Past events
Since 2011, the Foundation Dinner has celebrated the extensive connections between the Faculty and the business community, and has been a key event in recognising and reinforcing the impact of philanthropy on research outcomes and the student experience.
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Keynote Address: Ms Michele Bullock, the ninth Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Student Speaker: Esdras Assimadi, 2024 Sidney Myer Centennial Scholar
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Panel Discussion: Andrew Irvine, Group CEO and Managing Director, National Australia Bank, Danielle Wood, Chair, Productivity Commission, and Lucy Liu, Co-Founder and President, Airwallex. Moderated by Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, Sally Capp AO.
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Keynote Interview: Dylan Alcott AO, Founder, Dylan Alcott Foundation
Interviewed by The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Melbourne Sally Capp AO -
Keynote Address: Ms Jennifer Nason, Global Chairman, Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan
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Keynote Address: Mr Paul Perreault, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of CSL Limited.
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Pre-Dinner Panel Presentation featuring Mr Ross McEwan CBE, Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at National Australia Bank, and leading infectious diseases expert and Director of the Doherty Institute Professor Sharon Lewin AO. The panel discussion was moderated by Lord Mayor of Melbourne Sally Capp, with the discussion focused on the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Melbourne, Victoria and Australia.
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Keynote Address: Ms Shemara Wikramanayake, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Group.
Pre-Dinner Panel Presentation on Closing the Gap through the Indigenous Business Sector, moderated by Ms Inala Cooper, Director of Murrup Barak, Melbourne Institute for Indigenous Development.
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Keynote Address: Professor Duncan Maskell, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.
Pre-Dinner Panel Presentation on The Dark Side of Modern Work, moderated by Ms Ali Moore, Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, journalist and broadcaster.
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Keynote Address: Sir Michael Hintze AM, founder, Chief Executive and Senior Investment Officer of CQS.
Pre-Dinner Panel Presentations on 1,000 Indigenous Business Leaders and Brain, Mind and Markets.
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Keynote Address: Ms Jayne Hrdlicka, CEO, Jetstar Group.
Student Speaker: Mr Cameron McBroom, Lin Martin Melbourne Global Scholarship recipient
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Keynote Address: Mr John Fraser, Secretary to the Treasury.
Student Speaker: Ms Elizabeth Smith, First in the Family Scholarship recipient
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Keynote Address: Mr James Gorman, Chairman and CEO, Morgan Stanley.
Student Speaker: Mr Richard Homewood, Master of International Business student