Arch Magazine | Edition 30 2022

Edition 30, 2022

FORGING AHEAD LESSONS LEARNED Fay Haisley’s life of education BEST PRACTICE Donna Tanchev of Her Medical WERKIN OUT Hayley Sudbury’s new gig SPARKLING SUCCESS start-up king Antony Ceravolo

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The teacher’s teacher IN JUNGLE CLASSROOMS AND ELEGANT CAMPUSES, FAY HAISLEY DEVOTED MORE THAN 60 YEARS OF HER LIFE TO EDUCATION - AND LEARNED A FEW LESSONS OF HER OWN.

by Jo Crompton

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umping down a dirt track in the back of a jeep, driving deep into the wild Highlands of Papua New Guinea in the late 1950s, Professor Fay Haisley (Class of 2003) sometimes wondered what she had let herself in for when she joined a small team of Australian teachers scattered through villages hacked out of thick jungle.

But if there’s one thing Professor Haisley has never shied away from, it’s a challenge.

She started her teaching career, which has now spanned more than six decades, at one of Sydney’s toughest schools, so teaching English to local children in and around Goroka seemed like an adventure. But even Professor Haisley wasn’t quite prepared for what greeted her on her first day.

“My students were aged from four to 40.

Some of the boys had beards,” she says.

Taking up her position in front of the class, not only was she ringed by students seated on the dirt floor of the hut, Professor Haisley was faced with a sight that would intimidate even the most experienced of teachers. Standing around the edges of the hut, in full warrior dress, were the rest of the villagers leaning in and watching intently as she imparted the basics of English language to her students.

“It was certainly an experience,” says Professor Haisley.

“I was one of about 20 men and just six women who had been selected for this work and we initially had no idea where we were going to be based. I ended up in Goroka and every day I would get into a jeep dropping me off in the morning, and then picking me up at the end of the day,” she says.

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“Other members of my cohort had similar experiences, but I never saw them again.

“It was a long journey on what was essentially a bush track, and sometimes I would still be waiting there in the dark for the jeep to come and pick me up. So here I am, a young woman, alone in a jungle village in the dark, in what was some pretty wild country back then.”

“So here I am, a young woman, alone in a jungle village in the dark, in what was some pretty wild country back then.”

Professor Haisley’s strong connection with her local church in Sydney, and her deep love of teaching, set her on the path to the first of many adventures. Initially planning to be a missionary in India, the country’s closure meant she sought out an alternative, applying to take her skills to Papua New Guinea.

There she was tasked with training local teachers, a job she loved and tackled with the skill, inventiveness and gusto for which she would become renowned. Returning to Sydney after 12 months, she took a job as a school principal. But Professor Haisley had unfinished business with Papua New Guinea – the Australian government begged her to return. She stayed on and obtained a bachelor’s degree in classics and history

from the University of Papua New Guinea, becoming one of the university’s first six graduates.

Having whet her appetite for further education, Professor Haisley decided to undertake postgraduate study in North America, gaining a Masters of Education and a PhD at the University of Oregon in the 1970s. She soon became known for her innovative approaches to teaching in the areas of special education, gifted students and early childhood education.

She was appointed Assistant Professor in Educational Psychology at The University of California Santa Barbara before returning to the University of Oregon where she held roles including Assistant Professor of Special Education, Associate Professor and Department Chair for Curriculum and Instruction, and Associate Dean for Teacher Education. In 1984 she was appointed Professor and Dean of the Bernerd School of Education at the University of the Pacific in California, the first woman to hold the position in the university’s 150-year history.

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“That love of learning has always stayed with me, and I hope, through my philanthropy, to continue to provide students with the same wonderful opportunities in life it has afforded me.”

Watch the video interview with Vice President Engagement Ms Catherine Marks and Professor Fay Haisley.

Top left: The classroom in Papua New Guinea where Professor Haisley taught, and one of her students.

Top right: Professor Haisley, left, with her parents at the wedding of her brother Warren Sambrook.

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Professor Haisley holds a photo of her brother Mr Warren Sambrook and his wife on their wedding day.

“I sort of became known as a bit of a guru, especially in the teaching of gifted students and special education, so I moved around the country giving talks and presenting at conferences,” she says. "It was very hard to leave the University of Oregon. I spent many wonderful years there, but I was headhunted for the role at the University of the Pacific and the opportunity to be the first female Dean of Education was an important one.”

It’s a common theme throughout Professor Haisley’s career – every new job offer seemed to coincide with her firm declarations that she needed to return to Australia.

“I kept trying to go home, but every time someone would say to me ‘no, no we need you to come and do this role, we need your expertise’,” she says. "I kept telling people that I needed to come home and look after my parents, but they were having none of it. When I went down to interview for the job at the University of the Pacific I had no expectation of being offered the role, or any intention of taking it – there was already a shipping container in my driveway in Oregon with all my belongings packed up and ready to be shipped to Australia.”

This included one of her most prized possessions – a red 1964 E-Type Jaguar.

Instead of boarding a plane for Sydney, Professor Haisley ended up driving her beloved Jag down to Stockton, California, and into the history books.

It was another 15 years before Professor Haisley finally made it back to Australia, retiring with the titles of Professor and Dean Emerita from the University of the Pacific in 1999. She landed on Queensland’s Gold Coast where she made good on the promise to take care of her family. But it seemed she wasn’t quite ready to officially retire.

In 2000, she was invited to sit on Bond University’s committee to establish Bond's new education program. After a few years, the itch to learn something new became too much, and at the age of 70, Professor Haisley decided to undertake a law degree. She was awarded a Juris Doctor from Bond University in 2006.

After helping establish and run the University’s education program, Professor Haisley went on to become the Dean of Students and Executive Officer of the Law Faculty and directed its internal review, all the while teaching and supervising students in education. Moving to the Business Faculty in 2009, she took on the role of Professor of Education – Reviews and Accreditation and drove the review enabling the faculty to attain Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation in 2013, held by the world’s best business schools.

In 2013, following the tragic death of her brother Mr Warren Sambrook in a car accident, Professor Haisley honoured his memory by establishing an ongoing scholarship and award at Bond University, presented annually

to a high-achieving Business student. During her time at the University of the Pacific she saw first-hand how philanthropy could change the lives of students by affording them access to greater opportunities. Receiving a gift of US$5 million from a teacher dying of cancer, Professor Haisley applied the money to a perpetual fund, providing scholarship assistance to students of the university. That fund is now worth more than US$50 million.

She’d like to see the fund established in her brother’s memory grow in a similar way, leaving a legacy of supporting young people to benefit from education the way she has.

“It is really education that has given me all the opportunities in my life,” she says.

“I remember back when I was in the fourth grade, the local teacher came to my parents’ house and told them to ensure I got an education. She had seen my potential very early, and I ended up being accepted into a selective school, which is really where it all started for me. That love of learning has always stayed with me, and I hope, through my philanthropy, to continue to provide students with the same wonderful opportunities in life it has afforded me.”

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Homecoming 2022 IGNITE - INSPIRE - IMPACT 18-21 May 2022 In May, all roads lead to Bond University as alumni are invited to re-connect with the University in a range of in-person and online events. alumni.bond.edu.au/homecoming

Contents the ARCH - EDITION 30, MAY 2022

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In Profile

Research legacy

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Professor Fay Haisley

Beacon of brilliance inspires new medal

Around Campus

Open for Business

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New home for Victor’s flamin’ great collection

26 Donna Tanchev

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Bond brings home awards for outstanding community contributions

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Founder winner: Bond named most entrepreneurial university

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Returning international students inject new energy into campus

Philanthropy

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Students supercharge start-ups with LuminaX partnership

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Bond expands into Brisbane with new city base

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Hayley Sudbury

Bondies on the Move

The Big Question

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Sport

Will inflation sap consumer confidence, or boost wages and the economy?

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Adversity and challenges are part of our history and, as always, our staff and students rise to the occasion and succeed in taking Bond University to greater heights.

Following the upheaval of a global pandemic, the University is proud to announce a significant capital investment: the construction of a $45 million building at Robina.

In this edition of the Arch, we share news from Bondies who are also thriving as the world returns to a semblance of normality, plus speak to Bond supporters of many years and highlight some stunning AFLW pathway successes.

As we fast approach our multi-modal Homecoming celebrations, I cannot wait to connect with as many of you as possible during May 18-21, 2022.

I encourage you to reach out to a Bondy you haven’t spoken to recently.

I’m sure they will be thrilled to hear from you.

Nicole Walker (Class of 2001) Head of Alumni Relations

Cover image: An artist’s impression of the $45 million project at Bond University’s Institute of Health & Sport precinct.

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“This collection, together with Bond’s strong Olympic history, will hopefully inspire future Bondies to strive for Olympic glory.”

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Bond University Vice Chancellor and President Professor Tim Brailsford and Mr Victor Hoog Antink in front of the University's Sports Centre.

Sandstone &Pine AROUND CAMPUS New home for Victor’s flamin’ great collection A group of Olympic aficionados gathered in March to mark the official opening of the Hoog Antink Olympic Room housing a full collection of Summer Olympic torches.

Guests included Olympic gold medallists and two members of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games Organising Committee. Part of Bond University’s Sports Centre, the room is named for the family of University Council member and Olympic enthusiast Mr Victor Hoog Antink who spent more than 12 years putting the collection together. Overlooking the pool in which many Australian Olympians, including Grant Hackett (Class of 1998) and

Games,” Mr Hoog Antink says. “It’s very rare to have a full collection. Many people collect individual torches but there are very few full collections.” He began collecting the torches in 2000, after participating in the torch relay that takes place ahead of every Games, in which community members carry the torch from its starting point in Olympia, Greece, to the host city. It was that short run through the streets of Buderim in Queensland that made Mr Hoog Antink determined to collect the full set.

