WHO I AM: I am an executive-level academic leader with unique qualifications—a Doctorate in Music and a Master of Business Administration. I have a global outlook, I’m a strategic thinker, and I’m adept at creating opportunities and delivering results.

MY BACKGROUND: I have two decades of experience in education and industry.

WHAT I DO WELL: I bridge the discrete needs and aims of multiple stakeholders through personal communications. I raise the bar to achieve stronger financial results, create harmonious cultures and deliver the right solutions for the right problem.

I’M MOTIVATED BY challenge and I relish the opportunity to explore how business and creativity connect.

I’M KNOWN FOR positivity—regardless of the crisis or stress. I am adept at uncovering inefficiencies, driving change, creating opportunities, and delivering results.

LEADERSHIP VALUE

Uniting People: I established a team from three distinctly different programs to form the School of Creative Arts at Melbourne Polytechnic. I united people and drove meaningful, cooperative and enthusiastic change that improved student opportunities and outcomes.

Business Insights: As Head of Higher Education at Box Hill Institute, I worked with industry influencers to create a partnership with a major recording studio that enriched Box Hill with advanced studio equipment during relocation and refurbishment.

Leadership & Lobbying: Lobbied and influenced the Department of Education to reverse a decision on VET Student Loans for Jewellery programs, leading to a $1.3M course area continuing at Melbourne Polytechnic.

I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT people and making things better. I don’t just want to make business better, I want to make the people in the business happier and more productive too.

ICEBREAKERS: I’m a professional trumpet player. I’ve performed in 55 countries, at the Kennedy Centre and Sydney Opera House, and I’ve worked cruise ships. I was also a reasonably serious—but not terribly successful—triathlete and rock climber some years back.

Full Resume available upon request