Ros Whiting

Rosalind Heather Whiting (3 March 1958 – 22 July 2024)[1] was a New Zealand accounting academic, and was an associate professor at the University of Otago.

[2] Whiting joined the faculty of the University of Otago in 1991, rising to senior lecturer in 2003 and associate professor in 2016.

[3][4] She completed a PhD titled Gender, family responsibilities and career success in the New Zealand accountancy profession at the University of Otago in 2006.

[2] Whiting was involved in a research study that found dropping levels of home ownership was reducing the likelihood of a comfortable retirement for an increasing number of people.

[8] She died from pancreatic cancer in Dunedin on 22 July 2024, survived by her husband and three children.