Bush Telegraph, MBA (Executive), Issue 2, 2006

AUTHOR: Editor   DATE: 15.12.06   ISSUE 2, 2006
News from: Dr Annemarie Hennessy, John Elliott, Camilla Scanlan, Salman Ali, Nicholas Lea, Michele Phillips, Brian Almeida, Mark Jurkiewicz, Blair Freeman, Matt Durbin, Tony Lawrence, Phil Galway, Tim Elliott, Sara Stace, Emma Ellis, Jorge Zhao, Toni Morgan, Andrew Congerton, Acqueline Brazier, Brian Shanahan, Bianca Norman, Vijay Bharadwaj, Hugo Harmstorf, Joanne Darvell, Alistair Clark, Glynn Thomas, Janet & Barry, Yamin, Karen, Steve Tusler, Mark Mitchell, and Leone Gregory.

MBA (Executive) 2003
Dr Annemarie Hennessy recently accepted the Medicine Foundation Chair at the University of Western Sydney.

Blair Freeman recently moved from WA to Melbourne and is Manager, Business Development for ITC Limited.

MBA (Executive) 2006
Mark Mitchell has left his role as Operations Leader at Honeywell to take on a new role of General Manager, A.G.Coombs Pty Ltd.

MBA (Executive) 1999
John Elliott now lives in the US and is Chief Financial Officer of Chickasaw Enterprises (CE). CE operates about 50 businesses throughout Oklahoma, Texas and the US.

GMQ 1993
Leone Gregory and her husband Malcolm have recently relocated to Canberra, where Leone has been appointed Director Human Resources at the University of Canberra.

MBA (Executive) 2000
Camilla Scanlan commenced a full time PhD (Medicine) in March 2006 at Sydney University following on from a Master of Health Law, which she undertook immediately after completing her MBA (Executive) in 2000.

MBA (Executive) 1996
Salman Ali has been appointed President Marketing & Sales Asia Pacific, for Neuman Aluminium Austria (headquarters in Vienna, Austria). Salman joined the Nueman Group five years ago and is based in Sydney running the sales office for the Asia Pacific Region. The Neuman Group has manufacturing operations in Austria, Canada, USA and China.

MBA (Executive) 2004
Moves
Matt Durbin is General Manager - Strategy for David Jones.
Tony Lawrence is the NSW Business Manager for Media Monitors.
Phil Galway has moved into National Sales at Toyota.
Tim Elliott has moved to Macquarie Bank to head up a wealth management sector.
Sara Stace has returned to Perth after travelling and working in Europe and London. She was recently appointed General Manager of the ASX-listed Esplanade Property Fund.
Emma Ellis has started her own recruitment company, Ripe Recruitment (www.riperecruitment.com.au).
Jorge Zhao has left Australia to pursue a career in the fast growing market of Shanghai.
Toni Morgan has joined global oil and gas company Acergy as Group Resourcing and Talent Manager. Toni is based in their corporate offices in London and supports regional operations in Aberdeen, Stavanger (Norway), Paris, Houston, Rio De Janeiro and Singapore.
Andrew Congerton has moved from Victoria and is now residing in Queensland. He is the Marketing Manager for Kapoochi Australia.
Brett Cowell has left IBM Global Business Services (PwC Consulting) to accept the position of Senior Manager at Ernst & Young in Sydney in the new Supply Chain and Strategy consulting group.
Aimee Suchard is moving on from NAB to take the position of Marketing Director for Plan International Australia, a not-for-profit community development organisation that raises money to help children, their families and communities in developing countries.

Families
Bianca Norman and Ben – son William in March.
Vijay Bharadwaj – son Satvik in February.
Hugo Harmstorf and Kirsten - daughter Nena in 22 March.
Joanne Darvell and Adam – twins Daniel and Hudson in October.

Marriages
Jacqueline Brazier married Brian Shanahan in January.

MBA (Executive) 2002

Michele Phillips has been promoted to Vice President, Asia Pacific, for Electrolux. Michele's role has been extended to include responsibility for R&D for Asia Pacific.
Brian Almeida has left Network Corp Pty Ltd and is now Senior HR & Executive Consultant for HR Partners, Staff-Executive.
Mark Jurkiewicz has moved from the Department of Education, Science and Training to a new role as Senior Director at the Australian National Audit Office in Canberra.

MBA (Executive) 2000
Nicholas Lea and Gabrielle Lea would like to announce the birth of their first child: a beautiful baby girl, Emma-Kate Victoria Lea. Nicholas, whilst still enjoying his passion for organisational change at consulting firm, RWD, has also joined the board of Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops as an alternate director and as a full director of the Sydney Youth Orchestra.

MBA (Executive) 2005
Alistair Clark has been promoted from Commercial Evaluation Manager to Senior Manager Strategic Investments for Optus.
Glynn Thomas After several years working in the Australian Army in areas of communications and information systems, Glynn has taken on a new role with Booz Allen Hamilton as Management Consultant.

Cohort news from D2
Janet & Barry Abboud have had a baby boy named Amin Bakous Abboud.
Karen Rodrigues is teaching MPO and Joanne MacDonald is mentoring at AGSM.
Steve Tusler has been appointed to the Board of directors as Managing Director of Tonga Communications Corporation.