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Associate ProfessorPeni Fukofuka

Associate Professor

Department of Accounting and Information Systems

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  • Associate Professor
    Department of Accounting and Information Systems
  • Head of Department
    Department of Accounting and Information Systems
  • +6433692718 (Work)

BIO

Peni is the Head of the Department of Accounting and Information Systems and is currently an Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Canterbury. Born in Tonga, Peni grew up in Sopu o Taufa'ahau and attended Mangaia Primary School, Tonga High School, and completed further studies in New Zealand, Fiji and Australia. 

He has been in the corporate sector for nearly ten years, but is now working in academia. Peni has worked in Tonga, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand.

He loves tennis, singing, sociology, preparing financial reports and accounting research. Peni was also recently introduced to golf and regrets not trying it sooner.

Peni completed his PhD from the Australian National University's Research School of Accounting in 2014.

TE WHARE WĀNANGA O WAITAHA - UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate Professor
    University of Canterbury, Department of Accounting and Information Systems, UC Business School31 Jan 2023 - present
  • Head of Department
    University of Canterbury, Department of Accounting and Information Systems, UC Business School3 Apr 2024 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD Accounting
    The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
  • Masters of Commerce
    The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
  • Bachelor of Arts
    University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji

CERTIFICATIONS

  • CA ANZ
    Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, Australia
  • CPA Australia
    Chartered Practising Accountant- Australia

FACULTY

  • UC Business School