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Mr

Marc Olynyk

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Business School

  • Senior Lecturer
    Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Business School
  • +61 3 924 43985 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Director of Industry Engagement

Marc is a Senior Lecturer in Financial Planning and Course Director of
Financial Planning in the Department of Accounting within Deakin University.
Marc has significant experience within both academia and industry in the areas
of financial planning, superannuation and retirement planning and accounting.
He was an Authorised Representative for over 15 years and has more than 20
years of experience as one of Australia's leading academics and educators in
the financial planning discipline where he has played a key role in the
development, growth and recognition of financial planning within both the
university sector and the financial planning profession. He is Program
Director of Financial Planning at Deakin University and plays a key role in
facilitating industry engagement and strengthening the ties between the
university sector and industry. Marc has published a number of articles in
the areas of financial planning, superannuation and financial literacy

Marc is a founding committee member and currently Chair of the Financial
Planning Education Council (FPEC), is on the TEQSA Register of External
Experts in Financial Planning and Financial Services and is regularly called
upon to undertake course reviews and accreditations. He is also a co-author
of one of Australia's leading textbooks in financial planning. Marc is a
Fellow of the Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand and a member
of the Financial Planning Association and Association of Financial Advisers.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Senior Lecturer
    Deakin University, Department of Accounting

DEGREES

  • Master of Accountancy
    University of New England
  • Graduate Diploma of Education
    La Trobe University
  • Bachelor of Economics
    Monash University

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
  • Library and information studies
  • Cultural studies
  • Accounting, auditing and accountability
  • Banking, finance and investment

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Business and Law

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • Deakin Business School