Meet the team
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FBE Associate Dean (Engagement)
A/ Prof Matthew Greenwood-Nimmo
Associate Professor of Economics
Matthew leads the Faculty's executive education programme, covering both the B2B and B2C audiences. He has extensive experience in research communication and translation built on more than a decade of work at the frontier of economic research in Europe and Australia.
Business Development Team
Our Business Development team are available to answer your questions, connect you with our experts, and explore ideas for how we can partner together.
Jane McAlear
Senior Business Development Manager
Jane McAlear has been leading industry engagement within the University of Melbourne for five-years. With a background in public relation and business communication, Jane’s role is to support organisations executive education training through the offering of customised courses, micro-credentials, accredited and non-accredited courses.
Dominique Goodwin
Business Development Manager
Dominique Goodwin is an industry engagement and business development professional, supporting The University of Melbourne's Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE) with cross-sectoral outreach and relationship building. Dominique's role connects industry with academic capability, establishing partnerships that help organisations meet their executive education and research needs.
Educators
Our world-class experts will introduce you with the best learning experience.
Prof Simon Bell
Head of MSPACE, Professor of Marketing
Simon’s research explores firms' engagement with customers for enhanced organisational effectiveness. He delves into how frontline employees create value through interactions and how regional clusters promote firm performance and innovation. Central to his work is the idea that reimagining firm connections can elevate their success. Simon has worked extensively with organisations locally and abroad including PWC, Honda, Ailo, Salesforce.com, Unilever, Agricultural Bank of China, and IBM, and delivered executive education courses for Cambridge University and Duke Corporate Education.
Dr Belinda Allen
Lecturer in Management and Marketing
With an initial professional career as a psychologist, Dr Allen has been passionate about understanding what makes people sick. Her interest is in clarifying individual career paths and enhancing work productivity and satisfaction. With degrees in psychology, human resources, and organisation behaviour, she also worked at Queensland University of Technology, Monash University, and University of Western Australia. Dr Allen’s expertise covers leadership, stress management, and high-performance teamwork practices.
A/ Prof Michal Carrington
Associate Dean (Research), Associate Professor in Marketing
Michal is an associate professor in marketing and program director for the Master of Professional Management. She co-directs the Unilever Indonesia Business Academy and excels in areas such as marketing ethics, AI in organisations, and omnichannel retail. With publications in top international management, marketing, and consumer research journals, and has contributed to policy development. Michel holds a BEng (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Marketing from the University of Melbourne.
Prof Carole Comerton-Forde
Professor of Finance
Carole researches how market mechanics, including regulation and technology, impact prices, liquidity, and trader behaviours. Her research has been published in leading academic journals including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Carole has expansive experience in academia and industry, including positions at UNSW and ANU, and visiting scholars at LSE and NYU. She is currently an economic consultant for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Prof Michael Davern
Chair of Accounting and Business Information System
For over three decades, both in Australia and internationally, Michael has led industry engaged research projects in data analytics, business intelligence, financial reporting, risk management, data governance and ethics. He has collaborated with the several top-tiered firms, leading to over 50 published academic papers and industry reports. A sought-after speaker for executive education and industry forums, Michael has an extensive academic career based on prior professional experience with PwC and Rio Tinto, and combined expertise in accounting, IT, and decision sciences
Prof Peter Gahan
Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning), Professor of Management
Peter is a professor of management and Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning) in the Faculty of Business and Economics. Over the last 30 years, Professor Gahan has published widely on conflict and negotiations, employment relations and collective bargaining, high performance workplaces, labour markets and the future of work, and the consequences of labour market regulation. He has undertaken commissioned research for both state and commonwealth governments on areas related to employment relations, regulatory arrangements to support workplace innovation, and the consequences of various regulatory labour market reforms.