He received his PhD degree at the School of Computing and information Systems, University of Sunderland, U.K. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Australia and received the professional fellowship from British Computer Association, UK. He has more than 20 years’ experience in computer auditing and accounting information education. He has also acted as a consultant for a variety of Universities, software companies and industries.

He is Emeritus Professor of University of Sunderland, UK. He is a Principal Fellow of The Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the British Computer Society, the Institute of Engineering and Technology, the Chartered Management Institute, the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Leadership and Management, the Institution of Analysts and Programmers, the Royal Society of Arts and the Association for Project Management. He is best known for his contributions to Artificial Intelligence and Doctoral education.

He is Emeritus Professor in Tohoku University, Japan. He has held various prestigious positions throughout his career, including serving as the Chairman of the Japan Auditing Research Association, Chairman of the Association of Accounting Graduate Schools, and as a member of the Financial Services Agency Certified Public Accountant Examination Committee. Additionally, he has served as a temporary member of the Financial Services Agency Business Accounting Council and as a councillor of the Japan Accounting Research Association.

He is currently a professor, associate dean for operational effectiveness, a Driehaus Fellow and director of the MS in Audit and Advisory Services program at the Driehaus College of Business, Depaul University, USA. His research interests include information security management and IT management. His papers have appeared in several leading journals, including Information Systems Research, Accounting Horizons, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, Information and Management, Information Systems Journal, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Information Systems, among others.

Prof. Dr. Georg Herde studied Business Administration at the University of Paderborn with a focus on "Accounting, Finance and Taxation" as well as the Polytechnic Trend in Nottingham and St. Olaf College in Northfield Minnesota. He then earned his doctorate in the field of formal logic and business informatics at the University of Bamberg under Prof. Dr. Walter Augsburger. In his dissertation he dealt with axiomatized theories of accounting. After his theoretical training he began his career with an auditing and tax consulting company in Bremen, where he dealt intensively with the IT problems in the audit environment. In the years of the management consultation he developed digital test procedures within the range of the audit and tax consultation. In the winter semester of 1999, he was appointed to the Deggendorf University of Technology, where he has been dealing with digital audit procedures in research and teaching ever since. In April 2005 he initiated the 1st Deggendorf Forum for Digital Data Analysis at the Deggendorf University of Technology. In the context of this 18. year old event series so far 24 conferences were accomplished and represent an orientation framework for the IT supported internal and external audit.

He is a renowned expert in natural environment management, with a particular focus on the bamboo sector. He is the Founder of World Bamboo Day, a global initiative to raise awareness and appreciation of bamboo as a natural resource and an environmental solution. Kamesh is passionate about empowering communities, especially in South Asia, through bamboo-based livelihoods and enterprises. He has also worked with various international organizations, such as UNIDO, World Bamboo Organization, and National Bamboo Mission of India, to promote the business and sustainability of bamboo.

He earned his MBA from Victoria University in Canada and is a seasoned entrepreneur with extensive experience in the banking industry.

He earned his engineering degree from the British Columbia Institute of Technology in Canada. Specializing in computing and mobile communication, he boasts extensive experience in the telecommunications industry.