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Speakers list#IETSummit2017Fred NuciforaDirector Reef Hq Aquarium, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park AuthorityMr Fred Nucifora is a strong edu-tourism advocate based in Townsville. He holds a Bachelor of Education(BEd), Marine Sciences, Environmental Management and Biophysical Geography.Fred is responsible for managing the operations of the world’s largest living coral reef aquarium and theAustralian Government’s National Education Centre for the Great Barrier Reef, positioning and ensuring theimplementation of the strategic direction of the Aquarium as a high quality edu-tourism attraction withinNorth Queensland. Fred has actively used ReefHQ Aquarium’s position as the Australian Government’sNational Reef Education Centre to engage with representatives from various industry sectors in Australia andaround the world to consider Townsville as a destination of excellence for EduTourism programs includingfaculty led study abroad programs. Fred is a member of the Queensland International Education and TrainingAdvisory Group (IETAG), bringing diverse industry voices and guidance to government.Dr Grace PanDirector, Strategic Development and Research, Tourism and Events QueenslandDr. Pan leads and manages strategic research programs at Tourism and Events Queensland (TEQ). Prior tothat, she was International Director, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan at TEQ based in Shanghai. In her last fiveyears (2011-2016) stint in Shanghai, she was responsible for overseeing all marketing activities in China, HongKong and Taiwan, with the overall objective of growing the Greater China visitation to Queensland.She is well recognized with her abundant experiences in tourism marketing and market research. Priorto joining TEQ, Dr. Pan held various roles in both private and public sectors, including InterContinentalHotels Group, the Nielsen Company, and Griffith University. She received her PhD in tourism marketing andmanagement from Griffith University.Graham Skroo TurnerChief Executive Officer, Flight Centre LtdIn 1973, Graham Turner and two mates bought a couple of double-decker buses in England and began aholiday travel company, Top Deck Travel. With only a bus load of energy, entrepreneurship and youthfulexuberance, they organised bus tours to the continent and parts of North Africa. By 1980 the business hada fleet of seventy to eighty buses. Old Top Deckers still look back on those times with enormous pleasure,celebrated in the book Top Deck Daze.In 1981, Skroo returned to Australia and established the Flight Centre travel business. It was an opportunemoment as the airline ticketing industry had recently been deregulated, allowing the sale of discountedtickets for the first time. Under Skroo’s dynamic leadership Flight Centre took off, providing the cheapestpossible pricing, deriving profits from the volume of sales.Gus BalbontinGus first came to Australia as back packer from a small town in Argentina and later received his MBA. Gusis the former Executive Director and Chief Technology Officer at Lonely Planet. His combined background ininvesting, advising and founding new start-ups, gives Gus a unique perspective on disruption and innovation.He led the charge with Lonely Planet to tackle the digital revolution and muscle through a decade ofdisruption by developing products and technology platforms that contributed to the revolution in travel andmedia. Gus talks of business disruption and transformation, plus the successes and failures of industries thatcontinuously go through significant reinvention.

