Earl Jobling is an Accounting/Finance Lecturer within the La Trobe Business School and has undertaken consultancy work on behalf of the Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities (CSRC). Over and above teaching at La Trobe, he has taught at institutions in Singapore and Hong Kong. His research interests at present cover a number of areas including banking, financial services marketing and university-community engagement. He has presented numerous papers at both national and international conferences. A number of these papers have subsequently been published in academic journals and textbooks. Prior to joining the La Trobe Business School he worked as an adviser/analyst for an investment trust.