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Alumni Auditorium online events are webinars featuring guest speakers and lecturers and have up to 300 attendees. Each Alumni Auditorium event is moderated, and attendees can ask questions of the speaker and participate in event surveys.
Alumni Café online events are similar events but limited to just eight to ten attendees. This allows a free-flowing discussion between guest speakers and attendees.
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We will share a video of each Alumni Auditorium and Alumni Café online event on this section of the website. To keep up to date with announcements regarding the scheduling of upcoming events, please visit the Alumni News page.
Alumni Auditorium online events are webinars featuring guest speakers and lecturers and have up to 300 attendees. Each Alumni Auditorium event is moderated, and attendees can ask questions of the speaker and participate in event surveys.
Alumni Café online events are similar events but limited to just eight to ten attendees. This allows a free-flowing discussion between guest speakers and attendees.
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We will share a video of each Alumni Auditorium and Alumni Café online event on this section of the website. To keep up to date with announcements regarding the scheduling of upcoming events, please visit the Alumni News page.
MGSMAA MEMBER DIRECTORY
Peter Clare
Mobile 0413989009
Mailing Address:
PO Box 530
Pyrmont, NSW 2009
Australia
MGSM Qualification Details
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 1988
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 1990
Professional Information
Industry or occupation: Banking
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Professional Bio
I have deep experience in retail banking in Australia and New Zealand having begun my 20 year banking career in the back office of CBA in 1994 and then progressed through to Group Executive level at St.George and Westpac and CEO of Westpac in New Zealand in 2012.
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Katrina Mottram
Email katrina.mottram@outlook.com
Mobile 0401232213
Address: 19/11-15 Manson St
Telopea, NSW 2117
Australia
MGSM Qualification Details
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 2014
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2016
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Professional Information
Industry or occupation: Management Consulting
Job Title or Role Project Manager
Employer: State Transit Authority
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Professional Bio:
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrinamottram
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Emma McKellar
Email: emma@urbangreenfield.com.au
Mobile 0419242664
Personal Information
Address: 17 Annfield Street
Kellyville Ridge, NSW 2155
Former name Norton
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MGSM Qualification Details
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 2011
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2019
Professional Information
Industry or occupation:
Property Development and Consulting / Business Owner
Employer: Urban Greenfield
Job Title or Role: Director
Professional Bio
Extensive experience in leading high-performing strategic services and marketing teams within large and complex institutions in the Higher Education sector. Most recently, founder and Director of a property development and development site sales-focused company based in Sydney.
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LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-mckellar/
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John-Paul Monck
0478221688
Address 37 Holloway St
Banksmeadow, NSW 2019
Australia
Known as JP
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MGSM Qualification Details
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 2010
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2012
Professional Information
Industry or occupation: Financial Services
Employer or Company name: KPMG
Professional Bio
John-Paul (JP) Monck serves as a banking consultant to financial services institutions. Covering various aspects of banking risk management and governance, as well as financial economics, JP has served major banks, regulators, firms, and people throughout Australia, China, the United States and Asia.
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Michelle Wood
Email: msjjaew@gmail.com
Mobile 0402299599
Address:11 Oregon Avenue
Fletcher NSW 2287
Australia
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MGSM Qualification Details
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 1999
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2003
Professional Information
Industry or occupation Professional Services
Employer or Company name: Digital Alchemy
Job Title or Role: Senior Strategy Lead
Professional Bio
Michelle is a Senior Strategy Lead with Digital Alchemy, a market leader in dynamic decisioning.
In this role, Michelle creates and implements strategies which leverage robust behavioural insights to deliver measurement driven marketing programmes which enable clients to maximise the return on investment across a broad range of data driven marketing capability.
Having worked previously on the client side, Michelle has a unique perspective to transform the clients data driven marketing capability across a board range of functions including marketing automation, data insights and analytics, market research, customer marketing, customer experience and essential communications.
Michelle has applied her analytical and operational knowledge to improve the customer experience in a number of industries including telecommunications, financial services, retail, utilities, consulting and property development.
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LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-wood-78780a4/
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Doris Lee
Email: cs.doris@gmail.com
Mobile +64 0225849922
Address
9A/ 524 Remuera Road
Remuera, Auckland, 1050
New Zealand
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MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 2010
Location of study Hong Kong campus
Year Graduated 2015
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Professional Bio:
Certified project manager with proven track record in implementing enterprise-level IT and non-technology projects.
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Dr David Lamond
Email: daplamond@gmail.com
Mobile: 0468988154
Address: 1 Billyard Place
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MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree DBA
Year commenced 1994
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2000
Professional Information
Industry or occupation: Company Director
Employer or Company: Blaser Pty Ltd
Professional Bio:
PhD in Managerial Psychology (MGSM/Macquarie University)
1970s Registered Psychiatric Nurse
1980s Director of Community Services, Blacktown City Council; NSW Govt SES
1990s Senior Lecturer MGSM; Director, Corporate Consigliere
2000s Director, Sydney Graduate School of Management; Deputy Dean, Nottingham Business School
2010s Executive Dean, Faculty of Business and Law, PVC (Offshore Branch Campus Development) Victoria University;
Founder & Managing Director, Blaser Pty Ltd
Job Title or Role: Founder and Managing Director
LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidlamond/
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Johanna Hetherington
Email johanna@intellect-cs.com
Mobile 0418169942
Addresss: PO Box 209
Ourimbah, NSW 2258
MGSM Qualification Details
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 1995
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 1997
Professional Information
Industry or occupation Management Consulting
Employer or Company name Intellect Consulting Services
Professional Bio
Following a successful career as a banking executive and completing her MBA at Macquarie in 1997, Johanna founded Intellect Consulting Services, a management consulting and training company specialising in customer experience and service delivery operations. ICS has enjoyed a diverse range of blue-chip and government clientele across Australasia and North America.
Johanna's work consistently delivers increased service levels within client organisations, improved quality assurance, markedly increased sales productivity and sound stewardship or public or shareholders funds.
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Johanna also possesses a BS in Electrical Engineering together with current industry qualifications in workplace assessment and training. She is a published author and well-regarded presenter and public speaker. Johanna is currently undertaking a Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry) at the University of Notre Dame School of Law in Sydney. Show Less
Job Title or Role: CEO
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LinkedIn Profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanna-hetherington-37bb88/
Testimonial:
Johanna M Hetherington, MBA, 1997.
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​William Simes
Email: wsimes@iinet.net.au
Mobile 0437185494
Address:1 Yamba Street
North Balgowlah, NSW 2093
​Australia
Known as Bill
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MGSM Qualification Details
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 1999
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2001
Professional Information
Industry or occupation Resources
Employer or Company: Extract Consulting
Professional Bio
Job Title or Role: Director
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Shweta Sawanee
Email: shwetasawanee13@gmail.com
Mobile 0431026178
Address: Unit 48
Westmead. NSW 2145
29-33 Darcy Road
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MGSM Qualification Details
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 2015
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2017
Professional Information
Industry or occupation Manufacturing and Sales - Outdoor Play Equipment
Employer or Company name Plum Products Pty ltd
Professional Bio
I have expanded my thinking base from my comfort zone to reaching out to stretch myself to subjects like Consumer Behaviour, Strategic Marketing, Design thinking which have broadened my peripherals to a much greater understanding of the relationship between a company and it's the customer.
Starting my career as an Engineer I have acquired different skills such as Discipline, Resilience, Diligence, and Perseverance. I have always been a believer in constant growth learning in everyday life be it work or personal. Show Less
Job Title or Role: National Account Manager
LinkedIn Profile
www.linkedin.com/in/shwetasawanee
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Joseph Chan
Email Joey@chan1.com
Mobile +61 412293428
Address: 3 Keith Street
Roseville, NSW 2069
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MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree MMgt
Year commenced 2005
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2009
Professional Information
Industry or occupation Aviation
Employer or Company: Sydney Airport Corporation Limited
Professional Bio:
Joseph is an airport planning specialist with over 20 years’ experience in aviation. With undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in urban and regional planning and business administration, Joseph has presented at international, domestic conferences and seminars on airport planning and strategy.
Key achievements include the delivery of key strategic planning documents, including 20-year airport master plans and the delivery of the Australia’s first Airport Ground Transport Plan in 2006.
More recently he has had a critical role in the delivery of the RMS Sydney Gateway combined Major Development Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, a $2.6 billion motorway-grade link between Sydney Airport and Westconnex.
Job Title or Role: Manager, Development and Planning
LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-chan-45388813/
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Mr Bill Hovey
Email Bill.Hovey@airande.global
Mobile: 0412670110
Address: 45 Bimburra Avenue,
ST IVES, NSW 2075
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MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 2000
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2002
Professional Information
Industry or occupation Health and Life Sciences
Employer or Company name Airandé Pty Limited
Professional Bio:
Bill's career has spanned many sectors including teaching, military service, consulting, and coaching.
Bill is currently leading a multi-national business specialising in innovative, science-led solutions to micro-bacterial contamination in the health, agri, and residential home markets. Bill is completing a PhD under the supervision of Dr Steven Segal. Show Less
Job Title or Role: CEO & President
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LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/billhovey/
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Gregory Robinson
Email: gkrobins@icloud.com
Mobile 0411285028
Address: 28 Rosina Crescent
Kings Langley, NSW 2147
Known as Greg
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MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree Grad Diploma
Year commenced 1995
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 1995
Professional Information:
Industry or occupation Information Technology
Employer or Company: Macquarie University
Professional Bio:
It is my belief that IT is a strategic function that supports the primary business objectives instead of driving the business. My diverse background includes service delivery, strategic selling and experience in organisational transformation.
I am passionate about the need for planning and continuous improvements. My ability to facilitate change and at the same time satisfy diverse stakeholders is probably my greatest strength. Success is achieved through building relationships, communicating and delivering on agreements.
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Job Title or Role: Director, IT Partnerships & Engagement
LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregkrobinson/
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Tammie Chu
Email Tammie.chu@sc.com
Mobile 0412934898
Address: 302 Homebush Road
Strathfield South, NSW 2136
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MGSM Qualification Details
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 2010
Location of study Hong Kong campus
Year Graduated 2012
Professional Information
Industry or occupation Financial services
Employer or Company name
Professional Bio
Job Title or Role: Risk and compliance
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Jon Carrano
Email: jcarrano@pharmsite.com.au
Secondary Email: jcarrano@ozemail.com.au
Mobile 0412002592
Address: PO Box 228
Annandale, NSW 2038
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MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 1989
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 1992
Professional Information:
Industry or occupation Healthcare software consulting
Employer or Company name Pharmsite
Professional Bio
Job Title or Role: Managing Director
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LinkedIn Profile http://linkedin.com/in/jon-carrano-3b9899
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Mr Ross Geddes
Email: geddes1@bigpond.com
Mobile 0411170434
Address: 1/56 Young Street
Cremorne, NSW 2090
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MGSM Qualification Details;
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 1975
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 1978
Professional Information:
Industry or occupation Executive Recruitment
Employer or Company name Geddes Parker and Partners
Professional Bio:
1985-2013 Geddes Parker and Partners Partner
2003-2013 Courland international Managing Partner
1983-1985 Ciba-Geigy Director Consumer Products
1980-1983 Leigh Mardon Marketing Manager
1970-1977 The Boots Company Divisional Manager Show Less
Job Title or Role: partner
LinkedIn Profile linkedin.com/in/automotiverecruitmentsydney
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Glenn Vanbavinckhove
Address: 809/8 Park Lane
Chippendale, NSW 2008
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MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 2014
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2015
Professional Information:
Industry or occupation Management Consultant
Employer or Company name Deloitte
Professional Bio:
Job Title or Role: Director Analytics & AI
https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-vanbavinckhove-ph-d-mba-0b760034/
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Kerryn Grace
Email: kerryngrace@hotmail.com
Mobile 0400467238
Address: 30/8-14 Brumby Street
Surry Hills, NSW 2010
Mailing State New South Wales
Mailing Zip 2010
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MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 2010
Location of study Other campus
Year Graduated 2013
Professional Information:
Industry or occupation Public Transport
Employer or Company: Sydney Trains
Professional Bio:
Job Title or Role Associate Director Commercial
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerryngrace/
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Francis Tan
Email: htftan@yahoo.com
Mobile 0448441521
Address: 8 Nelson Road
NORTH STRATHFIELD, NSW 2137
MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 2011
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2012
Professional Information:
Industry or occupation: Wealth Management
Employer or Company: PlayfairTan
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Adil Sarkari
Email: adil.sarkari@gmail.com
Mobile 040722503
Address: Unit 10, 23 Watkins Road
Baulkham Hills , NSW 2153
MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 2009
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2012
Professional Information:
Industry or occupation Health Care
Employer or Company name Medilink Pty Ltd & Oxford Scientific Pty Ltd
Professional Bio:
• Highly accomplished professional with years of successful track record across a range of industries having worked both in Australia and overseas including India, East Africa, and the Middle East.
• Enjoy challenge of stepping up to new responsibilities and have extensive experience in New Business Development, Account Management, Sales Management, Client Experience, and Project Management roles within medium to large Australian and multinational organisations.
• Proven track record of growth and profitability, with a considerable record of accomplishments, including consistently driving wide-ranging strategies in sales, marketing, business development, and client experience within highly competitive environments by identifying and securing long-term business opportunities to build partner alliances with stakeholders.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in driving cultural changes and utilising a holistic approach to both, problem-solving and solution-seeking skills, creatively and analytically.
• Strengths in employee development and process improvement & consistently delivering positive business outcomes by my ability and skills to create, motivate and manage teams.
• Successfully leading sales and support teams to reach targets and improve customer relationships through empathy, active listening, coaching, mentoring, mediation and staff engagement.
• Strong communications skills with a demonstrated track record of critical strategic thinking and business process improvements. Show Less
Job Title or Role: Operations Manager
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adilsarkari
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Adam Faulkner
Email adam@blueegg.com.au
Mobile: 0400693487
Address: 16 Fifth Ave
Cremorne, NSW 2090
MGSM Qualification Details
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 2010
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2012
Professional Information
Employer or Company: blueegg
Professional Bio
Adam has been working in interaction and service design for over 10 years within a number of large corporates including Sony and BlackBerry and established his UX agency blueegg.com.au based in Tank Stream Labs in Sydney 7 years ago.
Blueegg is a focused Experience Design Agency that follows a human centred design methodology to deliver high level outcomes based on insight, experience and empathy.
Along with his agency, Adam has been involved with a number of startups focused on digital disruption in a diverse range of industries including Sports, Fintech, Science and Agritech. Adam has worked with a number of organisations including CBA, Suncorp, FPA and Stockspot. Adam works as an instructor at General Assembly in Sydney where he teaches the UXD course, Information Architecture and design principles.
Adam has completed an MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management and an undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree at Sydney University with a major in Pharmacology.
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James Perry
Email Jamesperry64@Optusnet.com.au
Mobile 0421224382
Address: 15 Greenwood Road
Kellyville, NSW 2155
MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree Grad Diploma
Year commenced 2014
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2015
Professional Information:
Industry or occupation Environmental
Employer or Company name Veolia
Professional Bio:
Job Title or Role: Head of solid waste transport.
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Matthew Crawford
Email matt.crawford5@bigpond.com
Mobile 0433181337
Address: 2 Seaman Street
Greenwich, NSW 2065
MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 1992
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 1993
Professional Information:
Industry or occupation: Advertising and marketing
Professional Bio
LinkedIn Profile www.linkedin.com/in/matt-crawford-8849551
MGSMAA Testimonial:
My experience at MGSM led to a career in advertising that took me around the world. The MGSMAA is an opportunity to reconnect and give back.
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Sharon Yang
Email sharonxiaoqianyang@gmail.com
Mobile 451596866
Address: 129 Harrington Street
The Rocks, New South Wales 2000
Known as Xiaoqian
MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 2017
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2018
Professional Information:
Industry or occupation: Real estate
Employer or Company: CBRE (C) Pty Ltd
Professional Bio:
Job Title or Role: Senior Director
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Andrew Higgs
Email andrewthiggs@gmail.com
Address: 3, 28 Waruda St
Kirribilli, NSW 2061
Mobile 0421191424
MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 2010
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2015
Professional Information:
Industry or occupation Food Technology
Employer or Company name Nutrition Innovation Group
Professional Bio:
Andrew is an MBA graduate and National Sales Team leader with over 13 year’s experience across leading FMCG household brands - Blackmores, GlaxoSmithKline (Panadol) and Jacobs Douwe Egberts (Moccona), connecting business partners with brands that consumers love.
Andrew joins Nutrition Innovation as Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand, a food technology company with Nucane 'the good sugar', its first innovation - www.nutritioninnovationgroup.com
Job Title or Role: Country Manager - ANZ
LinkedIn Profile: https://au.linkedin.com/in/andrewthiggs
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Ian Lee
Email Ilee310@outlook.com
Mobile 0411437317
Address: U3 55 Ralph Street
Alexandria, NSW 2015
MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 2015
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2018
Professional Information:
Industry or occupation: Finance
Employer or Company name MUFG Bank Ltd
Professional Bio:
Job Title or Role: Director - Corporate and Institutional Banking
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David Minty
Email davidm@mlt.com.au
Mobile 0414449185
Address: P O Box 163
Enfield, NSW 2136
MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 1984
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 1987
Professional Information:
Industry or occupation General insurance; primary and secondary education
Employer or Company name Finity Consulting Pty Limited
Professional Bio:
Consulting actuary to general insurers and self-insurers; former council member of several Anglican schools and of the Board of the Anglican Schools Corporation; relational analytics
Job Title or Role: Consulting actuary
LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-minty-8778605/
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Harry Bergsteiner
Email harrybergsteiner@internode.on.net
Mobile 0410480220
Address: 22/2 Clydesdale Place
Pymble, NSW 2073
MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree DBA
Year commenced 2001
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2005
Professional Information:
Industry or occupation: Management scientist (researcher, author, teacher)
Employer or Company name Institute for Sustainable Leadership
Professional Bio:
Dr Harry Bergsteiner is an ex-Honorary Professor at the Australian Catholic University, an ex-Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University, and co-founder of the Institute for Sustainable Leadership.
His professional background was originally in architecture and town planning. However, since 1996, his focus has shifted increasingly to the field of sustainable leadership, culminating in 2005 with the award of a PhD in Management from MGSM (at Macquarie University). He specializes in the development of descriptive, diagnostic and prescriptive management and leadership models and tools to assist practitioners in dealing with behavioural and organizational complexity.
More recently he has become active in the field of country rankings. He teaches in Australia, Thailand, China and Switzerland and has (co)published books and book chapters on accountability (Emerald) and sustainable leadership (various publishers: Routledge, Tilde University Press, Allen & Unwin, CEIBS), along with numerous journal articles.
Job Title or Role: Director
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-bergsteiner-43764923
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Truc Vo
Email trucmiller77@gmail.com
Mobile +61 404955781
Address: 10 Curtis Close
Cherrybrook, New South Wales 2126
MGSM Qualification Details:
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 2012
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2015
Professional Information:
Industry or occupation: IT, Finance
Employer or Company name Profile Financial Services
Professional Bio:
Job Title or Role Project Manager
LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/trucvo
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Melissa Wong
Email melissawong128@gmail.com
Mobile 61488128188
Address: 15 Glen Helen Grove
Dural, NSW 2158
MGSM Qualification Details: :
Highest MGSM Degree MBA
Year commenced 2000
Location of study North Ryde campus
Year Graduated 2002
Professional Information:
Industry or occupation: IT
Employer or Company: Apple
Professional Bio:
Job Title or Role Business Market Lead
LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedIn.com/in/melwong
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