“That run was amazing,” he says. “I’m not an athlete, but I admire athleticism and

Andrew Baildon (Class of 1989) trained for the Games, the room features custom-built cabinets to house the collection of every Summer Olympic torch from 1936 to the current day.

“There’s also space for torches for all the games up to and including the Brisbane 2032

I admire the Games. On the day, the crowds were immense, even in a small coastal town.

The whole country was euphoric, the route was lined with cheering people and with that combination I received an unexpected adrenaline rush which made me run with even more purpose. It felt like that saying

in Chariots of Fire ‘with wings on our heels’.

You can really understand the advantage for hometown athletes when they get that sort of euphoric enthusiasm from the crowd. Rather than keeping the collection for our sole enjoyment, my family feels Bond University is a perfect place to display the collection so that more people can enjoy the torches.

This collection, together with Bond’s strong Olympic history, will hopefully inspire future Bondies to strive for Olympic glory.”

Watch the video with Mr Hoog Antink

Bond brings home awards for outstanding community contributions An outstanding contribution to student learning by two Bond University teams was recognised this year with citations at the 2021 Australian Awards for University Teaching in January. The Tactical Research Unit (TRU) and the Bond Data Analytics team picked up awards recognising their members as ‘being among Australia’s most exceptional university teachers’.

The TRU is a network of multidisciplinary international experts who investigate ways to optimise the capabilities and safety of tactical personnel including military, law enforcement, firefighters and first responders. Those cited in the award were Associate Professor Robin Orr (leader),

“We are thankful for the organisations making it possible to have student teams working on realworld projects.”

Assistant Professor Elisa Canetti and Assistant Professor Ben Schram (Class of 2010).

The Bond Data Analytics Team included Associate Professor Adrian Gepp (leader), Associate Professor Marcus Randall and Professor Steven Stern. The team’s citation recognised its 'industry-relevant program that has positive impacts on students and industry, and has industry recognition and support'.

“We are thankful for the broad support from Australian organisations that make it possible for us to have student teams working on real-world projects,” Dr Gepp (Class of 2001) says. "Career outcomes for our students span management and analytics consultancies, banking and financial services, accounting, all levels of government, mining, retail, recruitment, gaming, airlines, travel, sport science and health sectors.”

Three members of the broader Bond University community were also recognised in the Australia Day Honours list. Gold medal-winning kayaker Mr Jean van der Westhuyzen (Class of 2018) became an OAM after being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. Dr Helen Nugent AO added

AC to her title after receiving a Companion of the Order of Australia and Dr Georgina Rinehart became an AO, receiving an Officer of the Order of Australia award.

Mr van der Westhuyzen received the award in recognition of his feats with paddling partner Mr Thomas Green, winning gold in the kayak double 1000m at the Tokyo Olympics last year. The former South African immigrated to Australia in 2018 to study at Bond and train on the Gold Coast.

Dr Nugent was Chancellor of Bond University from 2009-2016 and received her most recent award 'for eminent service to people with disability through leadership of social and economic policy reform and implementation, to business, to the arts, and to the community'.

Dr Rinehart was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University in 2013 and supports the Hancock Prospecting Swimming Excellence Scholarship. Her award cited 'distinguished service to the mining sector, to the community through philanthropic initiatives, and to sport as a patron'.

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Founder winner: Bond named most entrepreneurial university Bond has topped a list of Australia’s most entrepreneurial universities, producing more funded start-up founders for its size than any other university. The Australian newspaper published figures from League of Scholars, using information from Crunchbase, the top source of data on venture capital funded start-ups, to discover which Australian universities had produced the most founders of successful start-ups. Based on the number of founders who reached the milestone of attracting venture capital funding, the data highlights the University’s contribution to

the innovation economy. When adjusted for student population, Bond produces 75 founders for every 100,000 graduates.

The University has always had a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship from its inception 33 years ago as Australia’s first private, not-for-profit university. Bond alumni who have gone on to found successful enterprises include Ms Neeti Mehta Shukla (Class of 1992), founder of the US$6.8 billion robotic process automation company Automation Anywhere; Mr Christian Faes (Class of 1995), whose property finance

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Bond University University of New South Wales University of Sydney University of Technology Sydney University of Melbourne Swinburne University of Technology University of Western Australia Queensland University of Technology Australian National University University of Adelaide Graph shows number of venture capital funded start-ups founded by alumni of a university per 100,000 undergraduate and postgraduate completions at the university from 2009-2019.

Source: The Australian, Crunchbase, League of Scholars.

platform LendInvest was recently listed on the London Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of US$389 million; and Mr Jack Stevens (Class of 2007), co-founder of Edstart, a start-up that makes it easier for parents to pay private school fees. Edstart is backed by the National Australia Bank’s venture capital fund and recently raised $10 million.

Bond University fosters student start-ups through its Australian-first entrepreneurship program Transformer which is offered as a fee-free, extracurricular option to undergraduate and postgraduate students from all disciplines.

The program was recently boosted by the appointment of a Founder in Residence, Mr Stuart Giles, the co-founder of Icon Cancer Group, Epic Pharmacy Group and the Epic Good Foundation. The role of Founder in Residence is multi-faceted, overseeing development of the Founder’s Program, strengthening entrepreneurship capabilities and industry networks, and helping secure funding opportunities for student start-up ventures.

But for Mr Giles, it’s the opportunity to increase student engagement that matters the most. “I’m really excited by the idea of being able to go back to where it all starts and not just give a little back, but maybe play a role in helping younger entrepreneurs at the start of their journey by sharing what I’ve learnt along the way,” Mr Giles says.

Launchpad boost for star pupil Augmented reality could soon help doctors re-learn the lost art of eye examinations thanks to Bond medical student Mr Andrew Kroger.

Mr Kroger and his business partner Mr Kirk Lehman are developing retinAR, an app which uses augmented reality to help the user learn how to correctly operate an ophthalmoscope through examining an eye inside a virtual head. Mr Kroger says the idea for retinAR came after he noticed students struggling to correctly use the ophthalmoscope in a clinical setting. He says the problem appeared to stem from unfamiliarity with the ophthalmoscope among doctors.

“It seems to be they’re just unfamiliar with the tools, they had one experience in medical school and didn’t have an opportunity to practice any further. We’re creating a free app that allows them to practice without bothering their flatmates or their family and accosting their eyes, because if you’re no good then it’s just going to be uncomfortable for the patient." retinAR received a boost when it was named winner of the Transformer Launchpad competition, run by Bond University’s Transformer entrepreneurship program.

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Returning international students inject fresh energy into campus Starting university can be one of the most exciting times in a young person’s life. There are people to meet, places to explore, and parties to attend. But when borders shut indefinitely, university life looked different – particularly for students stuck on the other side of the world.

Bond University Bachelor of Health Sciences student, Ms Pooja Jaiswal, decided to make the most of her university experience, despite being 10,000 km from campus.

Confined to her family home in India due to Covid lockdowns, Ms Jaiswal nominated to join the Bond University Student Association (BUSA) to better connect with the University community.

“I spent the first year of my degree studying remotely overseas. When studying online, it feels like you are behind the scenes watching over the class, so it is difficult to stay focused and engaged. As the International Student Liaison at BUSA, I began making connections everywhere,” says Ms Jaiswal.

Over the course of the year, Ms Jaiswal’s network grew and in January this year, a BUSA representative was there to greet her when she touched down in Australia at Brisbane Airport.

“A member of BUSA picked me up from the airport and drove me to the campus.

Ms Pooja Jaiswal is finally able to join her fellow students in the lab after studying remotely from India for a year.

People here are really helpful and nice. My advice to international students is not to be

got to do my lab subjects, it felt so good. I’m looking forward to gaining work experience

shy. Reach out. There are so many people available to help you.”

Whilst studying remotely had its social challenges, Ms Jaiswal says the hardest part was not being able to take part in the practical subjects of her degree.

“I really missed that feeling of being in a lab. I’ve always been passionate about chemistry, so when I finally got to Bond and

here, before going back to my country and using my knowledge. I’m excited to see where life takes me.”

Watch the video interview with Bachelor of Health Sciences student Ms Pooja Jaiswal.

Splash as bigger, better fountain installed in lake The Douglas Family Fountain of Learning is now making an even bigger splash as the centrepiece of Lake Orr. The new fountain was installed in March, with a team of workers braving the Bond lake in gumboots and boats to install the multifaceted fountain. Spouting sun-sparkled droplets by day, by night the new fountain lights up with a multi-coloured display.

It’s the latest upgrade to the Fountain of Learning following a

2004 donation from brothers Angus, and Archie and Gordon Douglas, the original founders of Morgans and PRD Realty respectively.

The University recently held a celebratory lunch with the family to recognise their ongoing contribution to the Bond community.

Mr Angus Douglas served as a Bond University Council Member from 1999 to 2007 and since 2009 has continued his involvement as a Community Ordinary Member, for many years.

The new Douglas Family Fountain of Learning.

Gordon, Archie and Angus Douglas with a plaque commemorating the installation of the original fountain.

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Work starts on $45m health showpiece at Robina Bond University has broken ground on a $45 million project at Robina to meet booming demand for new physiotherapists, dieticians and occupational therapists.

The five-level building at the University’s Institute of Health & Sport precinct will create an additional 11,500 sq m of education spaces, offices, and associated car parking beside Cbus Super Stadium.

It will connect to the University’s existing High Performance Training Centre and double the current space for allied health programs.

Opening is scheduled for August 2023 and a traditional Smoke and Welcome to Country Ceremony by Kombumerri Elder Uncle John Graham marked the start of work

by ADCO Constructions.

The project is self-funded by Bond University and will create around 200 jobs during construction and more than 50 new highly-skilled, ongoing positions.

Key features include: • Simulated hospital wards and clinician consulting rooms to accommodate treatments in physiotherapy, nutrition, rehabilitation and occupational therapy.

• A world-class 60-metre gait laboratory that incorporates pressure sensors and high-speed cameras to analyse human movement.

