Keitha Dunstan

Background

About Keitha Dunstan

Professor Keitha Dunstan is a proud descendant of the Mandandanji people of South-West Queensland. Professor Keitha Dunstan holds the role of Provost of Bond University. She leads the research and education strategies and oversees the academic operations of the university. Her role encompasses leadership of the Bond University College, Transformation CoLab (including Core and Beyond Bond), Higher Degree Research Unit, Academic Integrity Project, Research Integrity Unit, Microcredential Unit, and University Curriculum Management. As the Provost, Professor Dunstan oversees the Inclusion portfolio of the University, which encompasses its Gender Equality, Equity, Diversity and Indigenous strategies. Professor Dunstan’s first appointment at Bond was as the Head of the School of Business in 2009. In 2014, she was appointed as the Pro-Vice Chancellor Academic in 2015 was also appointed as the Pro Vice Chancellor Research in 2015. Professor Dunstan has Chaired the Bond University Women's Network since 2014 and was the Chair of Academic Senate 2012 - 2016. Professor Dunstan has been a member the Universities Australia DVC Academic committee since 2014, DVC Research committee since 2015 and PVC/DVC Indigenous Committee since 2020. She was a member of the Executive of the DVCR Committee 2018-2020 and has been a member of the Executive of the DVCA Committee since 2020. She has Chaired two working groups of the DVCA Committee, the Professional Recognition of Teaching Working Group and the Short Courses and Micro-Credentials Working Group. Professor Dunstan is the Chair of, the Board of Advice for the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Foundation, the Queensland Independent Remuneration Tribunal, and the Indigenous Advisory Group for CPA Australia. She is a Board Member of the Gold Coast Waterways Authority and is the Chair of their Audit and Risk Committee. She is a Fellow of CPA Australia, a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She is a past President of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand 2005-2007, a past co-editor of the 'Pacific Accounting Review' 2002-2006 and is a member of the editorial board of ‘Accounting and Finance’. Professor Dunstan was a Commissioner of the New Zealand Securities Commission 2003-2011. In 2005, she was appointed as a member of the New Zealand Securities Commission Audit Committee and was the Chairman of this committee from 2008 until 2011.