2019
Graduation speakers and speeches
Autumn
![Kristal Kinsela-Christie](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C01%20-%20%20Kristal%20Kinsela-Christie.jpg?itok=4uQQ2bBS)
Kristal Kinsela-Christie
Director, Indigenous Professional Services
Ceremony: 1 May 2019, 10:30am - UTS Business School
Biography, Video and Speech
![Sarah Gibson](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C02%20-%20Sarah%20Gibson.jpg?itok=sPUkHMuF)
Sarah Gibson
Director & Co-Founder, DesignByThem
Ceremony: 1 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
Biography and Speech
![Hoang Dao](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C03%20-%20Hoang%20Dao.jpg?itok=SOXMl0iw)
Hoang Dao
Founder and CEO, Early Start
Ceremony: 2 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
![Kylie Walker](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C04%20-%20Kylie%20Walker.jpg?itok=9yBXOxe9)
Kylie Walker
Chief Executive Officer, Science & Technology Australia
Ceremony: 2 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Science
Biography and Speech
![Warwick Plunkett](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C05%20-%20Warwick%20Plunkett.jpg?itok=5vmjr2_F)
Warwick Plunkett AM
National Director & Past National President, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
Ceremony: 2 May 2019, 5:30pm - Graduate School of Health, Faculty of Health
Biography and Speech
![Eric Chow](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C06%20-%20Eric%20Chow.jpg?itok=FbFEnyee)
Associate Professor Eric Chow
Head of Health Data Management and Biostatistics Unit, Monash University
Ceremony: 3 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Science, Institute for Sustainable Futures
Biography and Speech
![John Daly](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C07%20-%20John%20Daly.jpg?itok=B_fOvNOM)
Emeritus Professor John Daly
Former Dean, UTS Faculty of Health
Ceremony: 3 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Health
Biography
![Laurie Cowled](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C08%20-%20Laurie%20Cowled.jpg?itok=xcRplO4Y)
Laurie Cowled
Ceremony: 6 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Biography
![Violet Roumeliotis](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C09%20-%20Violet%20Roumeliotis.jpg?itok=s-zVRLwh)
Violet Roumeliotis
Chief Executive Officer, Settlement Services International
Ceremony: 6 May 2019, 2:00pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
![Hugh Durrant-Whyte](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C10%20-%20Hugh%20Durrant-Whyte.jpg?itok=qEFXU0si)
Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte
New South Wales Chief Scientist & Engineer, New South Wales Department of Industry
Ceremony: 6 May 2019, 5:30pm - Faculty of Science
Biography and Speech
![Louise Vlatko](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C11%20-%20Louise%20Vlatko.jpg?itok=Q-isEBrZ)
Louise Vlatko
Co-Founder & Director, Xmirus Pty Ltd
Ceremony: 7 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
Biography and Speech
![Sandy Middleton](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C12%20-%20Sandy%20Middleton.jpg?itok=1ky3KOO4)
Professor Sandy Middleton
Director, Nursing Research Institute, Australian Catholic University & St Vincent’s Health
Ceremony: 7 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Health
Biography and Speech
![Denise Lofts](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C13%20-%20Denise%20Lofts.jpg?itok=3yVJgm_B)
Denise Lofts
Principal, Ulladulla High School
Ceremony: 7 May 2019, 5:30pm - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Biography and Speech
![Tanya Hosch](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C14%20-%20Tanya%20Hosch.jpg?itok=n0tO9OMv)
Tanya Hosch
General Manager Inclusion and Social Policy, Australian Football League (AFL)
Ceremony: 9 May 2019, 10:30am - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
![Robert Kelly](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C15%20-%20Robert%20Kelly.jpg?itok=4ecqFmEH)
Robert Kelly
Former Pro-Chancellor and Member of Council, University of Technology Sydney
Ceremony: 9 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Law
Biography
![Ponndara Ith](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C16%20-%20Ponndara%20Ith.jpg?itok=znITSurR)
Dr Ponndara Ith