• Simulated residential settings to support research and education in occupational therapy.

• A unique indoor amphitheatre capable of seating 230 people.

Vice Chancellor and President Professor Tim Brailsford said strong growth was forecast in allied health disciplines, driven by demand in the aged care and disability sectors.

“This new facility will provide a significant expansion for our programs in allied health,” Professor Brailsford said.

“Moreover, the new clinical facilities add to our ability to service the growing need of Gold Coast patients seeking assistance in a range of allied health services.”

A Smoke and Welcome to Country Ceremony was held to mark the beginning of construction of the new building.

TV titan Neil Balnaves served the University and left a lasting legacy The University has lost one of its greatest champions with the death of philanthropist Dr Neil Balnaves AO following a boating accident in Tahiti. Dr Balnaves, 77, was a Member of the University’s Board of Trustees, a former Member of the Bond University Council, and a generous benefactor.

The former television executive established the Balnaves Foundation which has committed more than $40 million to causes since 2006. One of the earliest projects supported by the Foundation was Bond University’s Balnaves Foundation Multimedia Learning Centre, opened in 2010.

At the time, Dr Balnaves said the sizable gift that made the technology-laden centre possible was spurred by his passion for education, the arts, and supporting young Australians.

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all talked about how it was going to be, but what was really stunning, what knocked my socks off, was when I first walked in there.

I said, ‘This is even better than I could have expected’.”

Dr Balnaves worked in the media industry for more than 60 years and previously held the position of Executive Chairman of the Southern Star Group which he founded in 1988. He produced a series of top-rating shows including Big Brother, Bananas in Pyjamas, Water Rats and McLeod’s Daughters, and was the Chairman of Ardent Leisure Group from 2003 until 2016. Bond University awarded Dr Balnaves an Honorary Doctorate in 2008.

The Bond University community offers its condolences to Dr Balnaves’ wife Diane and children Hamish and Victoria. His eldest child Alexandra died in 2019 following a long illness.

Mr Hamish Balnaves, Professor Tim Brailsford and the late Dr Neil Balnaves at the opening of the Global Links Room in the Balnaves Foundation Multimedia Learning Centre in September 2013.

Sunny times ahead as 221 cohort celebrates graduation In February, 515 individuals from 49 different countries joined the ranks of Bond University's alumni community. The in-person graduation ceremonies were for students who completed their studies after the January 2022 semester.

Left to right: Mr Bahram Zarei, Ms Dorsar Zarei (Class of 2019), Ms Boshia Zarei, Ms Sepideh Zarei.

Chancellor the Honourable Dr Annabelle Bennett AC SC FAA FAAL.

Left to right: Ms Bronte Macklin, Ms Maddy Macmillan, Ms Ruby Fogarty(Class of 2020), Ms Ginger Fogarty.

Left to right: Mr Paddy Cunningham, Ms Holly Slattery (Class of 2020), Mrs Jodie Slattery.

Students supercharge start-ups with LuminaX partnership The start-up world’s need for speed means adding academic research to the mix isn’t always a priority for entrepreneurs in fail-fast environments. A new partnership between Bond University and LuminaX aims to change that.

The LuminaX Health Accelerator brings together 10 health entrepreneurs from around Australia for a 14-week industry-led program at the Gold Coast’s Cohort Innovation Space to fast-track commercialisation and market readiness. Academics from the University’s Healthcare Innovations program will be on hand to mentor and guide the

founders through the intensive program.

They’ll also be able to connect founders to Bond postgraduate students to undertake bespoke research and give their start-ups a business edge.

“Academic research isn’t always seen as practical for the start-up world – it has traditionally been a slow process, done over years and often by the time the research is complete, the business and the market has moved on,” says Professor Sharon Mickan, who heads up the Healthcare Innovations program. "But there is real value for businesses who are just starting out in

collaborating on the design of research that can really help their products and ideas become the best they can be. Our aim is to give entrepreneurs that business edge, but also to give our students the skills to do quality, rigorous research at a pace and in a way that benefits businesses in a fast-moving marketplace.”

Professor Mickan says students will take part in capstone projects working directly with founders to summarise and synthesise the research evidence, providing data and insights that will benefit end users.

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Bond expands into Brisbane with new city base Bond University is bringing its innovative programs and personalised learning experience to Brisbane with the launch of a dedicated teaching space in the city. Working in close collaboration with industry experts, Bond will deliver a range of its postgraduate programs in Brisbane from May 2022. The specialised offering, which includes graduate certificates, graduate diplomas, master’s programs and microcredential courses, will make it easy for professionals to upskill, advance their career, change direction or dive deeper into a specific area of expertise.

Bond University Vice Chancellor and President Professor Tim Brailsford says the Brisbane location will make Bond’s worldclass education more accessible. “I am thrilled to offer Brisbane-based professionals the opportunity to experience the Bond difference from the convenience of their

class sizes and global network of skilled graduates – an exciting proposition for those looking to take their career to the next level.

South-East Queensland is booming, and with the 2032 Olympic Games coming our way, now is the perfect time to upskill our workforce.”

Mr Gary Brady has been appointed Director, Brisbane for the Office of Future Students. Initially, he will focus on offering Bond’s Building Information Modelling (BIM) courses. BIM assists construction professionals, engineers, and architects in designing, planning and managing major building and infrastructure projects, and the Queensland Government has committed to delivering all projects over $50 million in value using BIM frameworks.

Bond’s BIM program was launched in 2019. Professor Alan Patching and his team

own city. Bond University is renowned for its personalised approach to education, small

will bring these niche study areas to the city's doorstep. Professor Patching said the courses

offered in Brisbane would be well suited to staff in government departments working on major projects, along with contractors and consultants including architects and engineers.

“Being familiar with BIM will enable them to lead in their field,” Professor Patching says. “The use of this technology is a growing area, in Australia and internationally, making it a valuable career investment.”

Watch the video of the new Brisbane space.

Professor Alan Patching

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"South-East Queensland is booming, and with the 2032 Olympic Games coming our way, now is the perfect time to upskill our workforce.”

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T H E BIG QUESTION

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Supply chain disruptions and conflict are driving prices higher for the first time in years. Will inflation sap consumer confidence, or boost wages and the economy?

The Big Question sheds light on a topical issue of global relevance, providing a platform for some of Bond’s best and brightest academics and alumni to share their unique perspectives.

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T H E BIG QUESTION

Supply chain disruptions and conflict are driving prices higher for the first time in years.

Will inflation sap consumer confidence, or boost wages and the economy?

Kuldeep Kumar is a Professor at the Centre for Data Analytics at Bond University. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and a Chartered Statistician.

“Economic theory corroborates these narratives highlighting the role of supply chain interconnectedness in amplifying economic shocks.”

The last two years have been unequivocally tumultuous for the global economy. After being hit with the negative shock of the Covid pandemic, firms and consumers also had to face additional shocks stemming from the extended closure of the Suez Canal in mid2021, and more recently, Russia’s unprovoked conflict with Ukraine. These unprecedented events have had wide-ranging economic consequences, with perhaps the most salient of these being inflation.

This inflationary surge has many potential causes, one of which is the supply chain disruptions generated by the pandemic.

Many economists posited that supply chain disruptions caused by factory closures, quarantine restrictions and a reduction in labour productivity, have exacerbated inflation. The simple reason for this is that as Covid restrictions eased, aggregate demand increased, while supply remained constrained by input bottlenecks, thus raising the price of many goods and services. For example, it was reported that supply chain issues in the production of semiconductors, which have very limited substitutes, led to widespread increases in the price of manufactured goods

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such as cars and other electronic products.

Economic theory corroborates these narratives highlighting the role of supply chain interconnectedness in amplifying economic shocks.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine only seems to be fuelling this inflationary activity more, with oil prices being the most immediately impacted commodity as Russia is one of the largest producers of crude oil. This conflict will also further exacerbate a global semiconductor shortage as Russia and Ukraine are critical suppliers of raw materials used in their production.

Thus, it is clear that supply chain issues and conflict have undoubtedly contributed to the high price levels we observe around us, but the question remains - what will the consequences of this be? In this respect, the jury is still out. As this inflation continues to persist, interest rates may rise, and the growth rate may go down. This could lead to further ramifications for households, who have already faced increased prices for the last several months and may incur greater mortgage payments in the future.

It has also been posited that supply chain constraints, while increasing inflation, could increase employment, as firms look to build up inventory as the economy recovers.

Additionally, adhering to the logic of the traditional ‘Phillips curve’ would lead us to conclude that rising inflation should be accompanied by rising employment.

Overall, while the causes of historically high inflation in advanced economies are largely clear, the immediate and longrun effects of this phenomenon remain uncertain. The degree and intensity of interest rate increases by central banks, as well as wage growth decisions by firms, will determine whether we can control inflation without harming households, or whether the economy will have to endure a period of pain as we apply the brakes.

Erica Santosaputri (Class of 2000) is currently Head of Liquidity Risk at APRA. She has 15 years-plus experience across banking and financial services.

To control the spread of Covid, governments across the world put in place various measures to restrict individual and commercial activities. As a result of this, the supply chains – the process involved in production and transportation of goods – have been disrupted both globally and locally.

Whilst the economy was on its way to recovery, a major war broke out in Europe.

Consumers around the world, including in Australia, have noticed the price of almost everything is now more expensive than last year, from housing to petrol to even vegetables or fruits.

Economy lesson that we learnt from university: inflation is basically a rise in price. Both the pandemic and the war have exacerbated the inflation hike over the last year. As the world is recovering from the pandemic and the war is only temporary (hopefully), is inflation here to stay or is it just a temporary phenomenon?

As per the supply and demand theory, we need to pay attention to the consumer demand or behaviour. As prices increase, people may accelerate their purchase of goods and by doing so they increase demand and decrease supply, pushing the price further up. On the supply side, we also need to pay close attention to the businesses.

Those struggling to meet the demand due to scarce personnel (due to pandemic) and the higher cost of raw commodities will either be forced to reduce supply or increase the price they charge to maintain company profits.

Historical data has shown a very strong correlation between wages and inflation, however which of the two is the cause and effect? A wage push inflation is where we see increases in cost of goods and services because of rises in wages. The overall increase in the cost of goods and services has a circular effect on wages. Higher wages will be needed for the increased price of consumer goods. It is a chicken and egg discussion, and it is not clear which comes first – wage increases or price increases.

I believe that the events that are happening now are temporary. And given that, I have less certainty that the type of inflation we’re experiencing now would boost wages and/or increase consumer confidence in the near term. Notwithstanding that this temporary uncertainty may last longer than expected – well, none of us would have expected to still be dealing with Covid after three years. At the end of the day, no one can predict the future.

"It is a chicken and egg discussion, and it is not clear which comes first – wage increases or price increases."

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T H E BIG QUESTION

ships, containers, cranes etc are not required to support shipping demand, but simply the crews needed to man them. Through-put at ports has already increased this year, and will continue to do so, contributing to increased stock levels and ultimately lowering of freight costs.

Will wages and the economy be boosted?

Yes, but it will take time, for two reasons.

Firstly, manufacturing and services are returning to Australia. Governments and companies are prioritising security of supply over cost, and are recalibrating their supply chains as a result. Government spending on infrastructure, the domestic defense industry and healthcare is enjoying renewed focus.

In the supply chain industry the demand for talent has never been greater. Companies

Pieter Beukes is a MBA graduate (Class of 2003) and Executive Manager, National Supply Chain, ALDI Australia.

The world has been resetting for the past three years and what we thought was normal is no longer the case. I think it’s fair to say we will never return to a pre-Covid world.

Will inflation sap consumer confidence?

Yes. It’s already happening. Fuel prices are at record highs. Supply chains are still suffering backlogs due to isolation rules.

Interestingly the shipping disruptions were due to these isolation rules, and not a lack of capital equipment. Loading and unloading crews were reduced by 50 per cent and in some cases more, meaning containers were literally not being loaded or unloaded in time, before the next ship was due. This created massive supply disruptions last year, with companies paying the highest prices for priority freight. These costs have of course been passed onto consumers, which you now see in the CPI and on your weekly shopping bill. However, because of this bottleneck, or whiplash effect, we should see CPI prices reduce this time next year. The reason is that more capital equipment, in the form of

who fail to create a flexible work environment and offer competitive wages will lose out.

Secondly, Australia is a commodity-driven economy, and our commodities are set to boom, across the board. The unprovoked war in Ukraine will lead to an increase in the price of agricultural commodities such as wheat, sunflower oil and corn. This will positively impact Australian farmers and rural economies. Additionally, the Covid pandemic has accelerated the drive to net zero and reinvigorated the priority for clean energy.

This bodes well for Australia’s mining sector, and may well lead to another resources boom (sans fossil fuels).

In summary, Australia is still the lucky country, and the current headwinds should be short-lived and be replaced by economic growth, which will likely exceed expectations in Q4 and into 2023.

“Interestingly the shipping disruptions were due to these isolation rules, and not a lack of capital equipment.”

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Beacon of brilliance inspires new medal PROFESSOR CHRIS DEL MAR WAS A WORLD-CLASS TEACHER, RESEARCHER AND BELOVED MENTOR

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medal honouring the life and achievements of Professor Chris Del Mar AM, who oversaw the establishment of the University’s Medical Program, is being launched.

Professor Del Mar passed away in February, three years after he was seriously injured in a surfing accident on the Gold Coast. The Chris Del Mar Medal will recognise excellence and achievement and be awarded to the bestperforming medical student in their year of graduation.

Professor Del Mar studied medicine at the University of Cambridge before moving to Mackay in Queensland in 1977 and establishing a general practice. In 1994 he became Professor and Head of General Practice at the University of Queensland. He moved to Bond University in 2004 where he was Dean of Health Sciences & Medicine, and Pro Vice Chancellor (Research). Professor Del Mar launched the Medical Program in 2005 and oversaw the graduation of the first cohort of 72 medical students. More recently he was Professor of Public Health at the University’s Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare.

During his academic career he developed an international reputation in the management of acute respiratory infections, general practice research, evidencebased medicine, systematic reviews, and randomised controlled trials. Professor Del Mar was a former chair of the Royal Australian

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College of General Practitioners (RACGP) National Research Committee, and a former President of the Australian Association for Academic General Practice. For 20 years he volunteered as the Co-ordinating Editor of the international Cochrane Collaboration’s Acute Respiratory Infection Group. In 2008 he was honoured with the RACGP’s highest award, the Rose-Hunt Medal, and in 2015 was appointed a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Last year Professor Del Mar was named a Member of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for significant service to tertiary education, to health and medical research, and to professional bodies. The Governor of Queensland Dr Jeanette Young presented the award at his home late last year.

The Valedictorian of the Bond Medical Program’s inaugural cohort, Dr Madeline Duke, told a memorial service for Professor Del Mar that he was ‘the most wonderful Dean, a kind and nurturing man’.

“I will never forget him bounding up the stairs, and on so many occasions saying ‘Oh Maddy, might you have a second, I would love to know how x, y or z is going'," Dr Duke said. “One of my colleagues put it so well: ‘Professor Del Mar had the rare gift of always maintaining a great sense of professionalism and authority whilst at the same time being disarmingly approachable, inclusive, so nurturing, super funny, and

we always felt like he was invested in us’.

It was so apparent that he worked hard to make the program great and he led by example, absolutely inspiring the same commitment and dedication from us.”

Informing University staff of Professor Del Mar’s death, Vice Chancellor and President Professor Tim Brailsford said he had been an inspiration to his colleagues as a valued contributor to both research and teaching.

“His professionalism, attention to detail, mentoring of junior colleagues, and everinquisitive passion to search for answers to global health challenges are hallmarks, together with his sense of humour and infectious esprit de corps,” Professor Brailsford said. “Professor Del Mar had an exceptional academic and clinical career, and his research had a global impact.

“He will be deeply missed by his many former students, colleagues, and many friends. Our sincerest thoughts and condolences are with Chris’s wife, Professor Tammy Hoffmann and the extended family.”

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“It was so apparent that he worked hard to make the program great and he led by example, absolutely inspiring the same commitment and dedication from us.”

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These Bondies found opportunity amidst the upheaval of the pandemic and have emerged …

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“I THOUGHT OF PLACES LIKE HAIR SALONS OR BEAUTY SPAS AND WONDERED WHY MEDICAL PRACTICES COULDN’T BE MORE LIKE THAT – WARM, WELCOMING AND COMFORTABLE.”

Dr Donna Tanchev

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Doctor in the (pink) house DONNA TANCHEV DESIGNS A GENERAL PRACTICE FOR WOMEN FROM THE GROUND UP

by Jo Crompton

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ehind the warm lighting, pink shades and fresh flowers at Dr Donna Tanchev’s (Class of 2006) women-centred medical practice is a smart and savvy business strategy, borne out of a passion for women’s health and wellbeing.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in 2020-21 women saw a GP more often than men, and previous studies have found that female-specific problems accounted for around one quarter of all problems managed by GPs for women in their childbearing years. The nature and complexity of female-specific complaints means they can take more time to manage, requiring longer consultations or more visits.

And, as Dr Tanchev says, most GP practices aren’t the kind of place anyone wants to spend a lot of time.

“GP practices all looked and felt the same to me, cold, often grey. They aren’t really comfortable places – and you’re already uncomfortable when you’re going in for something like a pap smear,” she says.

"I thought of places like hair salons or beauty

spas and wondered why medical practices couldn’t be more like that – warm, welcoming and comfortable.”

After seven years in general practice on the Gold Coast, the Bond medicine graduate still hadn’t found the type of medical practice she truly wanted to work in, or to visit as a patient. So she teamed up with her brother and fellow Bondy Mr Dennis Tanchev (Class of 2007), a business graduate, to bring a long-held dream to life. In October last year, Dr Tanchev opened Her Medical at Bundall on the Gold Coast.

Mr Tanchev, a property developer, took the lead on finding the location and the building team, working with Dr Tanchev and an architect to design her vision. She then focused on gathering a team of experts from across the medical and allied health spectrum, putting the health needs of women at the centre.

“The focus is on conditions that affect women’s health – women undergoing menopause, for example, might benefit from the expertise of an exercise physiologist if they have bone density issues, or a

dietician to help manage conditions like diabetes,” she says. "We also have psychologists on staff to address mental health issues such as anxiety, which is often incorrectly diagnosed in women.”

Dr Tanchev and her team are also supporting women with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which can present differently in female patients, causing them to be misdiagnosed.

“It’s often when mums are getting their kids diagnosed that they find themselves thinking, ‘hang on, these are all symptoms that I can relate to’,” she says. "It may have been diagnosed as anxiety, for example, and you’ve got these high-functioning, well educated women who have tried several different anxiety medications that haven’t quite worked. Then they try the ADHD medication, and it is life-changing.”

Patients feeling comfortable, safe and listened to is what helps drive those lifechanging moments, and keeps Dr Tanchev motivated to follow her dreams.

“I expect to be doing this for a very long time," she says.

The exterior of Her Medical practice.

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Trevor’s dream Machine FILM PRODUCER’S NEW VENTURE FINDS SUCCESS WITH BILLIE EILISH DOCO

by Jo Crompton

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resh out of film school with little more than the promise of a friend’s couch to crash on and an unpaid industry internship, Gold Coaster Mr Trevor Smith (Class of 2003) stepped off the plane in Los Angeles and stumbled

nominations. Mr Smith first started working with Mr Cutler on fashion documentary The September Issue, which followed arguably the most renowned editor of Vogue magazine, Ms Anna Wintour.

