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David Gilchrist is a chartered accountant and holds a PhD in economic history from the University of Notre Dame Australia. He is currently professor of accounting and convenor of the Not-for-profits UWA Research Group at the University of Western Australia where he is also chief investigator and convenor of the Australian Non-profit Accounting Standards Project. David is a member of the Australian Accounting Standards Board Academic Advisory Panel. Previously, he held the role of Assistant Auditor General in Western Australia and, prior to that, he taught accounting and finance at the London School of Economics and Portsmouth University in the UK as well as at Curtin University, Notre Dame Australia and Edith Cowan University in Australia. He was Foundation Director of the Curtin Not-for-profit Initiative for five years, is currently a Visiting Professor and Research Chief Investigator in NFP Studies at the NFPO Research Centre, Hebei GEO University, Peoples’ Republic of China and a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Accounting, Airlangga University, Indonesia. David has undertaken significant research related to sustainability and the NDIS. Amongst other things, he was author of several reports presenting the results of a longitudinal study focusing on NDIS sustainability for disability service providers and published many articles related to this area including the NDIS White Paper “Six Years and Counting: The Australian Disability System and the NDIS” and various green papers on that subject. David was appointed a Fellow of the Western Australian Parliament in 2021.

Nicki Hutley is a highly experienced economist, with broad-based expertise in both macroeconomics and microeconomic policy gained over more than three decades in financial and investment markets and in economic consulting. She is particularly focussed on the intersection of economy, society and environment.

Dr Thomas Longden is a senior researcher at Western Sydney University\\\\\\\'s Urban Transformations Research Centre (UTRC).

Senior Economist and Business Strategist with 13+ years of experience providing management solutions in the face of rapidly evolving markets. Directly involved in delivering $100m+ of bottom-line results across various industries.\r\nExperience throughout Europe, Latin America and Oceania.