Head of Bureau of Academic and Training Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences Phnom Penh
Ceremony: 9 May 2019, 5:30pm - Faculty of Health
Biography and Speech
![Paul Scully-Power](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C17%20-%20Paul%20Scully-Power.jpg?itok=EVLfdTNW)
Dr Paul Scully-Power AM
Co-Founder, The Ripper Group
Ceremony: 10 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
![Peter Bailey](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C18%20-%20Peter%20Bailey.jpg?itok=ObMUBe8K)
Peter Bailey
Principal and Director, Arup Group
Ceremony: 10 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography, Video and Speech
![Edward Santow](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C19%20-%20Edward%20Santow.jpg?itok=ntMz0WG7)
Edward Santow
Human Rights Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
Ceremony: 13 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Law, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Biography and Speech
![John Quinn](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C20%20-%20John%20Quinn.jpg?itok=Z37i6G5C)
John Quinn
Director GWS Giants Academy, Greater Western Sydney Giants (GWS)
Ceremony: 13 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Health
Biography, Video and Speech
![Steven Worrall](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C21%20-%20Steven%20Worrall.jpg?itok=o3HEJDe6)
Steven Worrall
Managing Director, Microsoft Australia
Ceremony: 13 May 2019, 5:30pm - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography, Video and Speech
![Roland Slee](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C22%20-%20Roland%20Slee.jpg?itok=Q-cixH-0)
Roland Slee
Managing Director - Asia Pacific, Guidewire Software
Ceremony: 14 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
![Andrew Simpson](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C23%20-%20Andrew%20Simpson.jpg?itok=AE6m5nSA)
Andrew Simpson
Principal, Vert Designs
Ceremony: 14 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
Biography and Speech
![Brad Chan](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C24%20-%20Brad%20Chan.jpg?itok=Nv85H2IE)
Brad Chan
Chief Executive Officer, Banna Property Group
Ceremony: 14 May 2019, 5:30pm - Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, UTS Business School
Biography, Video and Speech
![Kelly Ferguson](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C25%20-%20Kelly%20Ferguson.jpg?itok=ecdQopAW)
Kelly Ferguson
Cloud and Infrastructure Executive, Telstra
Ceremony: 15 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography
![Melonie Bayl-Simth](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C26%20-%20Melonie%20Bayl-Simth.jpg?itok=2I-96AP5)
Melonie Bayl-Smith
Director and Principal Architect, Bijl Architecture
Ceremony: 15 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
Biography and Speech
![Rachel Grimes](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C27%20-%20Rachel%20Grimes.jpg?itok=jKWnGSwt)
Rachel Grimes
Chief Financial Officer - Group Technology, Westpac Group
Ceremony: 15 May 2019, 5:30pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
![Mia Garlick](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C28%20-%20Mia%20Garlick.jpg?itok=Lw9g9A7c)
Mia Garlick
Director of Policy Australia and New Zealand, Facebook
Ceremony: 16 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Biography and Speech
![Topaz Conway](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C29%20-%20Topaz%20Conway.jpg?itok=LLBpZxxE)
Topaz Conway
Director, StartupAus and Cicada Innovations
Ceremony: 16 May 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation
Biography, Video and Speech
![Claire Madden](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C30%20-%20Claire%20Madden.jpg?itok=e9pCkz8Y)
Claire Madden
Director, Hello Clarity
Ceremony: 16 May 2019, 5:30pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
![Susan Bannigan](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C31%20-%20Susan%20Bannigan.jpg?itok=ycx4DEL2)
Susan Bannigan
Chief Executive Officer, Westpac Foundation and Westpac Scholars Trust
Ceremony: 17 May 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Faculty of Science
Biography and Speech
![Todd Greenberg](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-07/C32%20-%20Todd%20Greenberg.jpg?itok=RRe-9iSq)
Todd Greenberg
