UNE Business School Seminar, 14 October 2016

Dr Natasja Steenkamp with Professor Gabriel Donleavy

Dr Natasja Steenkamp’s seminar provided and discussed evidence of South African companies’ disclosure of integrated thinking, their basis of presentation, including materiality determination process and material issues in their integrated reports. The integrated reports of the top 10 South African companies of the Ernst & Young Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards were analysed to ascertain each company’s disclosures of the issues under investigation. The data was then analysed to examine their basis of presentation, similarities in materiality determination processes, commonalities in material issues and what they report about integrated thinking.

UNE Business School was pleased to host staff, students and community members for this seminar on Friday the 14th.

Material from the seminar can be downloaded via the UNE Business School Seminar Series resource page.

Natasja Steenkamp is Senior Lecturer in Accounting in the School of Business and Law at Central Queensland University (CQU). Her research interest is in Integrated Reporting, Intellectual Capital, Sustainability, Corporate Governance and Accounting Education. Natasja has received several research grants and scholarships, including the prestigious grant from the Australian Institute of Company Directors for $12 000 to do the Company Directors course. Only one of 30 Woman in Australia received this grant. Natasja has practised as a Chartered Accountant for over 13 years in South Africa and New Zealand. She was a National Technical Manager at PwC in South Africa and at KPMG in New Zealand. Natasja also had her own Chartered Accountant practice in South Africa for several years. She is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). Currently, Natasja is the Chair of the Board of Directors of MADEC Ltd. She has strong engagement relations with professional accounting bodies, industry, local schools and community in Mackay. She is a member of the Mackay Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand Committee and the Mackay Campus Life Committee.