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Stay connected with the Business School
The University of Sydney Business School's alumni are among its greatest assets. Around the world, our alumni enjoy the benefits of membership of the University of Sydney's international network.
We encourage all our alumni to stay in touch with the Business School and remain engaged in the teaching, research and industry-based initiatives the Business School offers. By being a part of our alumni community, you can meet fellow graduates, reconnect with former classmates and develop your Australian and international business networks.
Register your details with the University Alumni office to ensure you receive our alumni newsletters and event invitations. We look forward to working with you to provide a world-class school that continues the proud Sydney business tradition.
Get involved
We coordinate a wide range of activities and opportunities for people and companies to become actively involved in the Business School and the education and development of our students. To participate, contact Monica Vanderkley or email business.alumni@sydney.edu.au.
Benefits include:
- ongoing development through mentoring, guest speaking and involvement in our community and social enterprise projects
- brand recognition and engagement
- network building through the University's numerous partnerships
- community development opportunities and engagement
- involvement and influence on the education and development of our future workforce participants and entrepreneurs.
Ways to get involved
We are passionate about sharing the success of our graduates as well as connecting our alumni with current and future students. We have various speaking and volunteering opportunities available, ranging from involvement in careers panels, recruitment fairs and podcasts to student project marking. To get involved please register your interest.
We encourage alumni to offer our students mentoring in key areas of business and career development. Learn more about the Alumni Mentoring Program.
Welcome to Sydney is a program connecting international and regional students with alumni. It is our way of introducing our new students to some of the people and places that make Sydney one of the best cities in the world.
Provide in-company, short-term placements for students. The Business School Industry Placement Program allows you and your organisation to identify and develop the business leaders of the future.
The Business School Careers and Employability Office coordinates various careers events throughout the year. If you are interested in recruiting graduates from the University of Sydney Business School, please contact sarah.fletcher@sydney.edu.au.
A select group of international alumni who volunteer their time to encourage offshore alumni and friends to maintain contact.
The Business School is fortunate to benefit from ongoing corporate and individual support, with finances developing research, scholarships, outreach activities and events that benefit both students and industry. Learn how you can support us.
Nominate outstanding alumni and our most recent graduates for our prestigious annual Alumni Awards program.
Beta Gamma Sigma Alumni Network
Beta Gamma Sigma is the international honour society for students enrolled in business and management programs. Each semester the Beta Gamma Sigma nominating committee at the University of Sydney Business School elects eligible graduates and students for collegiate chapter membership.
Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma lasts a lifetime. With 30 international chapters, the Beta Gamma Sigma Alumni Network invites members to participate in a wide range of events and engage with high-achieving business alumni around the world.
Graduation addresses
The University of Sydney Business School has been honoured to have the occasional address at our graduation ceremonies presented by:
| Date | Time | Degrees being conferred | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
Wed 30 May |
9.30am |
UG |
Martin Blake NSW Chairman & Australian Leader for Insurance Sector at KPMG Australia (Speech (pdf, 66kb)) |
Wed 30 May |
11.30am |
UG |
Mark Monaghan Senior Managing Director, Institutional and Corporate Relationships - Australia, ANZ (Speech (pdf, 28kb)) |
Wed 30 May |
2.00pm |
UG |
Karina Kwan Non-Executive Director |
Thurs 31st May |
9.30am |
PG |
Andrew Kuruc Manager, Practice Development NSW/ACT, MLC (Speech (pdf, 48kb)) |
Thurs 31st May |
11.30am |
PG |
Patrick Medley Managing Partner, Kedleton & Co (Speech (pdf, 39kb)) |
Thurs 31st May |
2.00pm |
PG |
Freya Smith Chief Legal Officer, OFX (Speech (pdf, 127kb)) |
Tuesday 5 June |
9.30am |
PG |
Robert Thomson Acting Assistant Commissioner - Public Groups & International, ATO |
Tuesday 5 June |
11.30am |
PG |
Clary Castrission OAM CEO of 40k Group (Speech (pdf, 105kb)) |
Tuesday 5 June |
2.00pm |
PG |
Cristina Cifuentes Commissioner at the ACCC (Speech (pdf, 30kb)) |
| Wed 3 Oct | 9.30am | UG | Nicholas Molnar Co-Founder, AfterPay (Speech (pdf, 66kb)) BCom(2012) |
| Wed 3 Oct | 11.30am | UG | Martin Blake NSW Chairman & Australian Leader for Insurance Sector at KPMG Australia |
