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Industry & Corporate Partners

Emphasised in our mission statement, and reflecting the strategic goals of the University, the Faculty actively pursues engagement with the corporate world, the professions and government.

In review of our programs, initiatives and strategic direction, the Faculty is fortunate in being able to draw on the collective experience of a distinguished Advisory Board, whose members include corporate leaders and directors, secondary school principals, and accounting, legal and consulting professionals:

  • Adjunct Professor John Egan (Chair), Company Director
  • Mr David W. Anstice, Chairman and President of the University of Sydney USA Foundation, Director of the US Studies Centre at the University and a member of the Advisory Council of the American and Australia Association in New York
  • Mr Bill Forrest AM, Company director
  • Mr George Frazis, CEO Westpac New Zealand
  • Mr Charles Littrell, Executive General Manager Policy Research & Consulting, APRA
  • Adjunct Professor Wayne Lonergan, Company director
  • Mrs Gillian Moore AO, Past Principal, Pymble Ladies College
  • Mr Bernard Newsom, Past Principal, North Sydney Boys High School
  • Mr Desmond Pearson, Auditor-General Victoria
  • Adjunct Professor Stephen Roberts, CEO of the Citi Institutional Clients Group and Citi Country Officer Australia
  • Adjunct Professor Bob Savage, Company director
  • Dr Alastair Stone, Managing Director, Pacific Infrastructure Corporation
  • Mr Bryce Wauchope, Company director
  • Mr Terry Williamson, Company director

The Board of Advice seeks to ensure that our programs are relevant to the needs of our students and business community, and responsive to emerging opportunities and the most contemporary practice in business and the professions.

The Faculty also ensures its programs are professionally relevant and accredited through discipline-based advisory bodies which work closely with organisations such as CPA Australia, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, the Australian Computer Society, and the Australian Marketing Institute.

Corporate and government links play an important role in teaching and learning. Case studies, internships, on-the-job projects, workshops and other learning activities see direct involvement with business, industry and government. Input from practitioners is also encouraged through the appointment of adjunct professors, tutors and guest speakers drawn from the business world.

Much of our research involves collaboration with business and industry, and extensive consultancy projects are funded by and involve collaboration with business and government organisations.

The Faculty greatly appreciates the support of many organisations through corporate-sponsored scholarships and prizes. These include the CVC Scholarship for International Entrepreneurship Research, PricewaterhouseCoopers Nathan Moss Scholarship in Business and the  Citigroup Simon Taylor Scholarship. The Faculty would also like to recognize donors for their support for awards such as the Joye Prizes, Phillip Noel Hartley Smith Distinguished Honours Scholarship, and the Wayne Lonergan Outstanding Teaching Award.

In addition, many of the events run throughout the year by the Faculty are only made possible thanks to the generous support of organisations such the Australian Stock Exchange, CPA, KPMG, Corporate Express, Fairfax, Coca Cola Amatil, and a range of other organisations from the business, public and educational sectors.