Trail of destruction: professor runs rampant in unsuspecting corporate world

Selling himself as a “distinguished scholar of financial regulation”, former professor Justin O’Brien focused on “trust” to attract potential investors to his business initiative ‘The Trust Project’ at Monash Business School.

As Part 1 of this investigation noted, O’Brien was head of the Trust Project before he was forced to resign over allegations he had used his corporate credit card for personal expenses.

Centre of Non-Excellence: how to win grants and influence people … in Australia’s universities

O’Brien has written numerous authoritative Opinion pieces for the Australian Financial Review around trust in financial regulation, including on the Banking Royal Commission; banks, law and morality; and the need for…