Mr Smith and Mr Cutler forged a creative

services as a way to break new ground and bring more diverse and exciting stories to even bigger audiences.

“As we were making the Belushi film and the Billie Eilish film anyone could see that the non-fiction landscape was significantly

into his dream career. Fast forward 15 years and the 37-year-old works with giants of the silver screen and runs a production company together with some of the world’s great documentary film and television creators.

Starting out as an assistant to the legendary director Mr R.J. Cutler, a pioneer of the non-fiction film and television genre, Mr Smith is now a sought-after creative producer whose long list of accolades includes being shortlisted for both an Academy Award and a BAFTA, as well as multiple Critics Choice

connection that has led to some of the most successful collaborations in documentary feature filmmaking. From helping bring to life the glamour and drama of the fashion industry, the pair explored the many sides of late actor and comedian Mr John Belushi and, most recently, charted the journey of musician Ms Billie Eilish’s spectacular rise to fame with 2021’s Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry. Now, with the launch of the production company This Machine, the duo is embracing the rise and rise of streaming

changing,” Mr Smith says. “All of a sudden with the creation of streamers like Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV+, HBO Max and Amazon, the appetite for non-fiction programming is significant. People are consuming this kind of content in ways that they haven’t before.

R.J. and I partnered with another incredible producer, Elise Pearlstein, and together we are building a company that gives us this amazing opportunity to do more of what we love. The company is designed to work with all kinds of filmmakers whether they be well

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“AS WE WERE MAKING THE BELUSHI FILM AND THE BILLIE EILISH FILM ANYONE COULD SEE THAT THE NONFICTION LANDSCAPE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGING.”

established directors like R.J. or exciting newer voices who can benefit from the kind of experience and infrastructure we can provide.”

Mr Smith says the opportunity to amplify fresh voices to new audiences is one of the most exciting aspects of creating This Machine. The change these new distribution models is bringing to the industry is ‘a wonderful thing’ he says.

“Not that long ago, the idea of a financially sustainable career in non-fiction felt like a myth, when even the most successful documentarians would pour years and years of their own resources into a film with the hope of a festival premiere or a very limited theatrical run. Today, the landscape and the opportunities are very different. It’s thrilling.”

One of the other great advantages of these kinds of distribution models, he says, is the storytelling freedom.

“Often the narrative is the guide for how long a project should be,” Mr Smith says. “We

have some documentaries that are four parts and others that are six parts or eight parts.

The divide between what constitutes a movie and what constitutes television is diminishing and I think that’s exciting.”

Having an already engaged audience with a passion for consuming the non-fiction genre is creating more opportunities to tell stories about and from diverse communities and creators.

“The demand for content from distributors is at a peak and I think everyone’s hope is that this increases the opportunities for storytellers of all kinds to tell stories to devoted audiences,” he says.

It also opens doors for different perspectives, he says, and This Machine wants to be part of supporting new voices and diverse filmmakers from all backgrounds.

“That’s a priority for This Machine and a priority for me as a producer. We want to work with the broadest possible group of creators who have unique and important perspectives and narratives the world wants to hear.”

Mr Trevor Smith on set, and in the offices of production company This Machine in Los Angeles.

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Bondies follow Sam’s Lead THIS CONSTRUCTION CONSULTING FIRM CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF BOND ALUMNI

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am Fairless’s teenage plan to become a carpenter may not have panned out but he has gone on to build a successful company on a foundation of fellow Bondies. Mr Fairless (Class of 2007) is the Managing Director of Lead Consultants, a construction consulting firm where all six team members are alumni of Bond University.

The company, which has offices on the Gold Coast and in Townsville, specialises in aged care projects - but the team is a youthful one, with Mr Fairless the eldest at 34.

“I originally wanted to do carpentry and had an apprenticeship lined up in Year 12,” he says. “I planned to work my way up on the tools to construction management but the apprenticeship fell over before it started.

Then Bond announced it was launching degrees in sustainable development.”

Mr Fairless enrolled in a Bachelor of Property and Sustainable Development Construction Management and Quantity Surveying and graduated in 2010. He started working in the construction industry while still studying and gained further experience at several firms including an international

engineering company before deciding to strike out on his own with Lead Consultants weeks after turning 25. The company is currently involved in construction projects across Queensland and the Northern Territory.

“I always had the drive to go up and go up quickly, so when the opportunity came to do my own thing, I went for it,” he says.

“I like working in a team environment, in management and architecture. Project management has that middle ground where you’re involved in design, you’re involved in construction. You can be involved in everything from right at the start to the finish, so that ticked all the boxes for me.”

As the company expanded, Mr Fairless began recruiting Bondies he had met during his time on campus and others who came to Lead on work experience placements.

His current team includes Mr Andrew Pitt (Class of 2015), Ms Kendal Riner (Class of 2018), Mr Nelson Sorrensen (Class of 2018), Mr David Saccardo (Class of 2018), and Ms Elena Hsieh (Class of 2019).

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“I HAD A GREAT TIME AT BOND AND I DEFINITELY WOULDN’T BE WHERE I’M AT IN AUSTRALIA WITHOUT THE CONNECTIONS THAT I MADE THERE.”

“We’ve got quite a young team, the youngest is 22,” Mr Fairless says. “We’ve got some bigger projects but we get a lot of smaller work which is great for training up people. Big project mentality doesn’t always work on small projects and having people fresh out of university who are open to thinking outside the box is an advantage.”

Lead Consultants Director Mr Andrew Pitt met Mr Fairless at high school and went on to train as a carpenter before enrolling at Bond. He performed work experience at Lead in his first semester and was working there full time by the time he graduated.

“We’re a really tight team and everyone gets along well,” Mr Pitt says. “I think that’s been good for developing our culture and

our work ethic because everyone enjoys coming to work. I’ve kind of grown up here, looking up to Sam as a role model. Now I’m a business partner and working with him is quite inspirational.”

Business Manager Ms Kendal Riner came from the US to attend Bond after an earlier study stint in Australia. She says the international nature of Bond is reflected at Lead with Mr Saccardo also from the US and Ms Hsieh hailing from Taiwan.

“There’s a little international club of Bondies here and we’re all putting in our applications for permanent residency,” Ms Riner says. “I had a great time at Bond and I definitely wouldn’t be where I’m at in Australia without the connections that I made there.”

The Lead Consultants team, from left, Mr Andrew Pitt, Ms Elena Hsieh, Mr Sam Fairless, Mr Nelson Sorrensen, Ms Kendal Riner and Mr David Saccardo.

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Hayley’s latest gig JAZZ MUSICIAN TURNED BANKER ORCHESTRATES A MORE INCLUSIVE CORPORATE WORLD

by Jo Crompton

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rom putting herself through university playing saxophone in indie jazz clubs to managing multibillion-

“I was very excited about doing that … until I wasn't,” she says.

When she stopped for breath she realised

very nearly became her chosen career path.

“It was a pretty close run,” Ms Sudbury says. “When I was in Year 12 I was having

dollar balance sheets at global banks, Ms Hayley Sudbury’s entrepreneurial spirit has always been her guide. Music might have been her first passion, but winning a scholarship to study business at Bond University led her to discover there were other ways to earn a living while doing what she loved.

Now, as Founder and Chief Executive of Werkin, Ms Sudbury (Class of 1997) spends her days helping others learn how to do that too. Cutting her teeth in the early days of start-ups in Australia, she then moved into the male-dominated world of corporate finance. Ms Sudbury’s natural talent and enthusiasm for her work saw her rise through the ranks to senior positions at ANZ bank and then in London at global giant Barclays bank.

There she moved into a technical role, finding new ways to boost the bank’s bottom line. It was a challenging time for the banking sector and Ms Sudbury’s fresh approach saw her climbing up the corporate ranks.

something – no one else around the executive table looked like her.

“I started to look around in the corporate world and think, wow, you know, I’m at a pretty senior level now and there's just really no women above me. And there's no gay women.

I was at a point where I was also coming out.

I think you can be on that corporate treadmill, you're achieving, and it feels good. And then there is a point where you reflect on who you are and what makes you happy. You look around and think, where do I fit within all this? Where do I want to fit in? What truly makes me happy? What is my heart’s desire?

The environment I was in didn’t seem to be a very diverse place, but instead a whole lot of sameness. And here I am, a woman, and I'm about to step into this new space - which took me a while to accept for myself – and to see no women, no gay women. I was like, wow, I think my experience here is done.”

So Werkin was born. The company embraces the creative use of technology to deliver modern mentoring and leadership training that focuses on transforming company culture. Ms Sudbury wanted to help companies unlock diverse talent by giving leaders specific tools, and employees increased visibility and support to not only survive, but to thrive in their workplace and career.

Werkin combines Ms Sudbury’s strong experience in tech gained over the course of her career with her ‘entrepreneurial family DNA’, as she calls it. Hailing from Ayr in North Queensland, her family have always run businesses in which she spent her early years working and learning the trade. But it was jazz music that first captured her heart and

a quandary; whether I go down the music route, which I loved and brought so much joy to my life,” she says.

“It was my mother who encouraged me to apply for the scholarship at Bond and that ended up being the determining factor. I found a whole new world at Bond.”

While studying for her degree Ms Sudbury made music her first business, showing all the hallmarks of the successful entrepreneur she would become.

“It was about thinking creatively about the resources I had and how I could use them to my advantage,” she says. “Music allowed me a great lifestyle while I was at Bond. I was performing and teaching music while doing my studies. It made sure I could drink exactly the wine I wanted to drink!”

Later, the decision to leave her highflying corporate career for the uncertainty of starting her own company was driven by that same desire to think creatively about what she had to offer and how to best meet her own needs. Ms Sudbury says coming out as a gay woman was a huge contributor – she saw a need to explore the ‘next part of who I am’ by stepping into a different environment that allowed her the time and space to go on a journey of self-discovery. Going back to her roots, she first started small businesses that were passion projects as she came to grips with a new sense of self. Eventually she realised the corporate world still needed her talents and ideas but in a completely different way.

