Vu Tien Vy
President
MBA 1999  | Vy is a senior manager in the Financing Solutions Group at Barclays Capital in Singapore. Between 2005 and 2007 Vy was Director in Banking Products for UBS Wealth Management in Sydney. Prior to that he worked for international finance group Credit Suisse in Singapore He is one of the founding members of the Singapore Alumni Chapter, and has also served on the Sydney Alumni Chapter committee. Vy is a member of the CFA Institute and a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
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Christopher Freeland
Vice-President
MBA 1996  | Chris is a partner of Sydney-based law firm Gilbert + Tobin, and is its Chief Operating Officer.
He was previously with The Boston Consulting Group, working as a consultant in New York, Boston, Sydney and Melbourne, and became the General Manager of BCG's Australia/New Zealand offices.
While at MBS Chris established the MBS vs. AGSM debate - an event which is now an annual tradition between the two schools.
He is involved in a range of community activities, including as a current Director of the national arts organisation Performing Lines and a former President of the Melbourne Junior Chamber of Commerce. |
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Jeff Bird
MBA 1965
 | Jeff is the CEO and founder of Rex Agencies.
Jeff started work as a Civil Engineer. From 1966 to 1973 he was a Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer at MBS. During this time he created the subjects of Business Statistics, New Business Enterprise and Managerial Economics.
Jeff has held the roles of Australian President and World Vice President of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and also served as the President of the original MBS alumni association.
A former Mayor of Williamstown, Jeff was District Governor of Rotary International and a Member of the Planning Consultative Council of Victoria. |
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| Hon. Max Bradford
AMP 1978 
| Max is Director and Principal of Bradford & Associates Ltd in New Zealand.
A former senior Cabinet Minister in the New Zealand Government, Max has over 30 years international and New Zealand experience as a public sector official. He has held a number of CEO positions in private sector representative organisations.
In recent years Max has undertaken economic and governance policy work for the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and a number of governments in the Asian-Pacific, African and South American areas. |
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Neil Brown
MBA 1996 | Neil is the Head of Global Capital Markets at Allco Finance Group in Sydney. Neil returned to Australia in 2007 after serving as Managing Director at Citigroup Alternative Investments in New York.
After graduating from MBS, Neil held the role of Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Financial System Inquiry (The "Wallis" Inquiry) into prudential regulation of financial institutions in Australia. He is the Director and US Delegate on the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Council (2005-06) and Member of the AIMA Conference Committee (2004). |
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Alison Hardacre
MBA 2002
 | Alison is National Manager, Products, Markets and Strategy, at Members Equity Bank in Melbourne. Prior to her current role, Alison held a variety of senior management positions at ANZ including Head of Strategy and Business Development at Esanda Investments and now leads a major international operational excellence project. Her background is in management consulting and law.
She has strong involvement in the community sector and in 2000 was awarded Young Australian of the Year for community service.
Alison is a member of the Australia Day Committee Victoria and a Director of Scope, formerly the Spastic Society of Victoria. |
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Steven Hateley
MBA 2003  | Steven is a self-employed business consultant who has held several senior executive positions with large companies, non-profit and small to medium business, including General Manager/ Company Secretary for the Brain Research Institute, General Manager Coles Myer Ansett Travel and Commercial Manager South East Asia for Ansett.
Steven is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. |
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Dean Ireland
MMktg 1997
 | Dean Ireland is a consultant with executive search firm Egon Zehnder International. He is based in Melbourne.
Previously Dean was with General Electric, where he held a number of senior roles including CEO of one of their larger industrial businesses, GE Energy Australia, Head of Strategic Planning (based in Atlanta, USA) and Senior Vice President – Mergers & Acquisitions of GE Capital Aust/NZ.
Dean has worked extensively in Asia and the USA in a variety of industries including the Finance, Consulting, Energy and Industrial sectors. |
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Kathryn Londrigan
MBA 2006
 | Kathryn is a Project Director for the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) and is based in Melbourne.
A background in healthcare, Kathryn began her career as a physiotherapist at a Victorian hospital before making a successful transition to the business environment in 2002. For the past five years Kathryn has held various senior management roles at TAC, including her latest as Project Director of the Claims Operating Model.
Kathryn is also Vice President of the board of management of The Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria, a not-for-profit community based organisation. |
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Seema Khehar
MBA 1997  | Seema is the founder and managing director of Twiga Consultancy Ltd based in London. Twiga Consultancy specialises in strategy, turnaround, programme management and change management with clients ranging from Barclays Capital to the National Health Service.
