focus, such as the Financial Analysts Journal. My research has generated widespread interest. I am currently ranked in the top 0.1% of authors on the international working paper website SSRN (based on downloads of my papers) and my work has been discussed in numerous newspapers and investment blogs. I have won the NZX Research Report of the Year Award at the Annual INFINZ Awards and I am a two-time winner of the Boyle, Lally, and Rose Prize for the Best Overall Paper at the New Zealand Finance Colloquium. I have also won numerous other prizes and awards. I also serve on the editorial board of a number of journals. I have consulted to public companies including the New Zealand Exchange Ltd and Fletcher Building Ltd, private companies such as Grant Thornton, and Smiths City in a range of areas including commodity risk management, executive stock option valuation, and cost of capital. I have advised the ACC Investment Fund and the Massey University Foundation on investing based on ESG principles, and the New Zealand Commerce Commission on regulatory issues. I am also an Independent Academic Consultant and Member of the Investment Committee for Consilium Ltd, which is a company that provides world class portfolio and technology solutions to financial advisors, and I am an Independent Academic Advisor to the NZ$40bn+ ACC Investment Fund.I am a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors. I have governance experience in a range of settings and have expertise in applying ESG principles from a board perspective. I have completed the University of Pennsylvania Wharton Business School "Leadership in the 21st Century" and the Australian Institute of Directors "An Introduction to ESG for Boards" course.