Jill Hooks


Jillian Jeanette Hooks is a New Zealand accountancy academic. She was a professor at Massey University and published a number of books and papers on accounting and financial reporting. In December 2024, Hooks was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to accountancy and education.

Academic career

Hooks completed a PhD in 2000 at the University of Waikato titled Accountability in the retail and distribution sectors of the New Zealand electricity industry, and the electricity sector in New Zealand remains a strong research topic for her. She works at Massey University, where she is a full professor. Other research interests include reporting and talent flows. Hooks is a chartered accountant of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Fellow Certified Practising Accountant of CPA Australia, and a convenor of the annual Auckland Region Accounting Conference. She is on the editorial board of Pacific Accounting Review and a member of the trust for that journal.
In 2011, Hooks was voted lecturer of the year by students.
File:Jill Hooks CNZM investiture.jpg|thumb|right|Hooks, after her investiture as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House, Auckland, on 20 May 2025
In the 2025 [New Year Honours (New Zealand)|2025 New Year Honours], Hooks was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to accountancy and education.

Selected works