CCLSR Director Reappointed to CAMAC

Congratulations to Ian Ramsay, Harold Ford Professor of Commercial Law and director of the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, who has recently been reappointed to the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC). The position is for three years.

CAMAC projects have included corporate social responsibility; insider trading; schemes of arrangement; long-tail liabilities: the treatment of unascertained future personal injury claims; shareholder claims against insolvent companies; personal liability for corporate fault; corporate duties below board level; and rehabilitating large and complex organisations in financial difficulties. Professor Ramsay has been a member of CAMAC since 2002.

A former dean of the Law School, Professor Ramsay was at one time head of the Federal Government inquiry on auditor independence and a member of the International Federation of Accountants taskforce on rebuilding confidence in financial reporting. He currently serves on the Takeovers Panel.

Professor Ramsay has published extensively on corporate law issues both internationally and in Australia and his opinions are regularly sought by the media. In 2008 Professor Ramsay is teaching Corporate Governance and Directors’ Duties in the Melbourne Law Masters.