A former Vice President and Executive of Macquarie University, Sydney Australia. David was responsible for Strategy, Marketing and International Business and delivered an outstanding result across the three practice areas that now form HECG. David took nearly twenty years’ experience in other industries such as telecommunications, IT and start-ups and learned how to apply them successfully within Higher Education.

Formerly Deputy Vice-Chancellor, International, Edith Cowan University. Was a former Executive Dean of Science, Engineering and Health, and Professor of Computer Science and has had more than 25 years’ experience in senior leadership roles, including the creation of an Engineering School from start up.

Currently Emeritus Professor at Edith Cowan University; Chair of the ECU Security Research Institute Board and board member of the ACS Foundation; and consultant in education and cyber security.

Former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Education, Curtin University, Robyn had a distinguished career as a university Professor of Media and Communications and was also a Head of School and an Executive Dean of Arts and Education.

Robyn has two decades of experience in senior management and leadership roles in the university sector including research teams, academic departments and colleges and has been an Australian Universities Quality Agency auditor.  She is now working as an education consultant and Adjunct Professor.

An international marketing professional with 15+ years, experience in marketing communications, including: advertising, media, sales, graphic design and digital marketing. George has served as International Marketing Communications Manager at Macquarie University in Sydney. He holds a Master of International Business and prior to working in Australia, also worked in USA and Latin America. George is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

An experienced journalist, editor and speechwriter. He worked as a reporter, feature writer and sub-editor for newspapers in Northern England before moving to Australia, where he spent more than 10 years as a senior journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald, was Editor in Chief of APN Educational Media, and worked for close on 10 years as a media advisor to three Vice-Chancellors in the university sector. He has also lectured in many aspects of journalism at Macleay College, Sydney.

Sharon is an organisational design specialist, formerly Associate Director, Operations & Change, Strategy Development & Implementation for 8 years at Macquarie University. Prior to that, Sharon was COO and Head of HR of a university commercial arm.

Sharon has a depth of experience in higher education process mapping and reengineering, change management and new operations centre implementations along with expertise in designing roles and responsibilities alignment to service delivery with optimal efficiency and returns to the business.

Sharon is trained in Agile and Prince project management.

Sharon over 20 years experience in the Higher Education Sector and has worked extensively in the areas of elearning and accessible learning solutions for students with disability and for those whose first language is not English. Sharon has a proven track record in helping universities ensure that students with a disability have access to the full learning experience. Her expertise extends to customising technology based solutions for students with unique accessibility needs and for those with multiple disabilities such as deafness and blindness.