List of University of Technology Sydney people
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of University of Technology Sydney people, including notable alumni and staff.
Academia
- Martin Bean – former vice-chancellor at the Open University and 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
- Hatice Gunes – Professor of Affective Intelligence and Robotics at the University of Cambridge
- Margaret Simons – Associate Professor of journalism at Monash University
- Sender Dovchin – Research Professor and Dean of International at Curtin University
Architecture
- Jeremy Edmiston – Australian architect[3]
- Penelope Seidler – Australian architect
Business
- Joanne Gorton - CEO of Deloitte Australia
- Robin Khuda - billionaire founder of AirTrunk
- Richard White - billionaire founder of WiseTech Global
- Daniel Hendler - deputy managing director of Meriton Group and grandson of Harry Triguboff[4]
- Peter Agnew – deputy chair of Surf Life Saving Australia[5]
- Russell Balding – former managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
- Andre Soelistyo - CEO and co-founder of GoTo and Gojek
- Nina Blackwell – former senior director at Yahoo! and press secretary to former U.S. senator Hillary Clinton[6]
- Kate Burleigh – managing director of Intel in Australia and New Zealand[5]
- Maile Carnegie – group executive of ANZ Banking Group (ANZ) retail division and former managing director of Google Australia[7]
- Neil Chatfield – former chairman of Virgin Australia and former non-executive director at Transurban[8]
- Cristina Pieta Cifuentes – Economist and former board member of the Australian Energy Regulator[9]
- Rob Coombe – Chairman of Colonial First State and former chairman of MLC Limited[10]
- Cathryn Cox – Executive Director of Health System Planning and Investment, NSW Ministry of Health[11]
- Larry Diamond – Founder & CEO of Zip Co[11]
- Jacqui Feeney – managing director of Fox International Channels (Australia and New Zealand)[5]
- Mark Fitzgibbon – CEO and managing director of nib Health Funds[12]
- Sean Gordon AM (Bachelor of Education in Adult Education, 2000; 2016 UTS Faculty of the Arts and Social Sciences Alumni Award Recipient) – managing director and owner of Gidgee Group, an Indigenous-owned and -managed consultancy;[13] also co-convenor of the Liberals for Yes group,[14][15] and member of the First Nations Referendum Working Group for the 2023 Australian referendum[16][17]
- Todd Greenberg – CEO of the National Rugby League
- Rachel Grimes – former CFO (Technology) of Westpac[5]
- Kristanti MBA – Canadian CEO/CFO (UTS Alumni 1996). Former Finance Manager at Energizer Battery (Eveready/ Union Carbide/ Ralston Purina)
- Vanessa Hudson – CEO of Qantas[18]
- Frances Hughes – former CEO of the International Council of Nurses (ICN)[19]
- Ben Kennedy – Founder & CEO of Gecko[11]
- George Koukis – founder and former chairman of Temenos AG[20]
- Simon Kubica – Co-founder and CEO of Index, Y Combinator-backed software company[21]
- Ido Leffler – Israeli-Australian entrepreneur
- Geoff Lloyd – former CEO of MLC Limited[22]
- Graeme Mason – CEO of Screen Australia[23]
- Kim McKay – CEO of Australian Museum
- Bettina McMahon – Executive General Manager, Government and Industry Collaboration and Adoption, Australian Digital Health Agency[5]
- David Murray – former CEO of the Commonwealth Bank (CBA)[24]
- Warwick Negus – Non-executive director at Dexus and former managing director at Goldman Sachs[25]
- Gregory Poche – founder and former chairman of StarTrack[26]
- George Savvides – former managing director of Medibank
- Nicky Sparshott – CEO of Unilever Australia and New Zealand[27]
- Vivian Wong – Group Vice President (Higher Educations Technologies) of Oracle Corporation[28]
- Jim White – Senior Vice President (Human Resources) of Paramount Pictures[11]
Government
Politicians
Premiers of New South Wales
- Morris Iemma – former Premier of New South Wales (2005–2008)
Federal politicians
- Ash Ambihaipahar – Member of the House of Representatives for Barton, representing the Australian Labor Party[29]
- Nicolette Boele – Member of the House of Representatives for Bradfield, unaffiliated with a party
- Tanya Plibersek – Member of the House of Representatives for Sydney, representing the Australian Labor Party and former Deputy Leader of the Opposition
