Ros Whiting

Rosalind Heather Whiting (3 March 1958 – 22 July 2024) was a New Zealand accounting academic, and was an associate professor at the University of Otago. She was elected a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand in 2018.

Early life and education Whiting was born in Eltham, Taranaki, on 3 March 1958, and was one of six children of Jim and Isobel Whiting. She completed a PhD titled Gender, family responsibilities and career success in the New Zealand accountancy profession at the University of Otago in 2006.

Whiting was interested in the history of accounting, and gender and accounting careers, but also published on corporate finance and microfinance. In 2009 Whiting founded Dunedin Community Accounting, which provides advice and training to community groups.

Whiting retired in May 2023. She died from pancreatic cancer in Dunedin on 22 July 2024, survived by her husband and three children.

Honours and awards Whiting was elected a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand in 2018, for her "outstanding contribution and achievement to the profession of accountancy".

In 2014 Whiting was awarded a University of Otago Teaching Excellence Award, and in 2018 the Otago Business School Citizenship Award.

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