Anil Hargovan is an Associate Professor in the School of Management and Governance at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). His research interests are in the area of corporate and insolvency law, a discipline in which he has presented many conference papers and published widely in refereed Australian and international law journals.

His academic work, which includes over 110 publications, has been cited by the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee and the judiciary. Anil has authored and co-authored several books, including Australian Corporate Law (LexisNexis, 2023).

He was President of the Society of Corporate Law Scholars (SCOLA, formerly Corporate Law Teachers Association)in and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of SCOLA. Anil currently serves on the Corporate Governance Subject Advisory Committee and on the Applied Corporate Law Subject Advisory Committee at the Governance Institute of Australia. He has conducted the Corporate Governance course in the MBA program at the Australian Graduate School of Management at UNSW.