Meet Your Expert Programme Director

Geoffrey H J Baring is the CEO of the Monash Consulting Group and an Asia Pacific board member of the AAFM. Geoffrey has a background in management consulting, initially at London based Urwick, Orr and Partners and  subsequently as Director of Human Resources consulting in the international accounting firm, Arthur Young. He undertook major assignments with many of Australia’s largest companies including Shell Australia Limited, CSR Limited, Esso (Australia) Limited, ANZ Banking Group, Westpac Banking Corporation, Brown Coal Liquefaction (Vic) Limited, Callide Coalfields and Australia Post. In  1990, he became the Foundation Director of the Centre for Accounting Research at Monash University, a position that he  held for three years and during which time he travelled throughout the Asia Pacific region presenting accounting and financial  management programmes. Geoffrey joined Victoria University in 1993 and was responsible for its overseas programmes in Hong Kong. He  developed a number of postgraduate programmes in Hong Kong and these were later marketed in the Peoples Republic of China. In Hong Kong,  he pioneered different modes of programme delivery, many of which are now accepted practice throughout the former colony. Geoffrey has a  bachelors degree from the University of Melbourne and a masters degree from Monash University. He is a qualified workplace trainer and  assessor. He was appointed a visiting professor at the China University of Mining and Technology in Xuzhou and has presented programmes at numerous universities throughout China. In addition he has been the CEO of two Australian registered training organisations. He sits on the academic advisory boards of a number of Australian Colleges and is a member of the Educational Committee of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA). In addition he is responsible for the quality control of all ICMA programmes run in Asia.