List of University of Technology Sydney people
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This is a list of University of Technology Sydney people, including notable alumni and staff.
Notable alumni[]
Academia[]
- Martin Bean — Vice-Chancellor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology[1]
- Anthony D. Burke — Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of New South Wales
- Judith Beveridge — Australian poet[2] and research supervisor at the University of Sydney
- John Croucher — Australian statistician and Professor of Management at Macquarie University
- Rosalyn Diprose — Emeritus Professor of philosophy at the University of New South Wales
- Margaret Simons — Associate Professor of journalism at Monash University
Architecture[]
- Penelope Seidler — Australian architect
Business[]
- Peter Agnew — Deputy Chair of Surf Life Saving Australia[3]
- Russell Balding — former managing director at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
- Kate Burleigh – Managing Director of Intel in Australia and New Zealand [3]
- Cathryn Cox – Executive Director of Health System Planning and Investment, NSW Ministry of Health[4]
- Jacqui Feeney – Managing Director, Fox International Channels (Australia & NZ) [3]
- Todd Greenberg — CEO of the National Rugby League
- Rachel Grimes – CFO Technology, Westpac[3]
- Ido Leffler — Israeli-Australian entrepreneur
- Kim McKay — CEO of Australian Museum
- Bettina McMahon – Executive General Manager, Government and Industry Collaboration and Adoption, Australian Digital Health Agency [3]
- David Murray — Australian businessman
- Davina Reichman – business consultant
- George Savvides — former managing director, Medibank
- Vivian Wong — Group Vice President, Higher Educations at Oracle Corporation[5]
- Jim White – Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Paramount Pictures [4]
- Omar Majid Warraich - Founder AgriM@rt- Pakistani-U.S Entrepreneur
Government[]
Politicians[]
Premiers of New South Wales[]
- Morris Iemma — former Premier of New South Wales (2005—2008)
Federal politicians[]
- Tanya Plibersek — Member of the House of Representatives for Sydney and former Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party
- Roger Price — Former member of the House of Representatives for Chifley, representing the Australian Labor Party
- Susan Templeman — Member of the House of Representatives for Macquarie, representing the Australian Labor Party
- Matt Thistlethwaite — Member of the House of Representatives for Kingsford Smith, representing the Australian Labor Party[6]
Australian state and territory politicians[]
- Bryan Doyle — Australian politician
- Matt Kean — Australian politician
- Wendy Machin — former Australian politician [7]
- Natasha Maclaren-Jones — Australian politician
- Daniel Mookhey — Australian politician
- Anthony Roberts — Australian Politician
- John Robertson — former Leader of the Labor Party in New South Wales
- Henry Tsang — former Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney
International politicians[]
- Shawn Atleo — former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in Canada
- Sekai Holland — Zimbabwean senator
Public servants[]
- Michael Coutts-Trotter — director general of the NSW Department of Family and Community Services
Humanities[]
Arts[]
- Charlotte Best — Australian actress and model
- Natasha Liu Bordizzo — Australian actress and model
- Anh Do — Vietnamese-born Australian actor, author and comedian
- Genevieve Clay-Smith — Australian filmmaker
- Hugh Jackman — Australian actor, singer and producer
- Sophie Lee — Australian actor and author
- Alyssa McClelland — Australian director and actress
- James Millar — Australian actor
- Zoe Naylor — Australian actress
- Amanda Palmer — film executive
- Chris Plummer — New Zealand film editor
- Chris Taylor — Australian performer and comedian
- Rachel Ward — Australian actress
- Emma Watkins — Australian actress and The Wiggles member
- Allanah Zitserman — Australian film producer
History[]
- Jeannine Baker — historian and research fellow at Macquarie University
Journalism[]
- David Astle — Australian author, broadcaster and columnist
- Jayne Azzopardi — Australian television presenter for Weekend Today & Nine News
- Brooke Boney – Entertainment reporter at Nine Network's Today show [4]
- Kathryn Eisman — Australian fashion and lifestyle television journalist, author and former model
- Lynda Kinkade — Australian journalist and anchor at CNN
- Sonia Kruger — television presenter
- Joel Labi — news anchor and producer
- Caroline Meldrum-Hanna — Australian journalist [8]
- Lara Pitt — Australian television presenter and sports journalist
- Georgia Rickard — Australian travel journalist
- Karen Tso — Australian television journalist and anchor at CNBC Europe
Literature, writing and poetry[]
- Anna Funder — Australian writer
- Nikki Gemmell — Australian writer
- Kate Grenville — Australian author
- Yvette Holt – Australian poet
- Janine Shepherd — Australian author
Law[]
- Elizabeth Broderick — Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner (2007—2015)
- Margaret Cunneen — deputy senior crown prosecutor of New South Wales
Sciences[]
- Jordan Nguyen — Bio-medical engineer, inventor, and futurist
- Lily Serna — Australian mathematician and television presenter
Sport[]
- John Allen — teacher, rugby player and cricketer
- Lachie Anderson — rugby union player
- Jo Brigden-Jones — Australian kayaker [9]
- James Chapman — former Australian rower, London Olympic silver medalist
- Pat Cummins — Australian cricketer
- Nina Curtis — Australian sailor, London Olympic silver medalist for sailing
- Alyssa Healy — Australian cricketer [10]
- Katie Kelly — Australian paratriathlete, Rio Olympic gold medalist
- Boyd Killingworth — rugby union player
- Adrienne Marie — former Australian volleyball player
- Rowena Morgan — former Australian volleyball player
- Alexander Purnell — Australian rower, Tokyo Olympic gold medalist[11]
- Hayder Shkara — former Australian taekwondo athlete
- Danielle Small — former Australian soccer player
- Lucinda Whitty — Australian sailor, London Olympic silver medalist [12]
- Gavin Woods — former Australian water polo player
Other[]
- Mervyn Bishop — Australian photographer
Notable staff[]
- Rosetta Martiniello-Wilks — cancer researcher
- Helen Vatsikopoulos — Walkley winning journalism lecturer
Administration[]
Chancellors[]
| Order | Chancellor | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RN Johnson | 1989—1999 | |
| 2 | Sir Gerard Brennan | 1999—2005 | |
| 3 | Vicki Sara | 2005—2016 | |
| 4 | Brian Wilson | 2016 | [13] |
| 5 | Catherine Livingstone | 2016—present | [14] |
Vice-Chancellors[]
| Order | Vice-Chancellor | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RD Guthrie | 1988—1996 | |
| 2 | AJD Blake | 1996—2002 | |
| 3 | RE Milbourne | 2002—2014 | |
| 4 | Attila Brungs | 2014—2021 | [15] |
| 5 | Andrew Parfitt | 2021—present | [16] |
References[]
- ^ "Mr Martin Bean CBE - RMIT University". www.rmit.edu.au. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ Foundation, Poetry (14 April 2019). "Judith Beveridge". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Alumni Profiles". Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ a b c "UTS Alumni Awards". Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "Vivian Wong". Oracle. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Hon Matt Thistlethwaite". Senators and Members. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Machin elected NRMA president". Wingham Chronicle. Fairfax Media. 16 December 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Caroline Meldrum-Hanna". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "London 2012 - Joanne Brigden-Jones". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Bowled over by success". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Meet the UTS athletes competing in Tokyo 2020". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "London 2012 - Lucinda Whitty". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Brian Wilson AO | University of Technology Sydney". www.uts.edu.au. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Council members | University of Technology Sydney". www.uts.edu.au. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Pride and sadness in UTS farewell". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Space industry pioneer announced as new UTS Vice-Chancellor". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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