Prof. Lester Johnson is Professor of Marketing at the Swinburne
University of Technology, Australia. He holds a PhD in econometrics from the
University of Connecticut. He was elected as one of three inaugural Fellows of
the Australia New Zealand Marketing Academy in 2004, and in 2008, he was also
elected as a Fellow of the Australian Market and Social Research Society. His
research interests lie broadly in the area of marketing modeling. His recent work
includes models investigating consumer brand equity, consumer brand engagement,
celebrity endorsements, and luxury consumption.