| Thurs 4 Oct | 9.30am | PG | Christine Yates Executive General Manager, NAB (Speech (pdf, 49kb)) |
| Thurs 4 Oct | 11.30am | PG | Robert De Souza President APAC / CEO Australia & NZ, Aon Benfield (Speech (pdf, 220kb)) |
| Thurs 4 Oct | 2.00pm | PG | Lesley Jolly Executive General Manager, Human Resources & HSQE, CIVEO (Speech (pdf, 512kb)) |
| Fri 5 Oct | 9.30am | PG | Jeffrey Choi Group Chief Information Security Officer (Group CISO) at Qantas (Speech (pdf, 49kb)) |
| Fri 5 Oct | 11.30am | PG | Daniel Petre AO Founder, AirTree Ventures (Speech (pdf, 132kb)) MBA(1986) |
| Date | Time | Degrees being conferred | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
Thursday, 11 May |
9.30am |
UG |
Andrew Cannane - General Manager Managed Funds Services | Perpetual Corporate Trust - Managed Funds Services |
Thursday, 11 May |
11.30am |
UG |
Carla Hoorweg, Senior Policy Manager Investment, Technology & Innovation at Financial Services Council |
Thursday, 11 May |
2.00pm |
UG |
Kate Watson, GM Information Strategy, CBA |
Thursday, 11 May |
4.00pm |
UG |
Nicholas Peter Flood, Client Executive at IBM |
Friday, 12 May |
9.30am |
PG |
Sam Hallinan, Managing Director, Nikko Asset Management |
Friday, 12 May |
11.30am |
PG |
Andrew Howard, Chief Operating Officer, REST Super |
Friday, 12 May |
2.00pm |
PG |
Adam Gee, CEO of SuperRatings |
Friday, 12 May |
4.00pm |
PG |
Jim Dominguez |
Thursday, 12 October |
9.30am |
PG |
Skander Malcolm, Managing Director and CEO, OFX |
Thursday, 12 October |
11.30am |
PG |
Wendy Zhu, Senior Economist, ATO |
Thursday, 12 October |
2.00pm |
PG |
Rebecca Mason, Founder, The Time Masons |
Thursday, 12 October |
4.00pm |
PG |
Andrew Baxter, CEO, Publicis Worldwide Australia |
Friday, 13 October |
9.30am |
UG |
Hiam Sakakini, Co-Founder of ThinkChangeGrow |
Friday, 13 October |
11.30am |
UG |
John O'Mahony, Partner | Deloitte Access Economics |
Friday, 13 October |
2.00pm |
UG |
Elsa Payne, Non-Executive Director, Hannover Life Re of Australasia Ltd |
Friday, 13 October |
4.00pm |
UG |
Annie Corlett AM |
| Date | Time | Degrees being conferred | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
Friday, 22 April |
9.30 am |
UG |
Mr Rod Henderson, Tax Partner – Energy & Natural Resources, KPMG |
Friday, 22 April |
11.30 am |
UG |
Hugh Harley, Financial Services Leader PwC Global Emerging Markets |
Friday, 22 April |
2.00 pm |
UG |
Julia Newbould, The Stella Network Leader at BT Financial Group |
Friday, 22 April |
4.00 pm |
UG |
Ms Sheridan Lee, Founder and Executive Chair, Shed Enterprises |
Thursday, 12 May |
9.30 am |
PG |
Marina Trusa, Senior Manager of Wealth Management Finance at Commonwealth Bank |
Thursday, 12 May |
11.30 am |
PG |
Peter Gunning, Chief Executive Officer for Russell Investments (Asia Pacific Region) |
Thursday, 12 May |
2.00 pm |
PG |
Dr Toby Heap, Founding Partner H2 Ventures |
Thursday, 12 May |
4.00pm |
PG |
John Keith, Managing Director, Head of Financial Institution Coverage of BNP Paribas |
Wednesday, 5 October |
4.00pm |
|
Mr Niall Henderson, Chief Financial Officer, The College of Law |
Thursday, 6 October |
9.30 am |
PG |
Mike Abbott, Head of Operations Australia & NZ at UBER |
Thursday, 6 October |
11.30 am |
PG |
Corey Payne, Executive Director and Founder of the Future Direction Network |
Thursday, 6 October |
2.00 pm |
PG |
Stephen Porges, Founder and Director of Katasi |
Friday, 7 October |
9.30 am |
UG |
John Kelly, Founder and CEO Atomo Diagnostics |
Friday, 7 October |
11.30 am |
UG |
Ms Pascale Helyar-Moray, Founder, StyleRocks |
Friday, 7 October |
2.00 pm |
UG |
Edyta Torpy, Advisory Director, Optimiss Consulting |
| Day, Date and Time | Degrees being conferred | Alumni Speaker |
|---|---|---|
7 May 2015 at 9.30am |
MCom, GradDipCom, GradCertCom |
Ms Anna Booth (BEc’78), Deputy President, Fair Work Commission |
7 May 2015 at 11.30am |
MCom, GradDipCom, GradCertCom |
Mr Bill Ferris AC (BEc’67), Executive Chairman, Champ Private Equity (Speech (pdf, 191kb)) |
7 May 2015 at 2.00pm |
MHRM&IR, GradDip HRM&IR, GradCert HRM&IR, MPhil, MintBus, MMKTG, GradCertMktg, MTM, GradDipTM |
Associate Professor Robin Stonecash, Director, Executive Education; Program Director of the Global Executive MBA, University of Sydney Business School |
7 May 2015 at 4.00pm |
PhD, MLogMan, GradDipLogMan, GradCertLogMan, MMGT, MMGT (CEMS), MPACC, GradDipPAcc |
Mr Chris Anderson (BEc’67), Former CEO, Fairfax, Television New Zealand and Singtel Optus |
8 May 2015 at 9.30am |
BCom, BCom (LibStud) |
Dr Kenneth George Coles AM (BE(EngTech)’48), previously Executive Chairman of Conveyor Company of Australia, non-executive director of Stockland Trust, NRMA, NRMA Insurance, Chatham Investment, Permanent Trustee and Coles Myer |
8 May 2015 at 11.30am |
BCom, BCom (LibStud) |
Professor Marian Baird, Director of the Women at Work Research Group, University of Sydney Business School |
8 May 2015 at 2.00pm |
BCom, BCom (LibStud) |
Mr Christopher Mapp (BA’94), Chairman, Omnilab Media Investments |
8 May 2015 at 4.00pm |
BCom, BCom (LibStud), Hons students, BEc |
Noelene Palmer, Head of Operations ANZ, Swiss Reinsurance Company |
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