Biography

Early-Career academic and researcher in higher education with 1 year experience as a lecturer and 3+ years’ experience as a teaching assistant. Proficient in Excel, Xero, IBM SPSS and NVIVO. Teaching experience in advanced management accounting and introductory financial accounting and finance. Research interests include management accounting and supply chain accounting disclosure. 

Research Interest

Management Accounting, Supply Chain Accounting Disclosure, Circular Economy

Educational Background

• PhD (Accounting), Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand (2025)
• MBus (Accounting), Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand (2017)
• BBus (Accounting), School of Business and Law, Massey University (2016)

Working Experience

• Research Assistant, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand (2025)
• Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand (2025)
• Lecturer, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand (2024 – 2025)
• Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand (2021 – 2024)
• Research Assistant, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand (2021)

Research Experience

• 2024 Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Grant

Representative Publications

• Velayutham, S*., Velayutham, A. (2023). Transnational Higher Education, the Emergence of Local Professional Bodies, and its Impact on Developing Countries: The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. The Internationalization of Higher Education: Concepts, Cases and Challenges. Information Age Publishing
• Velayutham, A*., Rahman, A. R., Narayan, A., Wang, M. (2021). Pandemic turned into pandemonium: the effect on supply chains and the role of accounting information, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 34(6). Q1
• Velayutham, A.*, Rahman, A. (2018). The Value of Human Capital within Canadian Business Schools. Journal of Intellectual Capital, 19(4). Q1
• Velayutham, S*., Velayutham, A. (2016). Emergence of the Transnational Capitalist Class in Sports: Manchester United Football Club and the English Premier League. Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. 15(5). Q3

Honors / Awards

• Doctoral Scholarship (2020), Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand                     
• Postgraduate Academic Excellence Scholarship (2016), Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
• Massey University Dean’s List Recipient (2014), School of Business and Law, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand