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Melbourne Business School Impact Report 2016 A
IMPACT REPORT
INSPIRATIONAL IMPACT
2016
Melbourne Business School Impact Report 2016B Melbourne Business School Impact Report 2016 1
REIMAGINE POTENTIAL. REDESIGN THE FUTURE.REBUILD COMMUNITIES.
CONTENTSDean’s Message .......................................................................................................................................................................................................2
Growing Capability .......................................................................................................................................................................................................4
Mastering the business of art ............................................................................................................................................................................4
Helping global citizens become global and community leaders .............................................................................................................6
Supporting future leaders for over 25 years ................................................................................................................................................7
Planting seeds .........................................................................................................................................................................................................8
Increasing Capacity ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 10
BioDesign Innovation: Helping doctors see what they’ve never seen before ................................................................................ 10
A.T. Kearney partnership supports Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre .................................................................................................. 12
Supporting social entrepreneurship ............................................................................................................................................................. 14
New scholarship to have enduring impact on not-for-profits .............................................................................................................. 15
Building Communities ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
Reimagining Greater Shepparton ................................................................................................................................................................... 17
The class gift that keeps on giving ................................................................................................................................................................ 18
Building students who build their communities ....................................................................................................................................... 20
Thank You to our Donors ................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
In conversation with Victoria’s travel champion ...................................................................................................................................... 23
Helen Macpherson Smith Trust: A powerful 25-year partnership ..................................................................................................... 24
Impactful Giving – 2016 ................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
The Dean’s Circle ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 27
2016 Donors ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Executive Committee ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 32
Alumni Council 2016 ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Board of Directors 2016 ................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Meet the Advancement Team ......................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Pledge Card ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36
I have been a member of faculty for
the past 15 years and became
Associate Dean of Engagement in
November 2016. My appointment
forms part of the School’s commitment
to developing an engagement strategy
that will deepen the relevance and
impact of our work. The objective of
the engagement strategy is twofold; to
amplify and strengthen the School’s
impact on individuals, organisations
and communities.
We are an institution that has strength
in engagement. I am proud of the
School’s achievements in building the
capabilities of individuals and the
capacity of organisations and
communities to realise their ambitions.
Our programs change the way people
think about business and how business
acumen and capabilities can address
challenging issues in industry,
government and social contexts.
We also challenge our students and
program participants to think about
their careers in new ways and the
difference they can make in their
organisations and communities.
Melbourne Business School is an agent
of change that helps individuals,
organisations and communities to
reimagine and redefine their futures.
We are excited to share with you
stories of our impact over 2016. These
stories, including Kirsten Paisley’s
journey from regional Victoria to our
nation’s capital, the pioneering
BioDesign Innovation program, and
our support of Indigenous economic
development, are but a few exemplars
of the School’s commitment to growing
the capabilities of individuals,
increasing the capacity of
organisations and building
communities.
Philanthropy is a critical enabler of
this impact. It is with the support of
gifts, both large and small, that we are
able to be brave and bold in our
innovative approach to impact.
Thank you again for partnering with us
on this impact journey. Our objective
now is to build on our strengths in
order to deepen our impact and to
play a transformative role in the lives
of individuals, organisations and
communities. We look forward to
working together throughout the
exciting times ahead.
I would like to extend a heartfelt thank
you to our students, alumni, faculty,
staff, industry partners and the
broader community for your continued
support.
Dr Jody Evans
Associate Dean, Engagement
Associate Professor, Marketing
Melbourne Business School
DEAN’S MESSAGEMelbourne Business School is profoundly grateful to our
generous community of students, alumni, faculty, staff and
friends. Your support has played a critical role in helping the
School strengthen its impact and extend its reach to more
diverse students, organisations and communities.
Melbourne Business School is built on your generosity. Our
alumni and the business community were essential to the
establishment of our campus, raising $17 million between
1983 and 1991 to build the north wing of our building. This
year, we are reinvesting in our facilities – work is underway
on the multi-million-dollar revitalisation of our campus,
allowing us to better leverage our position as a global hub for
business education in the heart of Melbourne’s knowledge
precinct and provide new opportunities for members of our
community to learn, network and work with each other. It is a
very exciting project, and one that will define this year and
many years ahead for our School.
Our values – being connected, grounded, future focused and
determined – support all that we do. These values have
underpinned our enhanced reputation. Last December, our
School was ranked ninth in the world by the 2016 Bloomberg
BusinessWeek International MBA ranking, while in January
we climbed 11 places in the 2017 Financial Times Global MBA
ranking. I’m also delighted to say that our Marketing faculty
were named in the world’s top three by the Financial Times.
We also saw improvement of nine places in The Economist
Which MBA? to now rank 34th in the world, while improving
18 places in Poets and Quants to rank 20th.
As a community, our successes are shared. At the heart of the
MBS story is our shared hunger for progress, which unites
our students, faculty, alumni and supporters, and sustains our
mission to enable individuals and organisations to be global
leaders through the creation, application and dissemination
of business and economics knowledge.
There are many success stories at the School over the past
year. Within this Impact Report, we are delighted to share
just a few examples of inspirational impact, made possible by
our generous community of supporters.
Thank you sincerely,
Professor Zeger Degraeve
Dean, Melbourne Business School
Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics
The University of Melbourne
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MASTERING THE BUSINESS OF ARTKirsten Paisley isn’t your typical MBA
graduate – she’s in a class of her own in a
sector that has greatly benefited from
her leadership, creativity and dedication.
As the Deputy Director of the National
Gallery of Australia in Canberra, Kirsten
leads more than 100 people, from the
curatorial department through to HR, and
has been a driving force behind elevating
art in Australia and bringing world-
renowned exhibitions like Versailles to
our shores.
More than this, she has revitalised
Australia’s appetite for art, breathing new
life into Canberra and creating NGA Play
– a free children’s gallery that introduces
the young, and young at heart, to art
history, culture and themes such as
politics and power.
Kirsten has worked in the arts for almost
20 years, having studied a Bachelor of
Visual Arts and a Master of Curatorship at
the University of Melbourne.
But it took a scholarship to study a
Senior Executive MBA at Melbourne
Business School in 2014 to accelerate her
career from a regional art gallery in
Shepparton to the National Gallery of
Australia.
“For me, in the regional context at the
Shepparton Arts Museum, as the Director,
it just wouldn’t have been possible from
a time commitment and financial
perspective to participate in the program
without a scholarship,” said Kirsten.
The Senior Executive MBA added to
Kirsten’s existing skillset and built her
confidence to scale up to the national
level.
“The MBA provided me with new skills to lead organisations through major change and understand how you perform best in the workplace, as well as the ability to look at financial management strategies while entertaining creative ideas about where to take an organisation and group of people.”
Kirsten’s journey to the top began when
she met Melbourne Business School
Associate Professor Jody Evans, who was
leading a social impact study that
included the Shepparton Art Museum.
The study looked at four Victorian art
museums and chose Shepparton as a
best-practice case study.
“That was particularly valuable for me, as
the Director, because it was the
Melbourne Business School, an institution
of such rank and standing, outside the
visual arts sector, looking with a different
lens at the work we were doing. It
demonstrated to us that we had unique,
special and valuable stories to tell.”
With her gaze still fixed on bringing
communities together through art,
Kirsten uses her MBA skills whenever
challenges come her way in Canberra.
“I often find myself, in difficult moments,
referring back to the reading material
and actually going back through the
content that the faculty and staff
provided to us – and you find yourself
better able to make good decisions.”
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HELPING GLOBAL CITIZENS BECOME GLOBAL AND COMMUNITY LEADERS
Developing future business leaders is
what we do best. For more than
25 years, the Rupert Murdoch
Fellowship has made that task a lot
easier by helping our MBA program
attract top talent, such as 2016 recipient
Miguel Gomez.
Receiving the fellowship, which pays for
tuition fees and a living allowance, isn’t
the only reason US-born Miguel chose
Melbourne Business School. A girl he
met in the Mexican city of Guadalajara,
while visiting his mother, can also take
some of the credit.
When they first met, Miguel was a
financial analyst at Los Angeles-based
Stamps.com, where the leadership team
all had MBAs from top US business
schools. They noticed Miguel’s
leadership potential and suggested he
consider following their example.
Miguel continued with Stamps.com for a
while – and with his very long-distance
relationship with the German-born girl
he met in Mexico. But she lived in Perth,
so he eventually took the plunge and
moved to the other side of the world to
marry her – then his career took off.
By the time he applied to do his MBA
here, Miguel was already a senior
manager at BGC, one of Australia’s
largest home builders, and a board
member of Southcare, an aged-care
provider in Perth.
“My involvement with Southcare has really changed my thinking about how people in their 20s and 30s can have an impact in the not-for-profit world,” Miguel said.
On a visit to the School, a faculty
member suggested he apply for the
fellowship, which he did via a video,
featuring the many ways he and his wife
can say ‘hello’, including ‘Hola’, ‘Guten
Tag’ and a fairly decent ‘Gidday’.
It worked. Miguel was asked to fly to
Melbourne to meet Penny Fowler, the
Herald and Weekly Times Chair and
representative of News Corp, the
fellowship’s generous sponsor.
“Penny must have seen something in
me,” Miguel recalled. “She does quite a
bit of community work herself, so
maybe what I’m doing at Southcare had
an impact on her.”
Miguel hopes to become a consultant
after graduating, and eventually run his
own company, but says he will always
continue with his community work.
“That’s really important to me. I don’t
ever see it going away because I’ve
really enjoyed working with the people
at Southcare.”
SUPPORTING FUTURE LEADERS FOR OVER 25 YEARS
The Rupert Murdoch Fellowship has supported the
careers of some remarkable leaders since 1989,
when News Corporation established the award to
commemorate the 25th anniversary of The
Australian newspaper. Past recipients include:
Sandra de Pury (MBA 1994)
who helped turn her family’s prestigious
154-year-old Yeringberg winery in
Victoria’s Yarra Valley into an
internationally renowned label.
Christopher Freeland (MBA 1996)
The former Boston Consulting Group
Consultant, post-MBA, is the long-time
Chair of the Sydney Film Festival and
recently became the Managing Director,
Asia Pacific, of Baker and McKenzie, the
world’s No. 2 law firm by revenue.
Justine Tiller (MBA 2006)
Since graduating, the former Boston
Consulting Group Consultant and
company director at Social Housing
Victoria and YWCA Victoria, has carved
out a distinguished career at ANZ Bank,
where she’s now the Head of Home Loan
Fulfilment & Releases and Retail
Customer Services.
Daniel Westerman (MBA 2008)
A Senior Engineer at Ford before his
MBA, who went on to become an
Associate Principal at McKinsey & Co
and is now the Head of Network
Management at National Grid, UK, which
owns and operates the power
transmission across England and Wales.
Rupert Murdoch Fellowship Recipient, Miguel Gomez (left) with his fellow MBA classmate
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Scholarships and awards not only
encourage excellence in our students,
they are an investment in tomorrow’s
leaders – the seeds from which big
things grow. Donations from
individuals, organisations and alumni
are bearing fruit in diverse
communities and sectors, where
grateful recipients are shaping the
future, locally and globally.
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Alumni Community Scholarship
Egon Zehnder Leadership Prize Forethought-Roberts Prize
in Business Analytics
Harold Campbell-Pretty Scholarship
HJ Heinz Scholarship
Helen Macpherson Smith Fellowship
John Clemenger Memorial Prize
Grateful Graduate Bursary
AT Kearney Scholarship in Business Analytics
Rupert Murdoch Fellowship
John Clemenger Memorial Scholarship
Converge International Prize
Reid Malley Foundation Scholarship
BP Australia Scholarship in Business Analytics
Hellenic Scholarship
Telstra Scholarship for Indigenous Australians
PLANTING SEEDS
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BIODESIGN INNOVATION: HELPING DOCTORS SEE WHAT THEY’VE NEVER SEEN BEFOREHow can MBA students help doctors see like they’ve never seen before,
improve patient care and even save lives?
The answer: BioDesign Innovation – an
elective program that brings together
MBA students from Melbourne Business
School, biomedical engineering students
from the University of Melbourne and
doctors to commercialise medical
interventions in hospital and clinical
settings.
First run in 2016, the BioDesign
Innovation program at MBS was led by
Associate Professor Kwanghui Lim to
give our Part-time MBA students an
innovation experience they would never
forget, while showing the world how
MBA thinking could deliver better health
outcomes.
One such outcome brings greater
accuracy to a delicate procedure that
doctors previously performed with
limited assistance. Now, thanks to a
device created by students in Team Navi,
doctors can identify the tip of umbilical
venous catheters – a tube for delivering
drugs or nutrients to sick babies – and
know they’re where they need to be.
The device, which is based on a traffic
light system, is a breakthrough for
newborn babies who require the
procedure. Currently, one in three
catheters are misplaced and the
procedure has not improved for more
than 60 years.
Team Navi’s device is not only having a
remarkable impact, but also making
headlines after featuring on National
Nine News. Ideas from the Swade and
Pelt teams also attracted attention by
finishing in the final five of the 2017
MedTech’s Got Talent competition, with
each team picking up $20,000 and the
opportunity for mentoring in an
incubator by leading MedTech
companies.
And Team Neuro’s computer-based
platform, to help stroke patients begin
rehabilitating themselves while in
hospital, won an Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers award and
two Endeavour awards from the Faculty
of Engineering and Wade Institute,
which runs postgraduate
entrepreneurship programs at the
University.
Altogether, 22 students formed five,
cross-faculty teams to work with
physicians to turn innovative time, cost
and life-saving ideas into commercial
propositions.
Their ideas also included a device to
detect misplaced nasogastric tubes,
which provide stomach access via the
nose, a sensor to place intravenous lines
accurately in newborns and a less
intrusive LED phototherapy device for
treating jaundice in newborns.
For Founding Donor, film producer and
long-time MBS alumnus and donor, Ian
Kirk (MBA 1998), who has previously
supported our PhD students and the
MURRA Indigenous program, the impact
was everything.
“We have developed a solution that can potentially identify the tip of these catheters in real-time, during a procedure, so we can help the 450,000 babies around the world who require treatment get the clinical outcomes they need.”
SHING YUE SHEUNG, STUDENT,
BIODESIGN INNOVATION PROGRAM
“This course can only happen by working closely with colleagues in Engineering, Carlton Connect, the accelerator helping with commercialisation, and hospitals and medical professionals in Melbourne. The students are learning important lessons you could never teach from a textbook or classroom. They’re creating a live case that unfolds in front of the eyes over nine months. They’re part of a very exciting journey.
Donations have been important too, and not just the money. Donors come in and support the students, which boosts their morale and really propels the program.”
KWANGHUI LIM, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND BIODESIGN INNOVATION PROGRAM
COORDINATOR, MELBOURNE BUSINESS SCHOOL
Kwang leads MBS students to tackle medical innovation with business acumen through the BioDesign Innovation Program.
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A.T. KEARNEY PARTNERSHIP SUPPORTS PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTREMelbourne Business School’s Centre for Business Analytics collaborated with
management consulting firm A.T. Kearney to review the Peter Mac Cancer
Foundation’s (PMCF) donor acquisition strategy. The project was
commissioned by Jennifer Doubell, Executive Director of the Foundation,
and executed on a pro-bono basis by A.T. Kearney and the Centre.
The project leveraged data and
analytics to learn about the
effectiveness of different types of
donor acquisition campaigns and
provided the Foundation with advice
on optimising future campaigns.
Rebecca Wilson, Senior Analytics
Analyst at A.T. Kearney and dux of
our 2015 Master of Business
Analytics class, worked on the
project, guided by the Centre’s
Director, Professor Ujwal Kayande.
Commenting on the project’s impact,
Jennifer Doubell said, “The work of
Rebecca, Ujwal and colleagues has
been very helpful. It has provided the
Foundation with totally independent
analysis, a rational hygiene check on
our in-house analytics, and fresh
insights and advice on how we should
formulate our strategy for the future.”
A.T. Kearney Senior Manager Kate
Hart (MBA 2007), who attended the
February 2017 project presentations
to PMCF’s senior leadership,
commented, “It was great to see the
comradery and strong relationship
between A.T. Kearney, Melbourne
Business School and the Peter Mac
Cancer Foundation. A relationship
forged through a truly collaborative
and valuable piece of work.”
The project delivered impact for one
of Australia’s premier not-for-profit
organisations by combining the
School’s business analytics expertise
with A.T. Kearney’s strong capabilities
in strategy and analytics applications.
It built upon analysis done for Peter
Mac by the School’s 2015 and 2016
Master of Business Analytics students
as part of the Marketing Analytics
subject, taught by Professor Kayande.
About a year after graduating,
Rebecca Wilson expressed an interest
in taking a deeper dive into the data
to uncover insights that would assist
Peter Mac’s donor acquisition
strategy. Her interest was
immediately supported by A.T.
Kearney, who seconded her to work
on the project for several weeks.
Working on the ground with the team
at Peter Mac gave Rebecca an
appreciation of the long-term impact
of running a successful acquisition
campaign on the cancer centre’s
patients and staff.
“To then be able to co-develop a solution that uses the right application of analytics to unlock new, tangible insights on what can make or break a campaign and, ultimately, what actions the Foundation can now take to continue to effectively support the hospital has reinforced for me just how powerful analytics and data-driven decision making can be for the not-for-profit sector,” Rebecca said.
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SUPPORTING SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
NEW SCHOLARSHIP TO HAVE ENDURING IMPACT ON NOT-FOR-PROFITS
Contributions to the Melbourne Business
School Annual Fund in 2016 have
enabled Full-time MBA students to
participate in the Social Entrepreneur
Consulting Practicum, delivered in
partnership with Social Traders through
their Crunch program.
Social Traders works to break the cycle
of disadvantage, build resilience in
Australian communities and contribute
to sustainable social impact and change
by supporting social enterprises who
create employment, provide access to
services and strengthen local
communities.
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Associate Professor, Geoff Martin, leading a class during the Social Entrepreneur Consulting Practicum.
“The kind of achievement expected of an MBA applicant is often skewed towards people from affluent backgrounds. Those of lesser means, regardless of their academic achievement, can be deterred from applying for financial reasons or fear not being accepted by their cohort.
“This scholarship communicates that our MBA is open to all who qualify, without the need to worry about finances. It sends a clear message of equality of opportunity, or ‘égalité’, as the French say.”
KRYSTYNA CAMPBELL-PRETTY
A new, full-fee-paying MBA scholarship,
focused on the not-for-profit sector,
honours one of Melbourne Business
School’s most generous donors, Harold
Campbell-Pretty, who passed away in
2014.
Established in 2016 by Harold’s wife
Krystyna, the Harold Campbell-Pretty
Scholarship seeks to develop corporate-
standard leadership and management
practices in a sector that is critical for
our social, cultural and economic
development.
The not-for-profit sector encompasses a
diverse range of organisations including
health, social services, education, sport
and recreation, arts and culture,
environment, animal welfare, and
human rights. Such organisations play a
vital role in creating an inclusive,
healthy, vibrant society. While these
for-purpose organisations have innate
strengths in addressing the needs of
their communities, they need help in
building their capability and capacity.
Business strategy, financial literacy,
marketing and people management are
part of an essential skill set that
not-for-profit leaders need.
“The sector is of increasing importance
in today’s disparate world,” Krystyna
says, “and any organisation within it will
benefit from the skills that a high-calibre
management education can bring.”
Always great admirers of the School,
Harold and Krystyna rank among our
most generous and loyal donors as
Lifetime Patrons of the Dean’s Circle.
In the 1980s, Harold and his wife
Krystyna turned one of Australia’s first
agencies to use market data to inform
market strategy into a global player.
Their Amberley Corporation’s client list
included Ford Motor Company, Compaq
Computers, IBM and British Airways.
Making their business success even
more impressive, the Campbell-Prettys
both come from humble beginnings,
which is why Krystyna is so pleased to
be supporting a sector where people
often can’t afford to consider studying
an MBA.
The Harold Campbell-Pretty Scholarship
will enable MBS to play a vital role in
supporting individuals who often
sacrifice financial rewards to lead
organisations that will change the world.
We recognise Krystyna for her visionary
gift and the role both Krystyna and
Harold have played in creating the next
generation of change makers.
The Social Traders’ Crunch program
helps new and existing social enterprises
start, transform or scale up. In a week of
intensive work, the practicum pairs MBS
students in syndicate groups with social
enterprises who, this year, were trying
to find jobs for migrant and refugee
women, make nutritional food accessible
to low-income groups, assist people
facing workforce issues, strengthen
community governance, and tackle social
isolation and food insecurity.
The students helped the social
enterprises refine their vision, mission
and strategy. They validated business
models and prepared them to access
capital and customers and achieve
self-funding status. The syndicates
focused on operations, marketing,
finance, supply chain management and
integration of new technologies into the
business models.
The practicum’s real world challenges
prepares our student for future
leadership roles, while increasing the
capability of valuable social enterprises
– all made possible by the generosity of
our Annual Fund donors.
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REIMAGINING GREATER SHEPPARTONGreater Shepparton is a major food producing, processing and exporting centre
in the Goulburn Valley, about 180 km north of Melbourne, that has cemented
its reputation as Australia’s food bowl by generating some 25 per cent of
Victoria’s total agricultural production value.
It has a rich and diverse cultural
history, with the largest Aboriginal
community living alongside the largest
number of multicultural and newly
arrived communities in Victoria,
outside of Melbourne.
Despite its rich history, the region
faces significant challenges, many
precipitated by the impact of the
millennium drought and reflected in
such key disadvantage indicators as
education, unemployment, social
exclusion, poverty and reduced life
expectancy.
These challenges underpin an image of
the region as deprived and depressed.
As David McKenzie, inaugural Chair of
the Committee for Greater Shepparton,
comments, “The town got very down
on itself. We were our own worst
enemy, projecting a negative self-
image to the world.”
Realising the potential to reimagine
itself, Melbourne Business School
Associate Dean (Engagement) Jody
Evans and senior researcher
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Dr Tabitha White, supported by the
Margaret Lawrence Bequest and Helen
Macpherson Smith Trust, are playing a
central role in creating a new and more
positive narrative for Greater
Shepparton.
In collaboration with Deakin
University’s Associate Professor Kerrie
Bridson, the Committee for Greater
Shepparton and the Algabonyah
Community Cabinet, they are
repositioning the region for the
long-term through concrete action,
which, David Mc Kenzie says, is
transforming how the region views
itself.
“The ripple impact of this work
reformed and solidified existing
relationships with members, with
industry, the community, government
and bureaucracy. By going out and
asking questions, exploring the issues,
they fed that information back into us.
It was a great feedback loop that
strengthened our relationships and
communications with important people
and opened up new opportunities.”
“Having gone through that exercise, a new range of people came to us to talk about opportunities, solutions and responses to known problems. It just regalvanised us and opened up an entirely new wave of opportunity through strengthened relationships and new possibilities.”
A community’s people are a critical
component of its image. Greater
Shepparton’s Aboriginal people are at
the heart of its current image and
potential repositioning. Jody’s team is
helping the Algabonyah Community
Cabinet – one of many Empowered
Communities started in Victoria in
2013 to drive Indigenous-led reform
of Indigenous affairs and policy –
realise its ambition of a thriving and
valued local Aboriginal community.
Their work focuses on helping the
community shift from an image shaped
by deficit language to one of strength
and aspiration.
“Number one is equity, I want to be seen and my children should be seen as being equals with their peers, businesspeople and other agencies. I think we’re still viewed as a deficit and a problem in our community. Our strengths are not highlighted, they’re not talked about. It’s always about the deficit and the stereotypes. I think we need to be celebrated in our community more and acknowledged.”
MBS working with the Indigenous community in greater Shepparton through an engaged research program, supported by the Margaret Lawrence Bequest and the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust.
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THE CLASS GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
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Melbourne Business School attracts
people who are ambitious, but not just
for themselves. The Senior Executive
MBA Class of 2003 is a stand out
example. The endowment fund
established by this group over a
decade ago continues to have impact,
most recently through funding
internships for our MBA students at
businesses started by alumni of our
MURRA Indigenous Business program.
HELPING YOUNG GUNS AIM HIGHERFounded by two Queensland brothers
in 2004 to give their football-club
mates skills and work, Indigenous
business Young Guns now generates
$25 million in revenue a year handling
containers for some of Australia’s
biggest companies. It also employs
over 400 people across four states
and recently expanded into Canada
and New Zealand.
It’s a success story that the Melbourne
Business School can be proud of
supporting in 2016, when Scott Young
joined our award-winning MURRA
Indigenous Business program, brother
Trent our Executive MBA program and
MBA student Rob Soros Young Guns
itself as an intern, sponsored by the
SEMBA Class of 2003 gift.
Young Guns’ focus on providing skills
and opportunities for young people,
especially Indigenous youth, led to it
developing a strong ‘tribal culture’,
which Scott and Trent credit for their
early success. But with a vision to
continue growing, they also realised
their culture was at risk of being
diluted. Having recognised its
importance, the brothers made it a
key foundation of their 2020 business
plan and asked Rob to explore how to
foster, manage and develop it across
their business.
Working closely with Young Guns, Rob
came up with a series of actionable
recommendations and a strategic
framework for implementing a
roadmap to achieve the company’s
people-centred goals.
“The funding from the SEMBA Class of 2003 enabled me to expand on what I was learning in my MBA and deliver a high-impact project to a growing business. That experience was also the catalyst for me establishing and growing my own management advice business.”
ROB SOROS, CURRENT MBA
CANDIDATE
TETER MEK: A STORY WORTH SHARINGThe Teter Mek Foundation’s mission is
to share and preserve Indigenous
stories and culture. It was founded by
MURRA alumnae Jasmin Herro, who
earlier started Outback Global, which,
after just four years, now supplies
workwear to Qantas, Boeing, News
Corp, Westpac and other big
companies, sources products from all
over Australia and Asia Pacific, and
has offices in China and the US.
Teter Mek’s ambitions are more local
but just as challenging. It has
developed a range of educational
resources that include a novella, craft
products, a digital games and apps
platform, and cultural curators and
mentors, who work with schools and
teachers to collect local Indigenous
stories. Recently, major office products
supplier OfficeMax began selling its
Tjindgarmi stationary.
Annabelle Roxon’s internship at Teter
Mek had a big impact, including on
her. Using her MBA skills, she helped
Jasmin finalise the foundation’s
business plan and strengthen its
government-funding proposal.
“I was able to act as a sounding board and devil’s advocate for Jasmin – testing and challenging her big ideas, and, once refined, help translate them into logical, structured planning. I have a much better appreciation and understanding of Indigenous issues in Australia.”
ANNABELLE ROXON, MBA GRADUATE,
2016
MURRA HITS MAJOR MILESTONESJust four years ago, with the support
of Kinaway (the Victorian Aboriginal
Chamber of Commerce) and the
SEMBA Class of 2003, Melbourne
Business School launched the MURRA
Indigenous Business program. In
2016–17, the program reached some
notable milestones, namely:
> Over 100 Indigenous entrepreneurs
will have completed the program by
July 2017
> The first candidate from Tasmania
joined, making it a truly nationwide
program, covering all states and
territories
> The largest sponsor numbers ever,
with generous gifts from BP and
Global Forwarding, founded by
diversity advocate Enrica
Centorame, a close friend of MURRA
alumnae Jasmin Herro, adding to
support from First Australians
Capital, Indigenous Business
Australia and Supply Nation.
“The MURRA program is quite unique. It focuses on Indigenous business people and community leaders who want to take their careers and businesses to the next level and build a network with people from all over the country and the world.”
ENRICA CENTORAME, FOUNDER AND
CEO, GLOBAL FORWARDING
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“Without the scholarship, I doubt I would be able to do my MBA. MBS was the perfect choice because it offers such a global experience. Amazingly, the 50 people in my cohort come from almost 30 countries. You couldn’t ask for a better network.”
SIDDHANT SHRESTHA,
2017 MBA CANDIDATE
BUILDING STUDENTS WHO BUILD THEIR COMMUNITIESSupport from the Annual Fund has
allowed scholarship recipient
Siddhant Shrestha to pursue a
full-time MBA at Melbourne Business
School, building his capabilities and
increasing his opportunities to
improve the lives of socially
disadvantaged people in his
homeland of Nepal.
Siddhant is co-founder and Executive
Director of the Rose Foundation
Nepal, a not-for-profit that is raising
cancer awareness among Nepalese.
Originally focused on improving
breast cancer education and early
detection among women, the
Foundation, named in honour of his
mother, Rose, who died of breast
cancer, now also supports treatment
of underprivileged children with
cancer at Kanti Children’s Hospital in
Kathmandu.
Siddhant is passionate about how
business skills can create positive
social impact and how his MBA
experience at MBS will allow him to
have even greater impact in his
community.
Siddhant together with some of his 2017 MBA classmates in Nepal this March.
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IN CONVERSATION WITH VICTORIA’S TRAVEL CHAMPIONWhen I joined the School in June 2016,
John Kennedy, the former Chairman of
Tourism Victoria, was one of the first
donors I had the pleasure of meeting.
In 2003, John set up a fund to provide
$10,000 in prize money for the annual
Visit Victoria–MBS Case Competition,
which our MBA students have been
battling over every year since as they
research clever ways to boost visits to
Victoria.
When I first met John, I knew he would
be driven – having helped implement
Victoria’s successful ‘big events’ strategy,
which uses attractions like the Grand
Prix and Australian Open to lure visitors
– but I didn’t expect to find such a strong
sense of purpose.
“It’s important to have a purpose,
especially as a donor,” John told me.
“There are many causes worth
supporting, but, for me, maximising jobs
in the economy is the best thing you can
do. Every tourism business needs a pot
washer, chef, sales person, internet
developer and so on. That multiplier
effect is key, and if more people valued
job creation, we would all be better off.”
John’s other motive for partnering with
Melbourne Business School was to
improve quality.
“Tourism was an important pillar of the
economy here, but the quality of
management was below what you see in
pharmaceuticals and banking, for
instance. And there remains a significant
need to develop high-calibre people to
drive the industry forward.”
John helps judge the case competition
and has been impressed by our MBA
students, including a few who recently
looked at increasing air traffic between
Melbourne and South America.
“We now have three flights a week to
Santiago starting in October 2017,” he
said. “They showed it was viable.”
When John was younger, he turned a
consultancy project, required to finish
his MBA at the London Business School,
into a multi-million-dollar business,
which he ran from 1977 to 1997 and
then sold to major UK travel company
Thomson TUI.
At its peak, John’s Austravel company
flew six, 767-300 charter flights a week
to Australia and New Zealand from the
UK and Netherlands. While visiting his
Melbourne hometown after the sale,
Tourism Victoria (now Visit Victoria)
asked him to lead it, and his sense of
purpose shone through as usual.
“The big challenge in selling Victoria is
the lack of an iconic identifier. The 12
Apostles doesn’t quite stack up against
the Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera
House. By being the best at major
events, we know the people who come
will spread the word about all the great
experiences they have.”
After 14 years of John’s support, the
case competition continues to have an
impact on tourism in Victoria and give
our MBAs experience in addressing real
business challenges. It was an honour to
catch up with the man who made it
possible before he flew back to the UK
and his home in Bristol.
ELIZABETH EE
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ADVANCEMENT
“Tourism was an important pillar of the economy here, but the quality of management was below what you see in pharmaceuticals and banking, for instance. And there remains a significant need to develop high-calibre people to drive the industry forward.”
JOHN KENNEDY
DONOR
FORMER CHAIRMAN OF TOURISM VICTORIA
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HELEN MACPHERSON SMITH TRUST: A POWERFUL 25-YEAR PARTNERSHIP Melbourne Business School celebrated over 25 years of developing
women leaders through the Helen Macpherson Smith Fellowship at a
special anniversary event in 2016.
First awarded in 1990, recipients now
occupy senior positions in diverse
industries around the world. A strong
contingent joined trust chairman Dr
Philip Moors AO, trustees, current
MBA students, MBS faculty, alumni
and staff to honour the trust, which
has distributed more than $100
million to the Victorian community
since 1951.
In addition to the fellowship,
HMSTrust has supported the School’s
social impact agenda. HMSTrust was
instrumental in the establishment of
the Asia Pacific Social Impact Centre
in 2008 and the Helen Macpherson
Smith Chair of Leadership for Social
Impact. More recently, HMSTrust has
supported faculty research with the
Indigenous community in the
Goulburn Valley.
Speaking at the celebration event,
2015 fellowship recipient Vanessa
Whatmough (MBA 2016) said her
award meant more than just financial
support.
“It offers membership to a community of intelligent, driven women who are on track to make a real difference in the world.”
A worldwide network of women leaders
Over the years, Helen Macpherson Smith Fellowship recipients show they share some common traits: ambition, a future
focus and determination to make a difference.
1993: Claire Rogers (MBA 1995)
Claire’s vision to make a difference
after receiving her fellowship has
certainly come true. In November
2016, the former Head of Digital
Banking at ANZ Bank became the
first woman to lead World Vision
Australia, one of the largest charities
in the country.
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First edition of Helen Macpherson Smith; her life and lasting legacy; a biography commissioned by the Trustees of the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust.
1997: Kim Sajet (MBA 1996)
Kim’s love of art took her to top-level
curator and director roles at the
Mornington Peninsula Regional
Gallery and Monash Gallery of Art
before she embarked on her MBA
with fellowship support. Post MBS,
her career has reached new heights.
Kim is now the Director of the
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
in Washington DC, the first non-
American to hold the position.
2016: Simone Law (MBA 2017)
Simone might bring a perfect smile to
many faces, having co-founded a
highly successful Melbourne dental
practice less than two years ago. But
she has serious plans to use her MBA
skills to disrupt her chosen profession
with a one-stop shop, where usually
separated dentists and dental
specialists can offer treatment under
the same roof.
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Where did our Annual Fund donors come from?
OVERSEAS22%
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
QUEENSLAND
NEW SOUTH WALES
VICTORIA
2%3%
6%
66%
IMPACTFUL GIVING – 2016Thank you!
For making 2015-2016 an incredible success.Here are some highlights of what you have helped achieve over the 2015-2016 year.
$100,000+ Lifetime Patron
Ross Barker (MBA 1980)
Krystyna Campbell-Pretty
Peter Clemenger AO
Philip Cormie (EMBA 2002)
Robert Craig (MBA 1995)
John Dahlsen (MBA 1969)
Sally Holloway
John Kennedy
Ian Kirk (MBA 1998)
Frank Zipfinger (SEMBA 2003)
Lifetime Ambassador (facilitating donations $100,000+)
Vicki Allen (SEMBA 2003)
Jan Begg (SEMBA 2003)
Paul McDonald (EMBA 2003)
Frank Zipfinger (SEMBA 2003)
Ambassador (facilitating Dean's Circle donations in a calendar year)
Paul Bennett (MBA 2005)
Stewart Gault (MBA 2005)
Brooke Miller (MBA 2000)
Philip Turss (SEMBA 1994)
Your membership in The Dean’s Circle demonstrates a commitment by our alumni, friends and staff to the world-class management
education that is delivered by Melbourne Business School. Donors of The Dean’s Circle make significant gifts which have played an
important role in creating a unique organisation that helps members of our community to reimagine and redefine their futures.
The Dean’s Circle recognises donors who make gifts and pledges of $1,200 or more to the School in a single year.
$1,157,322 RAISED
82DEAN’S CIRCLE
DONORS
291DONORS
84%ALUMNI 11%
STAFF, STUDENTS, FRIENDS
4%TRUSTS &
FOUNDATION, ORGANISATIONS
Your support has allowed MBS to make significant investments in:
1 inaugural BioDesign
Innovation Program
launched
1
25
Major contributions have made a huge impact.
SCHOLARSHIPS
49%
18%RESEARCH
PROGRAMS
22%
8%
MBS HIGHEST PRIORITIES
CLASS GIFTS
1%INTERNSHIPS &
EXCHANGE
PRIZES
1%
ANNUAL FUND PROGRAM RAISED IN 2016
$203,322
$729AVERAGE GIFT
MADE
4%ALUMNI
CONTRIBUTED TO THE ANNUAL FUND
25 years of partnership
celebrated with Helen
Macpherson Smith Trust
Over 100 indigenous
entrepreneurs through the
MURRA program
“I’m very keen that good ideas get turned into reality for the benefit of as many people as possible. And that’s the purpose of this course. I was very interested to be involved and see how taking something that may offer a benefit can be converted, through the work that these people are doing, into a positive reality for society in general.”
IAN KIRK (MBA 1998)
CEO, WHITE HOT PRODUCTIONS
FOUNDING DONOR, BIODESIGN INNOVATION PROGRAM
$25,000+ Leader
Ross Barker (MBA 1980)
Krystyna Campbell-Pretty
Philip Cormie (EMBA 2002)
Charles Goode AC
Sally Holloway
Allan Hume Reid (MBA 1970)
Ian Kirk (MBA 1998)
Ken Roberts (MBA 1991)
Anonymous
$10,000-$24,999 Benefactor
Peter Barnes (MBA 1968)
Maurice Crotti (MBA 1974)
John Dahlsen (MBA 1969)
Peter Day
Annette Kimmitt
Scott Tanner (SEMBA 1990)
Christopher Thomas AM (MBA 1976)
$5,000-$9,999 Steward
Geoffrey Allen AM (MBA 1969)
Paul Bennett (MBA 2005)
Anthony Burgess
Enrica Centorame
Glyn Davis
Zeger Degraeve
Daniel Evans (SEMBA 1994)
Ross Ferris (MBA 2002)
Louise Gourlay OAM
Dean Ireland (MMktg 1997)
Geoffrey Kimpton (MBA 1976)
Paul LeMaire (SEMBA 2003)
Graeme Liebelt
Enrico Rizzon (MBA 1999)
Dominic Tisdell (MBA 2005)
Michael Tratt (MBA 1980)
Over 460 students benefitted
from donations
1%
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Bradley Adams (MBA 2006)
Vicki Allen (SEMBA 2003)
Geoffrey Allen AM (MBA 1969)
Hema Allu (MBA 2009)
Edzel Alovera (PDM 1994)
Campbell Andrews (MBA 2007)
Damien Angus (MBA 2005)
Federico Arellano (MBA 2007)
AT Kearney
AutumnCare
ShreeKumar Balachandran (MBA 2007)
Vishal Bali (MMktg 2010)
Ross Barker (MBA 1980)
Peter Barnes (MBA 1968) and Elizabeth Barnes
Graham Beanland (MBA 1975)
Jan Begg (SEMBA 2003)
Laura Bell
Paul Bennett (MBA 2005)
Susan Best (SEMBA 2005)
BHP Billiton
Maheshwaran Bhuvaneswaran (MBA 2009)
Philip Binns (MBA 1993)
Davor Bisko (MBA 2012)
Stuart Blake (MBA 1994)
Fabrice Boucherat (MBA 2010)
Trent Boyce (MBA 2013)
Peter Boyd (MBA 1993)
BP Australia
Maxwell Bradford
Vladimir Brajkovic (MBA 2003)
Michael Brice (MBA 2014)
Marianne Broadbent (PhD 1991)
Anthony Burgess
Nicholas Burke (MBA 2012)
Thomas Burrowes (MBA 1985)
Krystyna Campbell-Pretty
Janice Carey (MBA 2009)
Timothy Catterall (SEMBA 2004)
Enrica Centorame
Kawita Chaikerdathikarn (MBA 2003)
John Chambers (MBA 1969)
Charles and Cornelia Goode Foundation
Meng Chong (MBA 1992)
Yew Chuan Bay (MBA 1969)
Graeme Clark (MBA 1997)
Richard Close (MBA 1992)
Janice Cochrane-Harry (SEMBA 1991)
Cheryl Cohan (EMBA 2010)
Richard Columbine (MBA 2010)
Peter Cook (MBA 2012)
Philip Cormie (EMBA 2002)
Jocelyn Cory (MBA 2005)
Paul Coughlin (MBA 1985)
Kenneth Coulter (MBA 2012)
Maurice Crotti (MBA 1974)
Christopher Crozier (MBA 1999)
Candice Culnane (MBA 2000)
Vangel Cvetkovski (MBA 1989)
Jeffrey Darlington (MBA 2011)
Glyn Davis
Peter Day
Sandra de Pury (MBA 1993)
Zeger Degraeve
Deepak Dhingra (MBA 2003)
Carl Dilena (SEMBA 2003)
Dirk Dobbs (MBA 2012) and Chelsea Dobbs
Mithran Doraisamy (MBA 1994)
Douglas Dow (PhD 1997)
George Dragovic (MBA 2001)
Nicola Duggan (MBA 1996)
Rachel Edwards (MBA 2012)
Elizabeth Ee
John Egan (MBA 1975)
Matthew Egan (MBA 2002)
Brendan Egan (MBA 2011)
Egon Zehnder
Mark Engeman (MBA 1996)
Equifax
Jody Evans
Daniel Evans (SEMBA 1994)
Jacinth Fairley (MBA 1992)
Paul Fearon (SEMBA 1989)
Ross Ferris (MBA 2002)
Erick Fibich (MBA 1995)
Patrick Fitzgerald
Brian Fletcher (MBA 2015)
Marc Flipo
Ashley Forbes (MBA 1990)
Forethought
Jim Frederickson
Chris Freeland (MBA 1996)
Brian Frissyn (MBA 2001)
Miroslaw Frydel (MBA 2004)
Warren Galbraith (MBA 1997)
Vivek Ganesh (MBA 2002)
Pablo Gastar (PDM 1995)
Christopher Gazzola (MBA 1998)
Brett Gebert (PDM 2005)
Jenny George
Pratap Ghose (MBA 2005)
Ian Gibson (MBA 1989)
Global Forwarding
Rebecca Glover (EMBA 2014)
David Goedecke (MBA 2013)
Charles Goode AC and Cornelia Goode
Louise Gourlay OAM
Nick Griffin (MBA 2000)
Lyndal Groom (SEMBA 2010)
Michael Habboush (MBA 2010)
Michael Hall (EMBA 1991)
Greg Halls (MBA 2013)
Chin Hao Bay
Alison Hardacre (MBA 2002)
Sam Hardikar (MBA 2011)
Ken Harrison (MBA 1984)
T T Hayagreevan (MBA 2007)
Todd Henderson (MBA 2007)
Henry Herring (MBA 2010)
Steve Hibbard (MBA 1993)
Paul Higgins (MBA 1999)
Thank you for supporting our School and our students.$2,500-$4,999 Partner
Marianne Broadbent (PhD 1991)
Marcus Coleman (MBA 2010)
Vangel Cvetkovski (MBA 1989)
Peter Manasantivongs (MBA/MMktg 2009 )
Cheryl McKinna (MBA 1988)
David Parsons (SEMBA 1995)
Jacqui Spence (MBA 2001)
Michael Stillwell (SEMBA 2010/MMktg 2011 )
Owen Tracey (MBA 2006)
Adam Trippe-Smith (SEMBA 2010)
Paul van Veenendaal (MBA 1985)
$1,200-$2,499 Member
Vicki Allen (SEMBA 2003)
Robert Allison (MBA 1999)
Yew Chuan Bay (MBA 1969)
Jan Begg (SEMBA 2003)
Laura Bell
Trent Boyce (MBA 2013)
Peter Boyd (MBA 1993)
John Chambers (MBA 1969)
Paul Coughlin (MBA 1985)
Christopher Crozier (MBA 1999)
Kristine Dery (SEMBA 1991)
Carl Dilena (SEMBA 2003)
Mithran Doraisamy (MBA 1994)
Douglas Dow (PhD 1997)
Nicola Duggan (MBA 1996)
Elizabeth Ee
Jody Evans
Jacinth Fairley (MBA 1992)
Marc Flipo
Jim Frederickson
Chris Freeland (MBA 1996)
Warren Galbraith (MBA 1997)
Stewart Gault (MBA 2005)
Jenny George
Pratap Ghose (MBA 2005)
Ian Gibson (MBA 1989)
Eugene Goh (MBA 2003)
Nick Griffin (MBA 2000)
Ken Harrison (MBA 1984)
Henry Herring (MBA 2010)
Steve Hibbard (MBA 1993)
Giles Hunt (MBA 2004)
Christine Kilpatrick (SEMBA 2007)
Phillip Kingston
Sibylle Krieger (SEMBA 2010)
Jane Lay (MBA 2007)
Tony Lee (MBA 2011)
Cameron Leitch (MBA 2008)
Gregory Lewin AM (MBA 1984)
Kee-Wan Lim (MBA 1982)
Xiaoling Liu
Simon Loh (MBA 1985)
Pui San Loh (MBA 1999)
Grant Mansell (MBA 2006)
Jan McMenamin
Ari Mervis
Jacqueline Murray (MBA 2012)
Su-Peing Ng (MBA 2000)
Robert Nicholson (MBA 1989)
Yoshita Oza
Sam Riggall (MBA 2001)
John Sabljak (MBA 1994)
Sotirios Saltis (MBA 2000)
Guy Saunders
Rakesh Singh (MBA 2011)
Peter Smedley (MBA 1969)
Penelope Smith (MMktg 1998)
Glenn Southward
Kevin Stevenson AM (MBA 1976)
Myles Stewart-Hesketh (MBA 1993)
Richard Stradwick (MBA 1969)
Ian Trahar (MBA 1981)
Malcolm Tyler (MBA 2000)
Ashish Verma (MBA 2010)
Jasmina Vernon (MBA 2007)
Carson Walburn
Catherine Walter AM (MBA 1988)
Frank Zipfinger (SEMBA 2003)
Anonymous
Loyal donors have given for the last five or more years
2016 DONORS
“My MBA changed my life and has taken the lives of my family to a different level. I had the fortunate opportunity to go to MBS and it transformed the way that I look at everything. I now own a successful business with my husband and it has put me in a financial position to help others through the School’s Annual Fund.”
JASMINA VERNON (MBA 2007)
DIRECTOR, VERNON PARTNERS
DEAN’S CIRCLE DONOR
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Christopher Thomas AM (MBA 1976)
Craig Thompson (MBA 2001)
Dominic Tisdell (MBA 2005)
Jane Tongs (SEMBA 1994)
Owen Tracey (MBA 2006)
Ian Trahar (MBA 1981)
Transformation Management Services
Marie and Michael Tratt (MBA 1980)
Trawalla Foundation
Adam Trippe-Smith (SEMBA 2010)
Daniel Trujillo (MBA 2009)
Rita Tsourvakas (MBA 2009)
Philip Turss (SEMBA 1994)
Malcolm Tyler (MBA 2000)
Theo Tzanatos (MBA 2006)
Eleanor Underwood (MBA 1975)
Paul van Veenendaal (MBA 1985)
James Varghese (SEMBA 1988)
Ashish Verma (MBA 2010)
Jasmina Vernon (MBA 2007)
Vernon Partners
Carson Walburn
Benjamin Wall (MBA 2002)
Catherine Walter AM (MBA 1988)
Yoke Wan Cheong (SEMBA 1988)
Darryl Ward (MBA 1994)
Dean West (MBA 2011)
Michael White (MBA 2001)
Olivia Willee (MBA 2006)
Chamera Withanage (MBA 2015)
Stuart Womersley (MBA 2001)
Thuji Yonten (MBA 2009)
Stephen Young (MBA 1990)
John Young (MBA 2001)
Ahmad Zafar (MBA 2009)
Alice Zhang (MBA 2015)
Li Zhang (MBA 2015)
Frank Zipfinger (SEMBA 2003)
12 Anonymous
Alison Hilton (MMktg 1998)
Geoffrey Hindle (MBA 1969)
Norman Ho (MBA 2003)
Denise Ho (MBA 2004) and Justin Tse
Sally Holloway
Prudence Holstein (MBA 1982)
Malcolm Hutson (MBA 1976)
Intel Microelectronics
Dean Ireland (MMktg 1997)
Xuejie Jiang (MBA 2004)
Suresh Jit (MBA 2006)
Kheng Kah Koh (MBA 2005)
Mark Kelly (MMgmt 1999)
Ameel Khan (MBA 2008)
Terry Kildea (MBA 2011)
Christine Kilpatrick (SEMBA 2007)
Song-hui Kim (MBA 2012)
Annette Kimmitt
Geoffrey Kimpton (MBA 1976)
Phyllis King
Michael King (MBA 2005)
Phillip Kingston
Ian Kirk (MBA 1998)
Richard Kloeden (MBA 2011)
David Knights (PDM 2002)
Paul Kofman
Sibylle Krieger (SEMBA 2010)
Narayanan Krishnan (MBA 2014)
Georgina Last (MBA 2006)
Ken Latchford (MBA 1983)
James Lawrenson (MBA 1985)
Jane Lay (MBA 2007)
Ben Lee
Cameron Leitch (MBA 2008)
Paul LeMaire (SEMBA 2003)
Paul Lemanis (MBA 1995)
Christopher Leptos AM (SEMBA 1990)
Gregory Lewin AM (MBA 1984)
Bin Lin (MBA 2008)
Aaron Little (MBA 2007)
Xiaoling Liu
Ying Liu (MBA 2001)
Simon Loh (MBA 1985)
Terrence Loh (SEMBA 2007)
John Luckock (MBA 1974) and
Loyal donors have given for the last five or more years
Lauraine Luckock
James Mackie (MBA 2008)
Roderick Mainland (MBA 2005)
Bonny Malik (MBA 1997)
Timothy Malone (SEMBA 2004)
Rohan Mammen (MBA 2006)
Pete Manasantivongs (MBA/MMktg 2009)
Takavengwa Marindo (EMBA 2015)
David McDowell (MBA 1984)
Robert McGauran (PDM 1994)
Peter McGrath (MBA 2003)
Cheryl McKinna (MBA 1988)
Jan McMenamin
Thomas McNair (MBA 1982)
Vivek Mittal (MBA 2007)
Jennifer Moltisanti (MBA 1997)
William Morgan
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David Moss (MBA 1997)
Rinto Muhammadsyah (MBA 2006)
Karen Murphy (MBA 2009)
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Adam Needleman (MBA 1993)
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Reid Malley Foundation
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Enrico Rizzon (MBA 1999)
Ken Roberts (MBA 1991)
Emile Rochman (MBA 1970)
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Sotirios Saltis (MBA 2000)
Pui San Loh (MBA 1999)
San Remo Macaroni
Jon Satterley (MBA 2006)
Guy Saunders
Irina Savinykh (MBA 2009)
Jonathan Scott (MBA 1990)
Mehmud Sharif (MBA 2003)
David Shaw (SEMBA 2013)
Asar Siddiqui (MBA 2004)
Graeme Sinclair
Amit Singh (MBA 2002)
Rakesh Singh (MBA 2011)
Vineet Singh (MBA 2011)
Peter Smedley (MBA 1969)
James Smith (MBA 2005)
Penelope Smith (MMktg 1998)
Paul Smith (SEMBA 1990)
Ric Sotelo (MBA 1986)
Glenn Southward
Kevin Stevenson AM (MBA 1976)
Myles Stewart-Hesketh (MBA 1993)
Michael Stillwell (SEMBA 2010/MMktg 2011)
Alastair Stott (MBA 1993)
Scott Tanner (SEMBA 1990)
Telstra Corporation
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
ALUMNI COUNCIL 2016
Professor Zeger Degraeve
Dean, Melbourne Business School
Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne
Laura Bell
Associate Dean, Academic Programs
Marc Flipo
Chief Operating Officer
Dean Ireland (MMktg 1997) President
Helen Kemp (MBA 1994) Vice President
Amber Anderson (SEMBA 2014)
Christopher Brown (SEMBA 2009)
Lenny Chudri (MBA 2014)
Dirk Dobbs (MBA 2012)
Rodolfo D'Onofrio (EMBA 2015)
Laura Grundy (MBA 2014)
Cameron Hibbert (MBA 2005)
Stewart Johnson (MBA 2013)
Cameron Leitch (MBA 2008)
Phillip Neckers (MBA 2017)
Professor Jim Frederickson
Deputy Dean, Melbourne Business School
Associate Professor Andrew John
Associate Dean (Faculty), Melbourne Business School
Guy Saunders
Associate Dean, Executive Education
Aglaia Nikas (MMktg 2013)
Joanna Pizzey (MBA 2010)
Mohammad Rahman (MBA 2012)
Ralph Rambausek (MBA 2010)
Mirza Shamid (MBA 2015)
James Smith (MBA 2005)
Wenjie Tang (MBA 2012)
Mayank Verma (MBA 2013)
Benjamin Wall (MBA 2002)
Olivia Willee (MBA 2006)
Rebecca Wilson (MBusA 2015)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2016Mr Ross Barker (MBA 1980)
Chairman, Melbourne Business School Ltd.