Previously, Seema held senior roles with Logica Consulting and Ernst and Young Consulting Banking Practise.
Seema is a member of the Chartered Management Institute, Association of MBA's, Chartered Institute of Banking and National Mentoring Consortium. Seema is one of the founders of the London Alumnni Chapter (LAMBS) and remains actively involved on the committee. |
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Jennifer Moltisanti
MBA 1997  | Jennifer is the Senior Director GST Risk and Strategy Complex in the Australian Taxation Office in Melbourne.
Since joining the ATO in 2003, Jennifer has overseen large-scale projects including a review of the GST Large Corporate Compliance Program and the realignment of the GST business line, as well as managing a large corporate client portfolio.
Jennifer previously held senior roles in the Australian Customs Service including Commercial Compliance Manager, Client Services Manager, Senior Business Analyst and Project Manager. |
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Vinod Muthanna
MBA 1989  | Vinod is the founder of Arya Capital Partners, a Sydney based Mezzanine Debt Fund.
Previously Vinod founded and headed up Westpac’s Financial Sponsors Group, responsible for leveraged finance, subordinated debt and private equity advisory. Prior to Westpac, he was with JPMorgan in M&A and debt financing and Toronto Dominion Bank in debt restructuring roles.
Vinod is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and the Australian Venture Capital Association. He is the current president of the Sydney Alumni Chapter. |
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Branko Panich
MBA 2000
 | Branko is a Principal and Head of the IT Practice for Australia, NZ, SE Asia, at Booz Allen Hamilton. He is based in Melbourne.
Branko was previously General Manager, Technology Strategy & Transformation at NAB and prior to that was Head of IT Strategy at Westpac Banking Corporation.
He has held a number of Directorship positions, including Director of IT Skills Hub Pty Ltd and the Australian Quadriplegic Association (Vic).
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Sam Riggall
MBA 2001
 | Sam is General Manager – Commercial at Rio Tinto Limited in Melbourne.
After graduating Sam managed his family's cheesemaking business (Maffra Cheese Company) in East Gippsland before joining Rio Tinto in London as an Industrial Minerals Executive.
Sam is a Member of the Development Committee for the Bruce Lefroy Centre for Genetic Health Research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Secretary. |
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Derrick Sim
MBA 2002 | Derrick is the Regional Marketing Director, GlaxoSmithKline Asia Pacific. He is based in Singapore.
Since joining GlaxoSmithKline in 2002 he has held roles across Asia including Regional Medical Affairs Director, Asia Pacific and Head of Clinical R&D and Medical Affairs, Indonesia.
Derrick is strongly involved in the Singapore alumni chapter and regularly supports MBS Admissions in the recruitment of new students.
He is a member of the Australian Medical Association and recipient of the GlaxoSmithKline Multicultural Marketing and Diversity Award (2004). |
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Wayne Treeby
MBA 1986  | Wayne is Group Financial Controller/Executive Director Business at Telstra in Melbourne.
He was previously General Manager, Telstra Investor Relations and Financial Strategy and Corporate General Manager, Financial & Business Development. Before joining Telstra, Wayne was Executive Director of Corporate Finance at Merrill Lynch and Baring Securities.
He is a graduate of the Advanced Management Programme, Harvard Business School (2003), an Associate of the CPA and Australian Institute of Company Directors, and Director of many companies including Trading Post Group Pty Ltd. and Universal Publishers Pty Ltd. |
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Richard Tsiang
EMBA 1991 | Richard is Executive Vice-President and Chief Development Officer of Melco-PBL Entertainment in Macau. He was formerly the Senior Vice-President and Group Chief Financial Officer of MGM Grand Macau and also CFO and Head of Strategy for Yahoo in Asia.
He has had extensive experience in Asia, in particular witnessing the explosive growth in wealth in China over the last 12 years and in 2005 was named on The Australian Financial Review’s list of 2020 leaders.
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Frank Zipfinger
EMBA 2003
 | Frank Zipfinger has been Chairman of law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques since 1 February 2005. He is based in Sydney.
Frank holds degrees in law (LLB and LLM - Sydney University), in accounting and economics (Macquarie University). He also holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from Melbourne Business School.
Frank is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is an Executive Committee member of the St Joseph's College Indigenous Fund. Frank is a non-executive director of the Galileo Japan Trust, a property trust listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX Code GJT).
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