Speakers list#IETSummit2017Helen ZimmermanHead Of Corporate Affairs, NavitasHelen heads the Corporate Affairs function for Navitas with responsibility for government and stakeholderrelations, corporate media, communications and public relations, and brand.Helen has worked in leadership roles in Australian public and private education for over 30 years. Helen is amember of the NSW State Advisory Council of CEDA (Committee for Economic Development of Australia). Shecurrently is the Chair of the Australian Business and Community Network and is a non-executive director ofJobs for NSW.In 2000 Helen won the Private Sector Award for the Telstra NSW Businesswoman of the Year. In 2010 shewas one of five national finalists for the award of Leading CEO for the Advancement of Women. Helen is anHonorary Senior Fellow of the LH Martin Institute of the University of Melbourne.Hema GovindarajPrincipal Business Development Manager, Trade & Investment Queensland, IndiaHema Govindaraj has been with TIQ, India for the past eight years, holding the position of Principal BusinessDevelopment Manager since July 2015. With over 15 year’s experience, Hema is skilled in managing multipleclient visits and trade missions and managed the mission led by the Deputy Premier of Queensland inNovember 2015. She also held the position of Office Manager for the India office.Hema’s career has spanned work in the building, construction, clean technologies, telecommunication andinformation technology sectors industries and positions with the National Health Services in London andprivate companies in India. Hema has a Masters in Business Administration.Hugh RitchieChairman, Union Institute of LanguageHugh Ritchie is Chairman and Co-Founder of English language group, Union Institute of Language (UIL). Hughhas held executive and board roles in companies involved in business in Australia and Asia (predominatelyChina) for the past 20 years across a spectrum of organizations in a broad range of industry fields – fromstart-ups to large corporations. This breadth of experience has left Hugh with a deep understanding of abroad range of differing business cultures in Asia and around the world.After co-founding UIL in 2003, Hugh has pursued and developed successful joint venture projects andbusinesses from opportunities that cross international borders. Hugh is committed to building bridgesbetween Australia and other countries through synergistic, strategic partnerships in both countries usingeducation, and in particular English language training, as the medium to achieve this aim.Hugh’s previous experience in the area of sales, marketing and management saw him employed in variousmanagerial roles across several business sectors including a decade working with large multinationalcompanies in the pharmaceutical sector. Since this time Hugh has been a director of a number of companieswith trade, manufacturing and infrastructure interests in Asia and Australia.Professor Iain WatsonDeputy Vice Chancellor, University of QueenslandAs Deputy Vice-Chancellor (External Engagement), Professor Iain Watson is responsible for leading theUniversity’s overall engagement strategy, with a particular focus on expanding the quality and scale ofengagement with prospective students, industry, government, alumni and Aboriginal and Torres-StraitIslander communities.Professor Watson is currently a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, Immediate Past Chair ofthe Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, Initial Accreditation Committee, Director of theAustralian Ireland Fund and sits on the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM Australia) Council ofGovernors. He is also a member of the Queensland Male Champions for Change.

Speakers list#IETSummit2017Irma IrsyadBusiness Development Officer, Trade & Investment Queensland, IndonesiaIrma joined the Trade & Investment Queensland Representative Office Jakarta in October 2014. Her currentsectors of responsibility include education and training, and food and agribusiness. Irma formerly workedwith the Austrade Jakarta office in the services (franchise and creative) sector. Her education backgroundis in commerce (marketing and advertising) and general management. Irma’s professional experience is inbusiness development, corporate sales and marketing and communication within a number of industriesincluding international trade, industrial automation and pay television. Irma is a graduate of Curtin Universityof Technology in Western Australia and holds a Master’s Degree from Bina Nusantara University in Jakarta.James MartinManaging Director, (Co-founder) at Insider FoundryJames Martin founded Insider Guides – International Student Guides, as he saw an opportunity to providebest-practice content to prepare and welcome international students. The guides now reach over 80% of newinternational students in Australia each year through six cities in Australia and offshore in 19 countries.James Martin also founded the International Education Association of Australia’s (IEAA) Young Professionalsin Australia and currently Chairs the South Australian Chapter. As the Managing Director of Insider Foundry,James has overseen the growth of the company and positioned Insider Foundry as an industry leader in thearea of ’international student experience’.Jane CaroSocial Commentator, Writer and LecturerJane Caro wears many hats; including author, lecturer, mentor, social commentator, columnist, workshopfacilitator, speaker, broadcaster and award winning advertising writer. She is sought after as a speakerand workshop facilitator by a wide range of organisations, in both the public and private sectors. Carohas appeared on Channel Seven’s Sunrise, ABC television’s Q&A and as a regular panellist on The GruenTransfer. She also undertakes regular radio work. Caro has worked in the advertising industry and lectures inadvertising at the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at University of Western Sydney. Caro was aspeaker at the 2014 Festival of Dangerous Ideas.Janelle ChapmanExecutive Director, Tafe QueenslandJanelle Chapman is the Executive Director, TAFE Queensland International and the lead for all internationalbusiness activities for TAFE Queensland, the largest VET provider in Queensland. With more than 25 years ofexperience in vocational education and training, mainly in the international industry, Janelle has always beena strong advocate for the sector in several positions. Her team is located across Queensland and also in sixmarkets offshore. Previous roles have also included the school and ELICOS sectors.As part of her commitment to the Australian international education and training system, Janelle is the TAFEQueensland representative to TAFE Director Australia’s – Australian TAFE International Network, was theoriginal Queensland Government representative to the Education Visa Consultative Committee and is acurrent member of a university Academic Board.Jianwen XuSenior Business Development Manager – Education, Trade & Investment Queensland, ShanghaiJianwen Xu joined Trade & Investment Queensland, Shanghai in January 2016 managing the educationsector. With over 20 years of experience in international education, she was with the Australian GovernmentDepartment of Education and Training based in the Australian Consulate General, Shanghai. Jianwen Xustarted her career working for the International Cooperation and Exchange Division, Shanghai MunicipalEducation Commission. Jianwen Xu received her Bachelor of Arts (English Language) from the ShanghaiNormal University. She has completed one year of postgraduate studies at the School of Education, VictoriaUniversity of Wellington, New Zealand on a scholarship while working for the Shanghai Government.

