List of University of Technology Sydney people

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
• 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

Australian state and territory politicians

• Bryan Doyle — Australian politician
• Matt Kean — Australian politician
• Wendy Machin — former Australian politician [6]
• 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
• 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 [7]
• 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
• 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

• Lachie Anderson — rugby union player
• Jo Brigden-Jones — Australian kayaker [8]
• 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 [9]
• Katie Kelly — Australian paratriathlete, 2016 Rio Olympic gold medalist
• Boyd Killingworth — rugby union player
• Adrienne Marie — former Australian volleyball player
• Rowena Morgan — former Australian volleyball player
• Hayder Shkara — former Australian taekwondo athlete
• Danielle Small — former Australian soccer player
• Lucinda Whitty — Australian sailor, London Olympic silver medalist [10]
• 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[11]	2016
5	Catherine Livingstone[12]	2016—present

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–present

References

1. "Mr Martin Bean CBE - RMIT University". www.rmit.edu.au. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
2. Foundation, Poetry (14 April 2019). "Judith Beveridge". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
3. "Alumni Profiles". Retrieved 9 November 2019.
4. "UTS Alumni Awards". Retrieved 9 November 2019.
5. "Vivian Wong". Oracle. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
6. "Machin elected NRMA president". Wingham Chronicle. Fairfax Media. 16 December 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
7. "Caroline Meldrum-Hanna". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
8. "London 2012 - Joanne Brigden-Jones". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
9. "Bowled over by success". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
10. "London 2012 - Lucinda Whitty". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
11. "Brian Wilson AO | University of Technology Sydney". www.uts.edu.au. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
12. "Council members | University of Technology Sydney". www.uts.edu.au. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

External links

• UTS Alumni Association