Brian Burfitt is a Lecturer in the School of Accounting, having joined the school in early 2006. Prior to joining UNSW, he lectured at the University of Sydney.
Brian previously worked for more than 11 years in a FMCG manufacturing multinational. His responsibilities there included Commercial Management, Management Accounting, Group Consolidation and Reporting, and Factory Accounting. Brian then joined the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) where he spent a number of years as Manager in the Finance team of Value in Kind (non cash) sponsorship. He also held roles as venue finance manager at a number of venues during the Sydney Olympic Games.
Brian teaches in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Financial and Management Accounting courses.
His research interest is in the management accounting processes relating to the acquisition and use of Value-In-Kind sponsorship revenue.