Dr Philip Palmer has completed a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) with Honours and a PhD in Accounting. He is a member of CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, where he is a member of the regional council for SA/NT.

He is the coordinator of the Accounting and Finance Undergraduate and Masters programs at Flinders. He has written a number of journal articles, conference papers and presentations as well as supervising a number of PhD students. Phil has extensive finance industry experience, having worked in a bank for 14 years and as a commercial banking analyst for much of this time before joining Flinders, giving him an in-depth industry understanding.

Phil is passionate about producing enterprising, work-ready accounting graduates, who have the necessary technical knowledge and personal attributes to make a successful contribution to the accounting profession.