Michael Bray

Professor of Practice (Integrated Reporting), Deakin University

Within the Deakin University Integrated Reporting Centre, Michael is Director – Engagement and Advocacy. As part of this role, Michael is Director of the Australian Business Reporting Leaders Forum, a reporting stakeholder for the Financial Reporting Council and Australia’s IFRS Foundation Integrated Reporting Community.

Previously, while contracted to the IFRS Foundation, Michael provided strategic advice to the IFRS Foundation’s Chief Connectivity and Integrated Reporting Officer and led the jurisdictional Integrated Reporting Communities program. Michael contracted to the IFRS Foundation given his prior roles as a Director of the International Integrated Reporting Council and executive of the Value Reporting Foundation.

Prior to joining the IIRC management team, Michael was a Director of KPMG Australia’s Better Business Reporting Services (2016-2020), and an audit partner of KPMG Australia for 27 years between 1989 and 2016.

Michael is a member of the Expert Reference Groups for the International Auditing & Assurance Standards Board’s and International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants’ Sustainability Reporting Assurance Projects.