Speakers list#IETSummit2017Kathleen NewcombeChief Executive Officer, Sarina RussoKathleen has thirty years of experience in the Higher Education, Vocational Training and Employment sectorsboth in Australia and the USA. Kathleen also spent three years in leadership roles in the Insurance industrywhere she successfully managed a Health Insurance business catering to the International Education sector.Kathleen is the former Director of the International Education Association Australia (IEAA), Chair of the IconCancer Research Foundation and a member of the ACPET QLD State Committee.A passionate advocate for lifelong learning, Kathleen holds qualifications in Education and Business. Shehas also sought to further her skills and knowledge through professional development programs at HarvardBusiness School, University of Florida and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.Karen SpillerPrincipal, St Aidan’s Anglican Girl’s School, BrisbaneKaren has had teaching and leadership experience in both girls’ and co-educational Anglican schools forover 30 years. She has been Principal at St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School for the past seventeen years. Karenis the National Chair of the Association of Heads in Independent Schools Australia and the Vice President ofIndependent Schools Queensland and a member of the Yalari Board. In 2010 and 2011 she was a finalist in theEOWA Employer of Choice for Women Business Achievement Awards in the category of Leading CEO for theAdvancement of Women.In 2011 she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship “To examine strategies for preparing female leaders for theposition of Principalship in Australian Schools” and travelled to the United Kingdom and United States for thisstudy. In 2013 Karen was awarded Fellow of “The CEO Institute” and appointed as a Fellow of Bond University.She supports QUT through their CEO advisory group to the Business Faculty and was recently awarded a PaulHarris Fellowship by Rotary International. Ms Spiller is a member of the Queensland International Educationand Training Advisory Group (IETAG), bringing diverse industry voices and guidance to government.Ken SmithAgent-General and Trade and Investment Commissioner for Europe and Africa,Trade & Investment QueenslandThe Queensland Trade & Investment office Europe and Africa is led by Ken Smith. Prior to this appointment,Ken headed the Queensland Public Service as Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinetfor approximately four years. He has held a number of Departmental Chief Executive Officer positions inQueensland since the early 90’s.Ken has served as Coordinator-General and Director-General of the Department of Infrastructure, and hasbeen the Director-General of a range of large Queensland Government departments including Education,Employment and Training, Family Services, Disability Services Queensland and Housing Local Governmentand Planning. Ken is a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators and Australian College of EducationalLeadership and has held Adjunct Professorial positions at the Universities of Queensland and Sydney.Kevin BrettDirector of Client Services, AustralasiaKevin directs the i-graduate Group (www.i-graduate.org) in Australia. Early career experience includesexternal and continuing education in Queensland and the Northern Territory. He has been engaged in theinternationalisation project of Australian education for 30 years firstly as a practitioner: Director InternationalRelations (UniSA) and Director International (Canberra). Since 2007 he has been engaged in research andconsulting in transnational education, the student experience, international education quality assurance andaudit, student mobility and international operations benchmarking.Higher education experience includes teaching, student administration, research commercialisation,international project management, marketing, business development, student recruitment and clientrelationship management. Current research interests include risk management and regulation in education,learning mobility and the student experience.

