S. SUSELA DEVI is Dean and Professor of Accounting at the Faculty of Business Technology and Accounting, UNITAR International University. Prior to joining UNITAR she served for 27 years at University of Malaya. She obtained her PhD from University of Waikato, New Zealand. She is a professional accountant and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Her current research interests include innovation amongst small medium practitioners in empowering Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs), corporate governance, international financial reporting issues and the regulation and organisation of the accountancy profession. She also served as the Chief Editor of the Asian Journal of Business and Accounting, published by the Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya from 2010 to 2014.

In 2009 she served as Executive Director of the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board. She was council member of MIA from 2000 to 2002 and 2006 to 2008.She conducts in-house training on IFRSs for Board of Directors and top management of listed companies. She has been appointed as Research and Publication Pathway Consultant to Emerald Publishing UK.