“I wanted to look at how large corporations could be better versions of themselves, and introduce new ways to bring that to life,” she says. “I thought there was an opportunity

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to engineer better visibility of minority and diverse employees. But not only that, to help leaders and managers be better supporters, allies and advocates of these individuals so that they can help them stay and progress through the organisation and make it a richer place to be, rather than leave like I did. I don’t mean these corporations are the enemy many are the economic backbones of our society. But we need to future-proof them, to have some different people at the top making different decisions, so as to positively impact social, economic and political change that is both complex and rich. These are important institutions and it's important who's at the top of them and who's also in them, driving society forward and they're dictating the flow of revenue.”

Werkin, with headquarters based between the United States and the United Kingdom, was always a business with a largely remote

workforce, so when the Covid-19 pandemic hit Ms Sudbury and her team were ahead of the curve. She says the changes brought on by the shift towards remote working and flexibility have seen more companies seek the kind of guidance that Werkin offers.

The pandemic has changed the conversation for many businesses and led to the ‘great resignation’ she says, because top talent is in high demand and employees have realised the importance of balance and flexibility. To not only attract but retain the best people, companies need to have meaningful values and live them. This is what Werkin’s mission is.

It’s also changed her own work life.

Ms Sudbury is currently living in southern Portugal – walking the talk by dividing her time between there and her bases in North America and London. She’s planning a few months at home in Australia sometime soon.

“We were in the heart of New York City during the worst of Covid, and that disruption meant we had to re-examine the balance. We chose sun, space and beach, while still working as a team - not remotely which sounds isolating - but collaboratively, and still meeting our clients where they are.

One of the good things to come from Covid is it has made people a lot more real. It’s made us a little bit more human in the sense of, we're not pretending to be ‘work Hayley’ and ‘play Hayley’. Those worlds have become one and as we collapse this down, we come back to humanity, and start to have different conversations. At Werkin, this is precisely the type of change we enable for people and their organisations. It moves us to be more holistic people in organisations that can respond to this ever-changing world.”

“I STARTED TO LOOK AROUND IN THE CORPORATE WORLD AND THINK, WOW, YOU KNOW, I’M AT A PRETTY SENIOR LEVEL NOW AND THERE'S JUST REALLY NO WOMEN ABOVE ME. AND THERE'S NO GAY WOMEN. I WAS AT A POINT WHERE I WAS ALSO COMING OUT."

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Vintage Ceravolo UNBLEMISHED START-UP RECORD ROLLS ON WITH SALE TO ANOTHER FORTUNE 100 COMPANY

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t’s early April in the Adelaide Hills and Mr Antony Ceravolo (Class of 1992) is tending to a vineyard like generations of Ceravolos before him. “I’ve just come off the tractor,” he says. “Doing farm work and getting your hands dirty makes you realise how hard some people work for a living. But it’s good to clear the mind and escape from computers and code for a while.”

“I SAID TO MY CONTACTS IN THE UK THAT WERE IN FILM DISTRIBUTION AND DVD DISTRIBUTION, LET’S HAVE A CRACK AT EMULATING WHAT NETFLIX HAS DONE.” Mr Ceravolo’s heritage is rooted in the vines and olive groves of Calabria in southern Italy. His father Joe immigrated to South Australia as a seven-year-old boy, eventually founding a namesake winery. But the son’s path has been more Silicon Valley than Barossa Valley.

Antony Ceravolo is one of Australia’s most under-the-radar tech founders with a success rate as sparkling as his father’s chardonnay-pinot noir: two companies built from scratch, both highly profitable, and both bought by Fortune 100 companies. First LOVEFiLM, a European version of a nascent Netflix, purchased by Amazon in 2008

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for a rumoured £200 million. Then Sine, visitor management software, acquired by Honeywell in 2020 for an undisclosed sum.

Mr Ceravolo says the cash on offer to tech founders, especially those in the startup phase, can be a poisoned chalice. “The valuations that are floating around – it’s quite tempting to get sucked into taking the money.

But be careful because you’ve got to deliver that growth. For me, the lesson learned is keeping things simple: not having a big board, making sure that you can bring your venture capital partners home to dinner, that they can meet your family and you can look each other in the eye. Because these people have their own shareholders and the pressure to grow and scale these businesses is mind-blowing.

There’s been some pretty tense moments with shareholders and boards along the way, that’s for sure.”

He speaks glowingly of Adelaide and built Sine into an international company from there but he left his hometown at 16 and didn’t return in any meaningful way for 15 years. His first stop was Bond University to study Commerce and Law, graduating in 1995. “I’m a 921. Probably one of the first five Adelaide people to go to Bond,” he says. “My parents were very supportive of that move because they wanted me to get out of my own town, follow the US model and go and meet some other people.” An early career as an investment banker in London and New York followed with Schroder Salomon Smith Barney, now Citi. But Mr Ceravolo could already feel himself being pulled in another direction. “The deeper I got into professional services, the more I realised I wanted to forget about the law and accounting and get

closer to problem-solving in the management team.” He just needed a nudge and it came in the most brutal form.

Mr Ceravolo was exiting a cab to go to work at 7 World Trade Center in New York when he saw the first of two hijacked planes slam into the Twin Towers. He remembers running 10 blocks uptown where he gave a deli owner $100 to borrow a phone to call his parents and tell them he was safe. The weeks that followed brought a personal and professional reckoning. “Life is short and those kinds of close encounters make you sit up and assess,” he says. “But it was more of a pivot. Investment banking was sort of dead at that point. When I got off the plane from New York and back on the ground in London 2001, it was a real tech centre. I found myself being swept into the LOVEFiLM ‘Netflix of Europe’ thing very quickly. So 9/11 was the wake-up call to get me off my set piece of becoming an investment banker for life. Which turned out to be a good trade.”

He had heard about Netflix in New York.

At that stage it was an online DVD rental business and he quickly realised there was no equivalent service in Europe. “I said to my contacts in the UK that were in film distribution and DVD distribution, let’s have a crack at emulating what Netflix has done. My first taste of entrepreneurial life was straight into LOVEFiLM which scaled extremely fast.

Amazon took a stake in 2004 and then bought it out in 2008.”

Mr Antony Ceravolo at his family winery in South Australia's Barossa Valley.

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OP EN FOR BUSINESS It was time for Mr Ceravolo and his Queensland-born wife Fiona to return home to family and the vines of Adelaide. But along with his luggage, he packed another good idea. If his first start-up had its genesis in an infamous airline disaster, his second came from an airline innovation. “I got the lightbulb moment checking in at Terminal 5 at Heathrow,” he says. “British Airways had launched mobile check-in and it saved you time. I thought, why aren’t we using mobile check-in everywhere?” Sine was born, at first taking off among Australian independent schools. Today its clients include Rolls-Royce, DHL, Coca-Cola, Vodafone and Qantas.

“... IF YOU’RE NOT INVOLVED SOMEHOW IN SOFTWARE AND INVESTING IN THESE BUSINESSES FOR THE LONG TERM, THEN YOU’RE POTENTIALLY MISSING OUT.” Sine’s software allows visitors, contractors and staff to check-in at workplaces via tablet or smartphone app. The business was already profitable and growing fast before the pandemic. Then, suddenly, everyone needed a check-in app - and Sine had the proven technology. “Covid turbocharged the necessity to have a digital relationship with people on a site,” Mr Ceravolo says. ”Even before Covid, the growth was already seriously high. But when Covid hit, before governments worked out what they were

doing, people wanted to know who they had been in contact with, where people had been, and how long they had been on a particular location. We had big hospitals calling us as the pandemic broke out saying, ‘I need a digital system now. We don’t have anything’.”

Not only did Sine have perfect timing, it was in the perfect place. “Adelaide for the last eight years has been under the radar,” Mr Ceravolo says. “The staff and the engineering talent have been extremely loyal. If I had tried to do this in Silicon Valley the cost base and staff churn would be triple.” Staff numbers grew from four at launch to 85 when Honeywell took over, he says. Inevitably, suitors came calling – multinationals, private equity. “The offers were coming thick and fast. The Honeywell offer was completely unsolicited. We told them and others, ‘Look, we’re busy, we’re not really interested in selling the business. But if you want, we can put things forward to our board’, which we did. And we ended up going down that path (of a sale). When the pandemic hit, I couldn’t get on a plane and fly to Los Angeles, New York or Atlanta to keep driving the business.

Selling to a Fortune 100 company was the best way to grow. And Honeywell was very clear that they wanted to grow the software and engineering talent from Adelaide. They now see Adelaide and Australia as their mobile engineering hub globally for their software division.”

The Sine CEO had barely had time to pop a cork to celebrate the deal when he took a call from Honeywell Chairman and CEO Mr Darius Adamczyk. “He says, 'okay Sine, we’re going to do mass vaccinations and we need your technology either as it is or adapted.

We’re going to be checking in a half a million people at the main stadium in Charlotte.

Can you make it happen? Give me an answer within 24 hours'.” Mr Ceravolo is proud to say the Sine team did make in happen, in two weeks, and the resulting software checked in millions of people at the height of the pandemic last year. “I was just so lucky to have a great product and an amazing team.”

Mr Ceravolo spent a year after the acquisition bedding down the transition to Honeywell, leaving Sine in December 2021. Since then he’s been working at the Ceravolo family winery, hiking in Tasmania and 'rediscovering how to be a good bloke again'. “I’m just trying to spend time with family, doing some fitness. I’m lucky that my wife was the COO/CFO and co-founder.

She is exceptional at what she does which allowed me to run amok with the product and growth. But being a married couple growing a business with two young children was tough.

But we’re still together, we’re still happy. We feel extremely fortunate.”

