Our people
Indigenous Advisory Group
Dilin Duwa’s strategy is guided by an Indigenous Advisory Group comprising business and community leaders.
- Aunty Di Kerr
Wurundjeri Elder
- Dr Jennifer Beer
Head of Health and Education – Regional and Remote, nbn
Darlot
- Shelley Cable
CEO, Generation One
Nyoongar
- Stella de Cos
Director – Community and Customer Experience, Indigenous Business Australia
Arrernte
- Duncan Kerslake PSM
Program Manager, Advance Queensland Deadly Innovation Strategy - Queensland Government
Palawa
Dilin Duwa Team
Responsible for bringing our programs to life, the Dilin Duwa team works with our stakeholders to ensure that our activities meet the priorities set by our Indigenous Advisory Group.
- Associate Professor Michelle Evans
Director
BComm (Charles Sturt), MA (Melb), PhD (Melb)
- Ash Francisco
Lecturer (Communities)
BA(Melb), MA(Lund, Sweden), PhD(NSW)
Wiradjuri
- Mitchell Hibbens
Associate Lecturer (Programs), Program Director MURRA
BAppSc (Western Sydney), BBus (Hons) (Charles Sturt)
Wiradjuri
- Dr Dinah Hippolyte-Blake
Research Stream Manager
BSc. MSc. PhD (International Relations) (UW Trinidad and Tobago)
- Sara Kaltz
Project Manager - Indigenous Economic Power Project
BSc. (Michigan State) MSc.Comm (Otago)
- Kate Brown
Program Manager MURRA
- Lan Hoang
Communications
BA/LLB (Hons)
Founding members
The founding members of Dilin Duwa are drawn from the University of Melbourne, Faculty of Business and Economics and Melbourne Business School. They provide an interdisciplinary perspective in the design and teaching of our programs and activities.
- Dr Michal Carrington
Program Director, Master of Professional Management, FBE
(Marketing)
- Associate Professor Michelle Evans
Director, Centre for Indigenous Business Leadership
(Leadership)
- Professor Paul Jensen
Deputy Dean, FBE
(Economics)
- Professor Andrew John
Faculty, MBS
(Economics)
- Professor Ujwal Kayande
Director, Centre for Business Analytics, MBS
(Marketing)
- Professor Marcia Langton
Associate Provost, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies, UoM
(Anthropology & Geography)
- Professor Geoff Martin
Faculty, MBS
(Strategy)
- Associate Professor Julie Moschion
Principle Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, FBE
(Economics)
- Professor Don O’Sullivan
Faculty, MBS
(Marketing)
- Associate Professor Jennifer Overbeck
Faculty, MBS
(Negotiations)
- Dr Cain Polidano
Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, FBE
(Econometrics)
- Associate Professor Brad Potter
Head, Department of Accounting, FBE
(Accounting)
- Dr Victor Sojo Monzon
Faculty, FBE
(Leadership)
Global members
Dilin Duwa Global Members are drawn from our national and international networks, bringing global insights to our work.
- Dr Skye Akbar
Enterprise Fellow, University of South Australia
(Marketing)
Wankatha
- Dr Ian Allsop
Associate Faculty
(Leadership)
- Dr Rick Colbourne
Assistant Dean, Equity and Inclusive Communities, Sprott School of Business
(Indigenous Leadership and Management)
Anishinaabe
- Dr. Rochelle Côté
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland
(Sociology)
- Dr Kiri Dell
Director Māori And Pacific Academic Success, University of Auckland
(Māori economic development, entrepreneurship, and Indigenous rights)
Ngāti Porou
- Dr Joseph Scott Gladstone
Assistant Professor, Washington State University
(Native American Philosophy and Leadership)
Blackfeet / Nez Perce
- Associate Professor Ella Henry
Director of Māori Advancement, AUT Business School
(Indigenous Business, Entrepreneurship and Leadership)
Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa / Ngāti Kuri / Te Rārawa
- Dr Dara Kelly
Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University
(Indigenous Business, Business and Society)
LEQ’Á:MEL
- Professor Anne Lytle
Principle, Anne Lytle & Associates
(Negotiations)
- Professor Ana Maria Peredo
Faculty, University of Victoria
(Environmental Studies)
- Associate Professor Jeffrey A. Robinson
Academic Director, Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development Rutgers Business School
(Social Entrepreneurship)
- Associate Professor Matt Roskruge
Director, Te Au Rangahau, Massey University
(Economics)
Te Ātiawa and Ngāti Tama
- Professor Chellie Spiller
Associate Dean Māori, University of Waikato's Management School
(Māori and Indigenous Business and Governance)
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa
- Dr Matthew Storey
Director, Office of the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council, Victorian Department of Premier & Cabinet
(Law and Business Administration)
- Professor Ian Williamson
Dean, Paul Merage School of Business
(Organisational Behaviour)