- 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[30]
Australian state and territory politicians
- Bryan Doyle – Australian politician
- Matt Kean – Australian politician
- Wendy Machin – former Australian politician[31]
- Natasha Maclaren-Jones – Australian politician
- Daniel Mookhey – Australian politician
- Marjorie O'Neill – Australian politician[32]
- 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
- He Rong – Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China
- Sekai Holland – Zimbabwean senator
- Gibran Rakabuming Raka – Vice President of Indonesia, previous Mayor of Solo in Indonesia
- Shawn Atleo – former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in Canada
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
- Yiying Lu – Chinese-born graphic designer and artist
- 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 and film director[33]
- 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[11]
- Kathryn Eisman – Australian fashion and lifestyle television journalist, author and former model
- Jan Fran – Australian journalist[34]
- Lynda Kinkade – Australian journalist and anchor at CNN
- Sonia Kruger – television presenter
- Joel Labi – news anchor and producer
- Caroline Meldrum-Hanna – Australian journalist[35]
- Timothy Palmer – Australian journalist at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation[36]
- Lara Pitt – Australian television presenter and sports journalist
- Georgia Rickard – Australian travel journalist
Literature, writing and poetry
- Anna Funder – Australian writer and winner of the Miles Franklin Award[37]
- 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
- Kate Eastman AM SC – Law Reform Commissioner with the New South Wales Law Reform Commission[38]
- Tricia Kavanagh – former Justice of the NSW Industrial Court and Deputy President of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission[39]
- Jane Needham – Judge, Federal Court of Australia[40]
- Sandy Street - former Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia
Sciences
- Sarah Benson – Chief forensic scientist at the Australian Federal Police[41]
- Jordan Nguyen – Bio-medical engineer, inventor, and futurist
- Lily Serna – Australian mathematician and television presenter
- Vanessa Peterson – Australian chemist at ANSTO.
Sport
- John Allen – teacher, rugby player and cricketer
- Lachie Anderson – rugby union player
- Jo Brigden-Jones – Australian kayaker[42]
- Bart Bunting – former Australian skier, Salt Lake City Paralympic gold medalist[43]
- James Chapman – former Australian rower, London Olympic silver medalist
- Pat Cummins – Australian cricketer
- Nina Curtis – Australian sailor, London Olympic silver medalist for sailing
- Claudia Gunjaca – Australian rules football player[44]
- Alyssa Healy – Australian cricketer[45]
- Katie Kelly – Australian paratriathlete, Rio Olympic gold medalist
- Boyd Killingworth – rugby union player
- Adrienne Marie – former Australian volleyball player
- Alexander Purnell – Australian rower, Tokyo Olympic gold medalist[46]
- Hayder Shkara – former Australian taekwondo athlete
- Danielle Small – former Australian soccer player
- Lucinda Whitty – Australian sailor, London Olympic silver medalist[47]
- Gavin Woods – former Australian water polo player
Other
- Mervyn Bishop – Australian photographer
Notable staff
- Debra Adelaide – Australian novelist, writer and academic
- Philip A. Gale – British supramolecular chemist
- Stan Grant – Australian journalist[48]
- Nick Kaldas – Deputy commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force[49]
- Michael Keane – American economist
- Antony Kidman – Australian psychologist and academic[50]
- Rosetta Martiniello-Wilks – Australian cancer researcher
- Ann Moyal – Australia historian
- Jim Peacock – Australian molecular biologist
- Göran Roos – Swedish academic and businessman
- Louise Ryan – Australian biostatistician
- Rosie Scott – Australian and New Zealand novelist
- Margaret Trask – Australian librarian
- Helen Vatsikopoulos – Australian journalist
- Cynthia Whitchurch – Australian microbiologist
- Mary-Anne Williams – Australian scientist
- Steve Wozniak – American electronics engineer and entrepreneur[51]