Alumni

Tourists are coming face-to-face with Queensland’s Indigenous communities through a social enterprise started by two University of Queensland students.

UQ Faculty of Business, Economics and Law (BEL) alumni and affiliates have featured in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

Leading Australian businessman, University of Queensland alumnus and philanthropist Mr Malcolm Broomhead this week visited UQ to share his business insights with students and present the first instalment of his $3 million gift to help establish UQ’s first Chair of Finance.

With an estimated one in six women in the Australian workforce having experienced domestic violence, workplaces have an important role in supporting victims according to UQ alumni and gender diversity advocate Julie McKay.

Renowned economist and UQ alumnus Dr Ian Harper has been appointed a Board Member of the Reserve Bank of Australia, bringing the number of UQ alumni currently serving on the Board to three.

Australia’s newest ambassador to Cambodia is none other than University of Queensland alumnus Angela Corcoran.

School of Tourism researcher Dr Jan Packer was one of just eight researchers across The University of Queensland to receive a 2013 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award during this year’s Research Week.

Dr Rand Low, a Finance Tutor at UQ Business School, has received a highly-competitive Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from The University of Queensland for 2014.

MBA students from The University of Queensland Business School have been helping to build links with one of the world’s fastest-growing markets on a pioneering trip to India.