Professor Peter Swan AO FRSN FASSA is a distinguished finance academic at UNSW Sydney’s Business School. He holds an Honours Economics Degree from ANU and a PhD from Monash, with prior faculty roles at ANU, AGSM, and the University of Sydney, where he established the Finance Department. Appointed as a Member (AM) and later an Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia for his contributions to academia and public policy, he was also named a Scientia Professor and elected a Fellow of both the Academy of Social Sciences and the Royal Society of NSW. Known globally for his work in industrial organisation and finance, his research spans market microstructure, corporate governance, and asset pricing, with over 40 international journal publications and numerous media contributions.