Speakers list#IETSummit2017Nina KhairinaNational President, CISAMustika Indah (Nina) Khairina is the National President of the Council of International Students Australia.Prior to CISA, she held positions as an executive in the Monash Student Council and was the 2014/2015President of Monash University International Students Service at Monash Clayton Campus. As Presidentshe actively engaged with international student groups and work with the university in advancing students’interests and needs while heading the division in organising educational and social programs and events oncampus.Her goal during her term is to “strengthen grassroots level engagement”. She is committed to initiatemore activities on a state/regional level, ensure that the council members’ have a platform to voice outtheir concerns and are well-represented in CISA’s engagement with the government and stakeholders ininternational education.Olivia JeungAssistant Marketing Officer, Trade & Investment Queensland, KoreaOlivia Jeong commenced working for the Trade & Investment Queensland Korea office in Seoul in April 2010,and has managed education and migration industries since January 2014.Previously she had been responsible for food and agribusiness, creative industries and emerging sectors.Prior to TIQ Korea, Olivia worked for IBM Korea, American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, and Target SourcingServices Korea. She completed her master’s degree in International Trade and Finance at Yonsei GraduateSchool of International Studies and a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Art History at Ewha Women’sUniversity in Korea.Phil HoneywoodNational Executive Director, International Education Association of AustraliaThe Hon Phil Honeywood became National Executive Director of the International Education Association ofAustralia (IEAA) in November 2011. The Association is a not for profit peak body that represents all sectorsof Australia’s international education industry. Mr Honeywood brings extensive knowledge of all aspectof higher education, including international education, and a strong network of both private and publicproviders.Mr Honeywood was the Member for Warrandyte in the Victorian State Parliament, Australia, for 18 years(1988–2006). Since retiring from full-time politics in 2006, Mr Honeywood has been Marketing Director andCEO at Stott’s Business College and Cambridge International College in Melbourne. He also served two termson the Governing Council of Swinburne University of Technology. He is also the current Chairman of the StateGovernment of Victoria’s Interpreting and Translation Service (VITS). Mr Honeywood is currently a member ofthe Commonwealth Government’s Coordinating Council for International Education. The Coordinating Councilis responsible for finalising Australia’s first ever National Strategy for International Education. Mr Honeywoodis a member of the Queensland International Education and Training Advisory Group (IETAG), bringing diverseindustry voices and guidance to government.

Speakers list#IETSummit2017Rebecca HallExecutive Director, International Education & Training Unit, Trade & Investment QueenslandAs the Executive Director, International Education & Training, Trade & Investment Queensland, Rebeccaleads the implementation of the government’s International Education and Training (IET) Strategy to AdvanceQueensland 2016-2026.Since 1999 Rebecca has held roles in international education related program and policy as well as leadershiproles in global mobility, transnational partnerships and international engagement. She has held senior rolesat Gold Coast City Council, Queensland Department of Education and Training, TAFE Directors Australia (TDA),Griffith University and prior to returning to Queensland she worked for the Victorian Government as ExecutiveDirector Trade Victoria and Director International Education.Rebecca is a member of the International Education Association of Australia’s Research Committee and isDeputy Chair of AFS Intercultural Programs Australia. Over the past decade her not-for-profit board experienceincludes appointments to the boards of International Education Association of Australia (IEAA), AustralianInstitute of International Affairs (AIIA) Queensland Branch and the Queensland Overseas Foundation (QOF).Rebecca holds a Bachelor of International Business Relations (Griffith) and a Master of International Relations(Bond). In 2016 she became a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.Richard BrownManaging Director, BROWNS English SchoolMember of the Queensland International Education and Training Advisory Group (IETAG) and winner of theAustralian Government Export Award, Education & Training and the Premier of Queensland’s Export Award,Education & Training, Mr Richard Brown has over 15 years of marketing and executive experience in theAustralian ELICOS sector providing strategic and operati

IET Summit Speakers to support growth 28 March 2017 #IETSummit2017 Andres Gebauer Business Development Manager, Education, Trade & Investment Queensland, Latin America Andres is responsible for the education and training sector in Latin America looking after the markets south of Mexico.