Can he pull off a hat-trick after LOVEFiLM and Sine? Mr Ceravolo knows the next big thing is 'lurking out there'. “I think I’ll probably stick to software. Technology and software businesses are now so embedded into every aspect of life, from industrial to supply chain to e-commerce, to biotech to space, that... if you’re not involved somehow in software and investing in these businesses for the long term, then you’re potentially missing out on some upside.”

In the meantime the upside is all Bond’s, with Mr Ceravolo looking forward spending some of his newfound spare time helping the next generation of entrepreneurs. “I’d love to get involved with the Transformer program, give back and spread the entrepreneurial spirit to as many Bondies as I can.”

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Iso Angel JACKSON MILLER CAME TO BOND UNIVERSITY ON ITS MOST PRESTIGIOUS SCHOLARSHIP. WHEN COVID STRUCK DOWN FELLOW STUDENTS, HE EXEMPLIFIED THE VALUES OF THE ESTEEMED BURSARY.

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fter being told at 3am on Christmas Day that he had tested positive to Covid, Mr Jackson Miller (Class of 2020) knew what it felt like to spend 10 days in isolation. The Vice Chancellor’s Elite Scholar and Student Resident Fellow had only just returned to his home state of South Australia for the festive season when he was alerted to his diagnosis.

“Been there done that and it sucks,” Mr Miller says of ‘iso’. “The only way I got through it was talking to friends.” When he returned to Bond University early this year to find some residential students were also in quarantine, he got to thinking about how he could ease their loneliness.

“Especially for new students (in quarantine), they haven’t really set foot on campus let alone had the chance to meet anyone. We had 17-year-olds, first time living away from home and they got Covid – that’s pretty rough.”

Mr Miller responded by setting up a buddy system in which students ‘on the outside’ were paired up with those in quarantine, either because they had contracted the virus or were a close contact of someone who had.

“Everyone gets someone who checks in with them, connects, chats and potentially introduces them to new friends,” Mr Miller says. “I was doing coffee runs for everyone.

It was maybe five minutes out of my day but for them, hopefully it made them happy for a couple of hours. When you’ve got nothing else to do, a nice coffee is pretty impactful.”

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Other Bondies saw the positive effect Mr Miller was having and joined him to organise online trivia games and group chats on Zoom.

Drinks, treats and library books were dropped off outside a dedicated Covid floor in the student accommodation, while some special deliveries were hoisted up from a lower floor tied to the belt of a dressing gown.

“I think the most powerful thing to come out of this is that everyone in iso has been able to connect and support each other,” Mr Miller says. “They’ve had not much else to do except talk, so they know each other in a way they may not have without this experience. It has created a culture of kindness.”

Director of Student Success and Wellbeing Ms Kerry Valentine says she watched Mr Miller from her office as he zipped around campus running errands for students in quarantine. “He’s been their iso angel,” Ms Valentine says. “Jackson’s positive response to a negative situation has been inspirational.”

Mr Miller came to Bond to attain a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science in 2020. He graduated in December 2021 and contemplated further study in psychology or medicine but recently discovered a passion for business and entrepreneurship, joining the Transformer program while completing a Master of Science by Research (Health Sciences). The business idea Mr Miller is fostering through Transformer has parallels to his Covid kindness mission: an app that allows users to share supportive audio messages.

“What’s currently missing from social media and technology is a lack of authentic connection, particularly from a place of vulnerability and gratitude,” Mr Miller says. “(The app is) about providing support to those who need it from the people who they most care about and who most care about them.

For example, I could pre-record a message for you to listen to when you’re feeling down, or if you’re about to go into surgery.”

Mr Miller says he was inspired by the #MoveForLex initiative, launched to support Noosa triathlete Ms Alexa Leary as she recovers from brain injuries suffered in a cycling accident. It has now become a major fundraiser to help the families of patients in intensive care at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.

“Alexa’s family started an Instagram page to share her story with just immediate family initially and then it grew because of the messages of positivity,” Mr Miller says.

“I was so lucky to meet Alexa recently. She was told she wouldn’t be able to walk again but now she’s swimming, she’s running. She has inspired me to try not only to overcome but rather to overpower hardships to create a more positive outcome than would otherwise be possible to achieve.”

Watch the video to hear more about Jackson’s commitment to the Bond University community.

Jackson Miller, relaxing in his room, above, he devised a makeshift pulley to deliver supplies to fellow students in isolation.

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BOND IES ON THE MOV E

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Class of 1997

Ms Deborah Holliday QC has recently been appointed as a Judge of the District Court of Queensland and a Judge of the Children’s Court of Queensland. After more than 21 years of experience in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, 15 of which were spent as Principal Crown Prosecutor, Her Honour joined the private bar in 2015. Judge Holliday QC graduated from Bond University in 1993 with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours).

Ms Joanne Crompton has been appointed News Manager at Bond University. Ms Crompton has a background in media management and public relations, content creation and marketing. She has recently returned to her home state after a decade in Melbourne, where she held senior media and communications roles in the Victorian public service. The former journalist and political adviser comes to Bond from Monash University where she produced the University’s award-nominated podcast What Happens Next.

Class of 2010

Class of 2012

Deborah Holliday

Jacqueline Yeats Ms Jacqueline Yeats is a psychotherapist with extensive experience in youth counselling and working with at-risk youth. In 2019, Ms Yeats founded Mindful & Co Kids, a product-based business specialising in early intervention for stress disorders in children. The business provides educational resources that teach children between the ages of three and 10 the benefits of mindfulness and wellbeing.

Mindful & Co Kids has since partnered with over 350 retailers in 15 different countries.

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Joanne Crompton

Matias Salinas After a successful digital marketing career in Melbourne, Mr Matias Salinas has returned to the Gold Coast as Marketing Manager for software company Social Impact Group.

Social Impact Group is the brains behind social enterprise Little Phil, which utilises emerging technology to create an all-in-one social impact platform for donors, nonprofits, and businesses. “Our latest platform project focuses on a turnkey Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and employee retention solution for companies of all sizes,” says Mr Salinas.

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Class of 2006

Class of 2007

Ms Shannon Willoughby has been named the inaugural Director of Government Relations and Policy at the University of Queensland (UQ). Ms Willoughby brings a wealth of experience to the role following stints as the CEO of Study Gold Coast and then as Executive Director for Study Queensland at Trade and Investment Queensland, where she guided the organisation through one of the toughest periods ever faced by Australia’s international education sector. She will lead UQ’s engagement with government at all levels.

Mr Harrison Phillips is an experienced development director with Sekisui House Australia, leading the delivery of West Village. The internationally acclaimed project represents an investment of $1.1 billion and will be home to over 1000 residences and 13,000 sqm of commercial and retail outlets.

Mr Phillips also holds the position of Deputy Chair of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) QLD Membership Committee and is the proud recipient of the 2021 UDIA QLD Young Leader award.

Mr Vu Tran and his co-founders at workplace training start-up Go1 have been named Business News Australia’s overall national Young Entrepreneurs of the year. Mr Tran started Go1 with his friends a decade ago, now with 10 offices around the globe. A graduate of Bond University’s Medical Program in 2011, Mr Tran is also a medical doctor who trained at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and a fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

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Class of 2016

Ms Maggie Gray has been appointed Public Relations Manager at Bond University.

Ms Gray has held communication roles spanning industries including aviation, tourism, hospitality and gaming, within both the public and private sector. Ms Gray has extensive experience facilitating public relations activity for organisations throughout Australia and has worked with key national and international media outlets on events including the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, the TV WEEK Logie Awards, and Eurovision – Australia Decides.

Ms Janelle van de Velde has been appointed Chief Corporate Officer for the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator based in Brisbane. Over the past 15 years Ms van de Velde has held executive leadership roles in the resources and technology sectors across Australia, the US, EMEA, Asia and Europe. A collaborative leader with a broad skill set, she graduated from Bond University with an Executive Master of Business Administration and a Master of Laws of Enterprise Governance.

Shannon Willoughby

Maggie Gray

Harrison Phillips

Vu Tran

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Class of 2018

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Ms Victoria Hetherington has been appointed Department Production Manager at New ¯ ¯ FX – the agency Zealand-based Weta responsible for award-winning visual effects for films including The Lord of The Rings series, Avatar, and most recently, The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson. Since graduating with a Bachelor of Film and Television from Bond, Ms Hetherington has worked in studios across Australia and New Zealand and has had the opportunity to work on numerous Hollywood blockbusters and television projects.

Mr Jim Chapman is the founder of Nice Coffee Co, a social enterprise which supplies ethically sourced Kenyan coffee to offices around Australia, with all profits going to St John’s primary school in Nairobi. Recently, Mr Chapman launched African safari company Ololo Safaris to operate alongside his social enterprise. “By offering personalised African safaris, we’ll be able to connect Aussies with the raw beauty of Africa whilst having a positive impact on the communities and wild places we’ll be exploring.”

Mr Brodie Wilcox joins global consulting giant GHD Group as an Innovation Consultant Graduate. Having majored in entrepreneurship and innovation during his Business degree at Bond, Mr Wilcox is excited to work with the group’s impressive list of clients to bring innovation to the forefront of project management and consultative services. “I am really happy to have found such an exciting and niche position doing what I am most passionate about,” Mr Wilcox says.

Class of 2019

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Since graduating from university last June, Mr Benjamin Fisk has been working as an Associate at Ernst & Young Sydney in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sector. In December 2021, Mr Fisk was appointed to UN Youth Australia’s board of directors where he serves on the Finance and Foundation Committee. UN Youth Australia is a national youth-led organisation that aims to educate and empower young Australians on global issues. Mr Fisk previously volunteered as the organisation’s Chief Financial Officer.

Ms Hélène Humbert has recently joined Paris-based global commercial real estate services firm, Avison Young, as Project Manager. With extensive experience in architecture, architectural visualisation, and graphic design, Ms Humbert will be tasked with overseeing the renovation and extension of Google’s 11,000 sq m Parisian headquarters, right in the heart of the city. Ms Humbert graduated from Bond University with a dual Masters degree in Project Management/ Valuation and Property Development, after seeking a career change in 2019.