Chief Executive Officer, National Rugby League
Ceremony: 17 May 2019, 2:00pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
Spring
![C33 - Lyn Lewis-Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-11/C33%20-%20Lyn%20Lewis-Smith.jpg?itok=b5xXLaIa)
Lyn Lewis-Smith
Chief Executive Officer, BESydney
Ceremony: 9 October 2019, 2:00pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
![C34 - Brooke Boney](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-11/C34%20-%20Brooke%20Boney.jpg?itok=7ZfAXwWv)
Brooke Boney
Journalist and Today Reporter, Nine Network
Ceremony: 9 October 2019, 5:30pm - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Science
Biography, Video and Speech
![C35 - Ajay Bhatia](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-11/C35%20-%20Ajay%20Bhatia.jpg?itok=dSpvtTm6)
Ajay Bhatia
Managing Director Consumer Business, Carsales.com
Ceremony: 10 October 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
![C36 - Sarah Hill](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-11/C36%20-%20Sarah%20Hill.jpg?itok=N0-JPsdv)
Dr Sarah Hill
Chief Executive Officer, Greater Sydney Commission
Ceremony: 10 October 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
Biography and Speech
![C37 - Joel Willey](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-11/C37%20-%20Joel%20Willey.jpg?itok=aK_X1zMw)
Joel Willey
Deputy Project Manager, Transport for New South Wales
Ceremony: 10 October 2019, 5:30pm - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
![C38 - Elaine Henry](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-11/C38%20-%20Elaine%20Henry.jpg?itok=laTapfHF)
Elaine Henry OAM
Chair, National Breast Cancer Foundation
Ceremony: 11 October 2019, 10:30am - UTS Business School
Biography, Video and Speech
![C39 - Andrea Myles](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-11/C39%20-%20Andrea%20Myles.jpg?itok=xtSrtT9e)
Andrea Myles
Chief Executive Officer, China Australia Millennial Project
Ceremony: 11 October 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Biography, Video and Speech
![C40 - Larry Marshall](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-11/C40%20-%20Larry%20Marshall.jpg?itok=w4CgVjj2)
Dr Larry Marshall
Chief Executive, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Ceremony: 14 October 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Science
Biography, Video and Speech
![C41 - Andrew Mears](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-11/C41%20-%20Andrew%20Mears.jpg?itok=907xYE-H)
Dr Andrew Mears
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, SwitchDin Proprietary Limited
Ceremony: 14 October 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography
![C42 - Jost Stollmann](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-11/C42%20-%20Jost%20Stollmann.jpg?itok=esa9banG)
Jost Stollmann
Former Chief Executive Officer, Tyro Payments Limited
Ceremony: 14 October 2019, 5:30pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
![C43 - Tim Reed](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-11/C43%20-%20Tim%20Reed.jpg?itok=XRV2fF9o)
Tim Reed
Former Chief Executive Officer, MYOB
Ceremony: 15 October 2019, 10:30am - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
![C44 - Drenka Andjelic](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-11/C44%20-%20Drenka%20Andjelic.jpg?itok=MqOKJeKZ)
Drenka Andjelic
Managing Director, Construction Assignments Proprietary Limited
Ceremony: 15 October 2019, 2:00pm - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Biography and Speech
![C45 - Jane Sandall](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-11/C45%20-%20Jane%20Sandall.jpg?itok=LQUorAlW)
Professor Jane Sandall CBE
Professor of Social Science & Women’s Health, Kings College London
Ceremony: 15 October 2019, 5:30pm - Faculty of Health, Graduate School of Health
Biography and Speech
![C46 - Richard Potok](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-11/C46%20-%20Richard%20Potok.jpg?itok=EGTJkJ37)
Richard Potok
Chief Executive Officer, Aurora Education Foundation
Ceremony: 17 October 2019, 10:30am - Faculty of Law, UTS Business School
Biography and Speech
![C47 - Russell Taylor](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2019-11/C47%20-%20Russell%20Taylor.jpg?itok=1kqJApx2)
Russell Taylor AM
Chair, Burbangana Group
Ceremony: 17 October 2019, 2:00pm - UTS Business School
Biography and Speech