Hema Wijewardena

BA, PhD Sri Lanka, MBA New Hampshire, CMA, CA, FCPA

Honorary Principal Fellow

Areas of Expertise: Small Business Management and Accounting Education

Research Profile: UOW RIS Profile

Hema's extensive administrative and teaching experience in banking, printing, public service and education spans over fourty years and his ability to draw on that has made him a valued member of the School.

His research interests are in small business and entrepreneurship, accounting education, financial reporting and management accounting practices in different cultures. He has published articles in international journals such as The International Journal of Accounting, Journal of Small Business Management, Accounting Education, and Journal of Enterprising Culture. Hema has also produced several accounting practice sets, which are widely used in Australian universities.

Hema had taught in a number of universities in Sri Lanka and Canada before coming to Wollongong in 1987. He is responsible for our first year classes, a role he has held for several years most effectively having been awarded the very prestigious Award for Teaching Excellence in 1997.

In addition he has successfully supervised doctoral students. In both teaching and research Hema sets a high standard for his colleagues to emulate.