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Professor, Monash University

Mark is a Professor at Monash Business School, Monash University. Prior to joining Monash in 2016 Mark spent most of the previous 15 years at Melbourne Business School, with a brief stint in Singapore in 2011 and 2012. At MBS Mark's roles included Associate Dean (International), Associate Dean (Students) and Director of the School's Executive MBA program.

Prior to joining MBS Mark worked as an academic at the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales, and at the University of Toronto, and as a Research Officer at the Australian Treasury in Canberra.

His academic interests are in international macroeconomics, with particular interest in policy issues in the Australian and Asian regions. His published research has covered topics such as the role of exchange rates in affecting macroeconomic fluctuations, the impact of macroeconomic factors on election outcomes, and the properties of business cycles.

Mark has acted as a consultant to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and to the Monetary Authority of Singapore on a number of projects since 1998, and he had an ongoing Research Fellowship position at the HKMA during the 2000s. He also consults widely to business and government both in Australia and overseas. His most recent consultancies have examined policies for diversifying Brunei's economy, and policy issues related to South Africa's increasing current account deficit.

Mark is also a regular contributor to the Australian Financial Review and The Age newspapers, and he is a sought after public speaker on matters relating to the macroeconomy.

Experience

  • 2018–present
    Professor, Monash University
  • 2016–2018
    Associate professor, Monash University
  • 2002–2016
    Associate Professor, Melbourne Business School
  • 2011–2012
    Dean, SPJain School of Global Management

Education

  • 1994 
    Queen's University, Canada, PhD

Research Areas

  • Macroeconomics (Incl. Monetary And Fiscal Theory) (140212)
  • International Economics And International Finance (140210)