INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT

Forging connection with Industry

At AIB, we know that providing our students with industry-reflective learning experiences is crucial to their success. By engaging with business leaders and tapping into key industries to stay up-to-date with the latest trends and developments, we can offer our students practical and relevant knowledge that they can apply in the business world. There are a number of ways in which we do that at AIB such as through our Industry Advisory Board, Alumni Industry Panels, industry accreditations and memberships, guest lectures and collaborations – all of which is designed to guide what we teach, how we deliver learning and how we support our students and graduates to achieve their career goals.

AIB Industry Advisory Board

The AIB Industry Advisory Board ensures AIB has its finger on the pulse of major trends and developments in the business world and delivers on the promise of being The Practical Business School. Established in 2020, the Industry Advisory Board provides strategic direction for AIB’s industry engagement portfolio, ensuring collaboration is outcomes-focused.

Industry Advisory Board Members

Serving as members on Industry Advisory Board are a number of external industry leaders who bring their unique perspectives as business owners, employers, industry trailblazers and mentors to the table. In addition are AIB executives, department leads and engagement leads who represent the school on the Board and work to co-create industry-aligned learning and customer experiences.

Al Jawhari

Co-Founder & Group CEO, Adv. Manufacturing

As an entrepreneur, innovator and commercialisation expert with two decades of c-suite experience, Al is an internationally-recognised business leader known for crafting the strategic vision to achieve business goals, offering a unique blend of leadership, innovation, executive acumen, global team-building, and credited with strong ROI and operational excellence. Humbly decorated with the highest honour in The Egyptian Armed Forces, as well as the SeedForum Global Impact Award, Al’s expertise in transformative technologies has placed him at the helm of Starke-AMG, an advanced manufacturing enterprise.

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Caitlin Guilfoyle

Future of Work Leader, Business Consulting

Caitlin is one of Australia’s leading Future of Work voices, delivering research and thought leadership on the market trends that affect organisations and people, as well as supporting leadership teams across industries, to help them prepare for their future of work, now. As a Future of Work Leader at PwC Australia, Caitlin has a particular focus on high-performing individuals and teams, and the levers that are critical to drive team health and effectiveness.

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Micah Walker

Founder & CEO, Venture Growth

As the Founder and CEO of Eagle Origins, entrepreneur, advisor and executive coach, Micah is leading the shift beyond organisational transformation, to redefine markets through antifragile organisations with societal relevance. Accelerating venture and leadership growth with his proven performance as an entrepreneur and intrapreneur, and courageous compassion as an executive leader, Micah has scaled multiple Australian companies to their growth potential, achieving exponential market value.

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Cain Cooke

Chief Executive, Electric Transport

Driven by the power of collaboration and kindness, transformation and growth remain Cain’s professional trademarks after two decades leading high performance businesses across information technology, healthcare, retail, hospitality, property and tourism. Driving performance through simplification, Cain’s current role is leading the mass adoption of electric motorbikes, across Australia, as CEO of Australian electric transport company, LEKI.

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Mark O’Neill

General Manager, Elite Sport

Leveraging from his professional sporting career and currently serving as an executive leader at the Paramatta Eels National Rugby League, Mark is a transformational leader renowned for sound strategic, financial and operations management skills that lead to cultivating innovative work environments.

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Adam Grocke

Founder & CEO, Computer Software

Award-winning mortgage broker, turned Fintech entrepreneur, Adam is the Founder and CEO of Australia’s first automated repricing and refinancing tool, Sherlok. Solutions-driven and innovative, Adam is advancing the finance sector, which has earned him a spot on South Australia’s 40 Under 40 list.

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Jenny Harvey

Psychologist & Founder, Business Consulting

Stemming from a successful executive career as a global business and people leader, Jenny has, again, established her own consulting firm, Jenny Harvey Consulting. Leveraging her business and psychology backgrounds, she is a strategist, facilitator, and coach, focused on building successful organisations, where inclusive cultures and positive leaders can connect people with purpose, to engage, inspire and unleash talent to enable their businesses to thrive.

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Warren Hebard

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Institute of Business

With an impressive track record of leading prominent B2C companies and brands in Australia, Warren is guiding AIB into its next growth phase to solidify its position as a leading provider of interactive online business education for professionals. Committed to delivering a top-tier student experience and meaningful outcomes for graduates, he leverages his diverse executive experience across various industries to blend data-led decision-making with a human-centric approach.

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Professor Iain Hay

Academic Dean, Australian Institute of Business

One of Australia’s most decorated teachers in higher education, Iain offers over three decades of academic expertise and leadership experience to AIB coupled with a significant governance background in diverse local, national and international organisations. He brings capability, experience, and aspiration to his oversight of academic activities at AIB, the Practical Business School.

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Dr Alicia Stanway

Industry Engagement Manager, Australian Institute of Business

Underpinned by an innate desire to help others flourish, Alicia holds the dual privilege of teaching Leadership and Organisational Learning & Development, and leading AIB’s industry engagement portfolio.

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Associate Professor Mulyadi Robin

Associate Dean, Teaching & Learning, Australian Institute of Business

As an experienced academic, Mulyadi is responsible to the Academic Dean in ensuring that AIB staff design and deliver contemporary, industry-relevant and theoretically-informed curriculum. Specifically, to operationalise AIB as the Practical Business School.

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Professor Gayle Morris

Associate Dean, Research, Australian Institute of Business

Stemming from a career in research leadership, research management and higher education governance, Gayle leads the research portfolio at AIB, ensuring that the academic team are delivering an exceptional student experience that is underpinned by their own rich research expertise.

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Megan Baker

Student & Alumni Marketing Manager, Australian Institute of Business

As a communications and community engagement specialist with an innate desire to help others improve their lives through continuous learning, Megan leverages her expertise in customer marketing, advocacy, brand marketing and customer experience within AIB’s marketing portfolio.

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AIB Alumni Industry Panels

AIB’s Alumni Industry Panels were first formed in 2020 to harness the expertise, insights and experiences of our diverse and highly skilled alumni members, and consult on current trends plus challenges within their industries. Today, 80 alumni members serve across five panels to consult regularly on what’s happening in the business world right now, how to evolve the MBA learning content and how AIB can continuously improve the student experience for all.

The five panels are: