Dr. Liyanarachchi has been working as an accounting academic for twenty years. During this time he has taught accounting at internationally recognised tertiary institutions in Sri Lanka, New Zealand, and Canada. He has studied accounting in Sri Lanka (BCom), USA (MAcc) and in New Zealand (PhD). Currently he is teaching research methods and contemporary issues in accounting at Lincoln University.. Dr. Liyanarachchi’s research has been published in internationally recognised journals. In 2005, he authored the textbook “Group Financial Statements: An accounting principles-based approach.”