Managing Director, Australian Foundation Investment Company Ltd., Djerriwarrh Investments Ltd., Mirrabooka Investments Ltd., Amcil Ltd.
Appointed: 2011
Mr Anthony Burgess
Chief Executive Officer, Flagstaff Partners Pty Ltd.
Director, Diversified United Investment Ltd., Melbourne Theatre Company
Chairman, Foundation for Business & Economics, The University of Melbourne
Governor, Ian Potter Foundation
Appointed: 2013
Professor Glyn Davis
Vice-Chancellor & Principal, The University of Melbourne
Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne
Appointed: 2013
Professor Zeger Degraeve
Dean, Melbourne Business School Ltd.
Dean, Faculty of Business & Economics, The University of Melbourne
Director, Melbourne Business School Foundation Ltd, Mt Eliza Graduate School of Business and Government Ltd., MBS Management Development (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Appointed: 2011
Professor Douglas Dow (PhD 1997)
Professor in Business Strategy, Melbourne Business School Ltd.
Appointed: 2011
Dr Jacinth Fairley (MBA 1992)
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Starpharma Holdings Ltd.
Director, Starpharma Pty Ltd., DNT Inc.
Member, Investment Committee, Carnegie Venture Capital, Commonwealth Science Council
Fellow, Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Appointed: 2010
Ms Jacqueline Hey
Director, Qantas Airways Ltd., Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd., Australian Foundation Investment Company Ltd., Cricket Australia, AGL Energy Ltd.
Appointed: 2013
Mr Dean Ireland (MMktg 1997)
Partner, Egon Zehnder
Appointed: 2014
Ms Antoinette Kimmitt
Asia Pacific Accounts Leader, Ernst & Young
Director, Ernst & Young Asia-Pacific Limited, Scale Investors
Appointed: 2011
Professor Paul Kofman
Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne
Appointed: 2013
Dr Xiaoling Liu
Director, Iluka Resources Ltd., Newcrest Mining Ltd.
Appointed: March 2016
Mr Geoffrey Lord (MBA 1972)
Director, UXC Ltd., IDT Ltd., Maxitrans Ltd.
Member, Belgravia Group
Appointed: 2015
Mr Ari Mervis
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Murray Goulburn Co-Operative Co Ltd.
Appointed: 2012
Ms Naomi Milgrom AO
Chair and Group CEO, Sportsgirl / Sussan Group of Companies
Director, Magellan Financial Group
Board Advisory Committee, Centre for Ethical Leadership
Appointed: 2014
Retired: April 2016
Mr David Peever
Chair, Cricket Australia
Director, Australian Foundation Investment Company Ltd., The Stars Foundation, Foreign Investment Review Board
Appointed: 2012
Retired: 31 January 2017
Mr Scott Tanner (SEMBA 1990)
Chief Operating Officer, Westpac Consumer Bank
Chief Executive, Bank of Melbourne
Director, Committee for Melbourne
Fellow, AICD
Appointed: 2011
Mr Frank Zipfinger (SEMBA 2003)
Director, Galileo Japan Trust, Australian Youth Orchestra, MH Premium Farms Group, Macquarie University Council, The Northcare Foundation
Executive Committee, St. Joseph’s College Indigenous Fund
Member, St Joseph’s College Foundation
Ambassador, Australian Indigenous Education Foundation
Appointed: 2009
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I am inspired every day that I work at the
Melbourne Business School by the
achievements of my faculty peers and staff, our
students, alumni, supporters and partner
organisations. I see my role as an opportunity
to enable our community to achieve even more
by co-creating initiatives that have a social,
cultural or economic impact.
DR JODY EVANS
ASSOCIATE DEAN, ENGAGEMENT
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, MARKETING
“The value of an education is not the learning of
many facts but the training of the mind to think
something that cannot be learned from textbooks.”
– Albert Einstein, 1921. I believe this quote reflects
what the school is achieving, and why I share its
values and want to be part of its community.
Having spent much of my working life in the
corporate arena, I have seen the difference that
innovation and collaboration can make. The school
promotes these approaches, which are instrumental
in generating a sustainable future for generations
to come.
REBECCA BOOTH
RESEARCH MANAGER, ADVANCEMENT
I believe the world has enough successful people.
What we do need more of are ethical leaders
who are passionate about making a difference,
not only in their lives but the lives of the
communities they work and live in. Providing
accessible education and opportunities through
generous supporters of Melbourne Business
School allows us to support future leaders who
go on to make a broader impact on others and
the world. I am proud to be part of that impact.
DIANNA MOODLEY
DONOR RELATIONS MANAGER, ADVANCEMENT
When people come together to learn, explore and
discuss topics and themes that they are
passionate about, new ideas and opportunities
are discovered. At Melbourne Business School
events, I am regularly delighted by seeing how
thought-provoking conversation in an inspiring
environment can lead to great things. For me, the
real gratification in running events for the MBS
Community is when I hear that these seeds have
grown into impactful programs and initiatives.
JO STAVERS
EVENTS MANAGER, ENGAGEMENT
Meeting my husband made me realise that there
are many talented and deserving people who
could not have accessed further education
without the help of a scholarship. Receiving a
scholarship benefitted him tremendously,
allowing him to study in a top university,
providing him career growth after his Masters and
instilling in him the confidence and impetus to go
after his dream. Since then, I have been motivated
and committed to making a difference to the lives
of others by connecting impact-driven needs to
the generosity of donors and the community, and
creating more opportunities for learning and
development, innovation and progress.
ELIZABETH EE
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ADVANCEMENT
I am passionate about access to education for everyone.
It should not be based on personal circumstances but on a
willingness to learn and experience. You can create limitless
opportunities with education, from changing your life and the
lives of your family to changing the world – for the better.
This is why I work to facilitate opportunities for people with
passion and ability to experience Melbourne Business School
and benefit from the amazing learning opportunities and
powerful networks the School provides.
BEN LEE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ANNUAL AND LEADERSHIP GIVING,
ADVANCEMENT
MEET THE ADVANCEMENT TEAM
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Having just finished my studies, I have recently
benefited from opportunities that supporters of
educational institutions provide. I have always been
passionate about events but without the opportunity to
explore what I am capable of in a real work environment,
it would have been much more challenging to
demonstrate my skillset to a future employer. Now that I
am a member of the MBS team, I am excited to be using
my skills within a community that collaborates to
support and enhance others’ learning experiences.
SARAH JOWETT
EVENT COORDINATOR, ENGAGEMENT
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MBS’ Highest Priorities
Giving towards MBS’ Highest Priorities gives MBS the autonomy to direct your funding
to areas which need it the most and to ensure that your gift makes the biggest impact.
Scholarships
Reimagining potential - By making a contribution towards our Melbourne Business
School Scholarship Fund, you play a role in reimagining potential, and enable more
deserving students to have access to financial assistance.
Innovation Fund
Redesigning the future – Be a part of the founding community that redesigns the future
of aspiring entrepreneurs and the next generation of innovators at MBS. Your gift will
enable students involved in our innovation programs to compete on the world stage.
Community Partnerships
Rebuilding communities – Help us deliver impactful partnerships through research and
programs with communities across Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region.
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CONTACT USIf you would like to support the School, you can donate online
or contact us directly. We value your support.
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Dr Jody Evans
Associate Dean, Engagement
Associate Professor, Marketing
Melbourne Business School
200 Leicester Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053 Australia
T: +61 3 9349 8222
E: j.evans@mbs.edu
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