AUT - Annette Free

Annette Free

Senior Lecturer, Centre for Business Interdisciplinary Studies; Paper Leader Environment of Business

Phone: + 64 9 921 9999 ext 7043

Email: annette.free@aut.ac.nz

Memberships and Affiliations:

Member New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants

Biography:

Annette Free is a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Business Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) in the Faculty of Business and Law.  She has many years of accounting experience as a public practice specialising in business planning, financial reports and taxation preparation for SMEs.
Annette has held special responsibilities as paper leader for Accounting and Taxation in NZ Diploma in Business and Introduction to for Environment of Business, Certificate in business, and is currently Paper Leader for Environment of Business (Bachelor of Business).  She has over 20 years teaching experience and brings her practical skills and knowledge from the corporate world to the classroom.
Annette is an external moderator in Accounting for other outside Institutions.

Teaching Areas:

•     CBIS – Accounting
•     CBIS – Professional Practice
•     CBIS – Co-operative Education – Workshop Supervisor and  Academic Supervisor

Research areas:

Teaching and learning of first year students in Accounting

Publications:

Allison, G., Fraser, A., Free, A., Hulst, G., Taylor-Smith, R., & Theodorou, E. (Eds.). (2011). Environment of business: An interdisciplinary text for first year business students. Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson Custom for AUT University, Faculty of Business and Law.