Engagement & Media
Talks & Keynotes
I speak at conferences and flagship events across Australia and New Zealand, bringing research and practice together for senior leaders, regulators and professionals in my areas of expertise.
Selected highlights
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand: Keynote presentations on fraud, forensic accounting and business valuation, and on the profession’s evolving role in an age of disruption.
Commonwealth Public Sector Fraud and Corruption Summit (Canberra): Keynote presentation on strengthening fraud control and accountability in the public sector.
McGrathNicol / Australian Fraud Summit / Australian Institute of Professional Investigators: Keynote talks, and C-suite and board-level roundtables, on the latest research addressing fraud prevention and detection.
Digital Events
I have delivered industry partnered webinars and online forums on a range of topics, including on business implications of generative AI, financial crime, governance and the future of professional work.
Selected highlights
Steering innovation and value with generative AI
This webinar explored how finance leaders can use AI responsibly to reshape decision-making and value creation.
Delivered as part of the BDO Chief Value Officer series.
Applying standards to fraud control and corruption
This webinar was one of a series on fraud prevention and detection, translating the latest research insights into practical guidance for front-line financial crime prevention and detection professionals.
Delivered as part of the McGrathNicol Financial Crime Exchange series.
Media & Public Commentary
I have appeared across national television, radio, newspapers, and professional magazines print. I help explain complex issues in plain language, from AI in education and business to the future of the accounting profession, fraud and whistleblowing, ESG and workforce skills.
Thought Leadership
I produce multimedia thought-leadership pieces in collaboration with industry and professional colleagues, designed to stimulate public thinking and informed debate on major business trends and issues facing future of business, knowledge work and education.
Selected Highlights
BusinessThink
Through this sector-leading public thought-leadership platform, I contribute multimedia commentary that translates research and industry expertise into accessible, evidence-based insights for business leaders, professionals, policymakers, and the wider public. My work has addressed a range of critical issues at the intersection of business, work, and society, Examples include the role of productive friction in AI deployment, the psychology and prevention of fraud, and the growing importance of green skills and ESG capability in modern organisations.
Paul and Fahim’s AI Adventures
This newly launched blog cuts through the AI hype to examine what genuine, systemic change looks like for business education in an AI-enabled world. Grounded in real experience, it focuses on our sense-making, the hard questions we have had to ask, and the practical actions we have purused as AI reshapes the rules of business education.