Grant Richardson is Chaired Professor of Accounting in the Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance at Macquarie University. Professor Richardson has worked and held a number of senior full-time and visiting positions at leading academic institutions around the world, including The People's Republic of China (Mainland), Hong Kong (SAR), Japan, Singapore and the United States. Grant has recently featured in the Stanford University list of most highly cited research in accounting in 2019. The list only includes the top 2% of the most-cited researchers in accounting across the world.

Professor Richardson has published in several high-quality refereed journal publications across the accounting, business, finance and law disciplines, such as The Review of Accounting Studies, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, European Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Accounting and Business Research, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Accounting Research, The Federal Law Review, Journal of International Accounting, Journal of Financial Research and many more.

Grant is an Associate Editor of The Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics. He also serves on the Editorial Boards of several internationally renowned accounting journals, including The Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Accounting and Business Research, The International Journal of Accounting and Abacus.

Professor Richardson is an Ad Hoc Reviewer on many leading accounting, business and finance journals, such as, Accounting Horizons, British Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, European Accounting Review, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of International Accounting Research, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Public Economics and Journal of World Business.

Grant has strong research interests in corporate and international taxation, capital markets, corporate finance, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and financial accounting.

Finally, Professor Richardson consultants for industry and government in the areas of accounting, taxation and academic research in Australia and internationally.