Justin Williams

Managing Director at Australian Accounting Standards Board

Speaker

Justin is the Managing Director of the Australian Accounting Standards Board. The Australian Accounting Standards Board recently approved and released the first Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards AASB S1 (voluntary) and AASB S2 (mandatory), with mandatory reporting commencing for certain entities from 1 January 2025.

Justin has more than 25 years experience and has worked in hands-on-field-roles as well as in corporate environments. Justin has worked in multiple countries in roles linked to the environment, legislation, community, science, innovation and professional services. He has been CEO for NFP entities in Australia and the UK, and has been in Client Facing Professional Services roles as a Consulting Director. In a previous career, Justin was an environmental consultant working in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems assessing the impact on the environment from operations ranging from water storage to power generation.