Mr Alex Pereira is using his Master of Sports Management to bring his business and passion for beach tennis to life. Mr Pereia’s commitment to the sport has recently resulted in the establishment of an Australian Beach Tennis Tour. “In the next few years, we will showcase the best destinations in Australia with world-class beach tennis events. We are developing a sport, promoting a healthy and active lifestyle and bringing tourism and businesses together.”

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Mud ’n’ guts BULL SHARKS PITCH IN TO HELP FLOOD-DEVASTATED TUMBULGUM

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Director of Rugby Mr Luca Liussi leads by example during the flood clean-up in Tumbulgum.

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Around the grounds Rugby to the rescue in flood-hit Tumbulgum With cars flipped upside down, household items piled in the streets and mud as far as the eye could see, it was a distressing sight that confronted the Bull Sharks rugby club at Tumbulgum. The club had brought two busloads of players 40 minutes south to the small town on the banks of the Tweed River after devastating floods swept Queensland and NSW earlier this year.

“It was almost like a time warp coming out of the Gold Coast and driving into Tumbulgum,” says Bond University Director of Rugby Mr Luca Liussi. “You go over a little bridge, turn right and straight away there is mud everywhere. Everyone’s belongings are piled on the street. Kids’ toys, furniture, books … it’s a big reality when you see five-year-old kids sweeping mud out of their homes. It was devastating.”

The Bull Sharks spent the day clearing furniture and belongings, salvaging as much as they could for the locals. There wasn’t a lot left. “People had so much to do. They were exhausted, they had been cleaning their homes for a week. They were really grateful,” Mr Liussi says. “It wasn’t about us, it’s all about getting stuck in and helping. You are carrying heavy stuff out of people’s homes.

There is so much mud you are sliding around, but everyone got in and helped each other.

These communities are our neighbours, they are just over the border, and it’s the least we could do.”

The Bull Sharks rugby club members cleaning up in Tumbulgum.

Mr Liussi borrowed a mini loader from club sponsor Kennards Hire to help with the clean-up. “We started sending people into homes and there were elderly people who couldn’t do anything. But there was an amazing community feel. So many people turned up to help. People were showing up with food, trays of water, people came with pizzas. Blokes turned up with a ute full of beers and were handing them out. Everybody was helping in different ways.”

Among the clean-up crew was Ms Zoe Hanna, the 2022 John Eales Rugby Scholarship student. “It was very confronting, my heart breaks for the families for what

they are going through, it was ridiculous the amount of damage. We were all covered in mud and tired, it didn’t matter. It was the least we could do to offer a bit of help. Bond University as a club is awesome at helping friends and family and community. I was proud of the rugby club and seeing how many people volunteered to help.”

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Swimmers’ huge gold rush at local championships qualifiers Bond’s swim squad is shattering records and sweeping the medals in the lead up to this year's Australian Swimming Championships.

Young gun Mr Flynn Southam clocked a 48.60 second dash in the 16 years 100m freestyle at the Australian Age Swimming Championships, shaving nine milliseconds off the record set by Olympian Mr Kyle Chalmers in 2015. Mr Chalmers is an Olympic Gold and Silver medal-winner and is now among the world’s fastest freestyle swimmers in history.

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just milliseconds behind the five-time Olympic gold medallist’s 1:46.00 best as a 16-year-old.

Mr Southam will be hoping his National Age warm-up bodes well for his performance at the Australian Championships where he hopes to qualify for this year’s FINA World Swimming Championships and Commonwealth Games.

The Olympic hopeful was one of 12 Bond University swimmers who competed at the Australian Age Championships and contributed to the club’s tally of 17 medals, 25 final swims and a top eight placing among the best performing age-group clubs in Australia.

It comes just a month after the squad claimed a staggering 39 gold medals at the Gold Coast swimming championships and broke multiple records at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Bond University’s Australian Age swimming team: Ms Caitlin Allred, Ms Cyra Bender, Ms Mikayla Bird, Mr Gideon Burnes, Mr Kody Byrne, Ms Jesse Coleman, Mr Jamie Doran, Ms Holly Hembling, Mr Joshua Hibberd, Ms Milla Jansen, Ms Aveline Rounsley, and Mr Flynn Southam.

The Bull Sharks netball squad, back row, Ms Amaris Toia, Ms Ainsley Harlow, Ms Jorja Gisinger, Ms Elka Macaulay, Ms Joesi Gisinger, Ms Trinity Toia, Ms Kalei Brighton, Ms Sarah Bristol.

Front row, Ms Lily Phillips, Ms Lily Peters, Ms Atlanta Horan, Ms Georgia Wilson, Ms Kiera Heffernan.

Netball mines new talent for Ruby Series A young team full of fresh faces will usher in a bold new era for Bond University in netball’s Ruby Series.

“From when we first started this year, our goal has been to rebuild our program and create a really good culture,” Ms Boland said. We

Ten new players and seven training partners are spearheading the campaign to build a strong name for Bond netball. Head coach Ms Kim Boland says the focus for the season which started on April 25 will be creating a positive club and team environment.

were late forming our team but we are happy to start from scratch with a whole new side. They’re really fit, they’re really keen, and they just want to learn and compete.”

Blues Awards It was a golden night at the Bond University’s Blues Awards in March.

The black-tie awards night celebrated the outstanding sporting achievements of Bond’s elite student-athletes over the last two years – with Covid forcing the cancelation of the 2020 event. A total of 26 athletes were recognised with Blues Awards for representing their sport at the highest level.

Gold medal winning Kayaker Mr Jean van der Westhuyzen (Class of 2018), sprinter Ms Bree Masters (Class of 2019) and Olympic swimmers Mr Alex Graham (Class of 2015) and Ms Maddy Gough were named Sportspersons of the year for 2020 and 2021. Mr van der Westhuyzen was honoured for his gold medal performance in the k2 1000m event at the Tokyo Olympics.

Bond AFL Director of Coaching Mr David Ashkar was named High Performance Coach of the Year after leading all four Bull Sharks teams to grand finals. The AFL program was also named Champion Club of the year. Netballer Ms Ashleigh Keefe and mogul skier Ms Claire Dooley received the Elite Sport Scholar Award.

Back row, left to right: Mr Garry Nucifora, Mr Matt Kuhnemann, Mr Angus Blyth, Mr Alex Graham, Mr Jean van der Westhuyzen.

Front row, left to right: Ms Laura Taylor, Ms Minna Atherton, Ms Maddy Gough, Ms Abigail Schoorl, Ms Hollie-Kate Melia, Ms Catherine Marks.

Lightfoot marks 100th AFL game with emphatic victory The Bull Sharks have had the perfect start to their 2022 AFL campaign.

The women’s team celebrated founding member Ms Paris Lightfoot’s 100th game in style – the first woman to achieve the milestone at Bond University - with a massive 85-0 victory. The reserves started their premiership defence with a resounding 128-0 after holding up the trophy in 2021.

The men’s teams also started with big wins, with Mr Morgan Ferres making his club debut after moving to the Gold Coast in December last year on the Riewoldt Family AFL Excellence Scholarship.

“I moved here from Adelaide this year to do some pre-season with the Suns and play a bit of VFL, but I joined Bond after orientation week, it’s been good,” Mr Ferres said.

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“I feel quite indebted to the Bond footy club because if it wasn’t for Bond AFL, I definitely would not be at the Lions.”

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Lulu’s dual goals PULLAR CRACKS AFLW WHILE BECOMING A DOCTOR

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s Lucinda Pullar gave up a professional soccer career to study medicine at Bond University in 2018. Now in the final year of the Medical Program, the 23-year-old’s journey has come full circle and she is back playing elite sport for the Brisbane Lions in the AFLW. The former Brisbane Roar midfielder joined Bond’s AFL club as a bit of fun between classes after meeting players in

California in Los Angeles where she studied and played for two seasons, also winning a NCAA division 1 national title. After playing soccer all over the world, she has found her home in Bond University’s AFL club and her rise in the code has been meteoric. She was named Bull Sharks club player of the year two years in a row and was drafted by the Brisbane Lions – the team she has supported all her life. Ms Pullar also took out the award

my success is they have really good people. It is a fun, welcoming culture and when you are having fun and enjoying what you are doing and who you are doing it with, it is hard not to have success.”

Ms Pullar is juggling her AFLW commitments with her second rotation at Wesley Hospital in Brisbane. She hopes to remain active around the Bull Sharks AFL club whenever she gets a chance. “I’m

the campus gym.

“When I started at Bond I only had eyes for medicine,” Ms Pullar says. “That’s natural because it is really exciting and you can become infatuated. It’s a brilliant career with amazing people. But the sporting side of things has given me an opportunity I never knew I had. I feel quite indebted to the Bond footy club because if it wasn’t for Bond AFL, I definitely would not be at the Lions. It’s funny - I came to Bond to study medicine and ended up having the doors open to becoming a professional athlete again.”

A former Australian schoolgirl soccer player, Ms Pullar’s talent landed her a scholarship with the University of Southern

for Best First Year Player at the AFLW's Season 2022 Best and Fairest Awards.

“You have to stop and reflect,” she says.

“I’m playing for the Brisbane Lions, I’m playing with all these exceptional players.

Two of my teammates are the first to hit 50 games in the AFLW. I have worked hard but I’ve gotten so lucky to find my way onto this side. The people at the helm of Bond footy - David Ashkar, Michael Swann, Luke Mansbridge, all the support staff, people like Paris Lightfoot who have been there from day dot - they are the backbone of the club. Bond have an elite program with great facilities and you can rave about all that, but the reason they have the success and I’ve had

excited to become a doctor and be impactful and contribute to both colleagues and the patients,” she says. “Obviously as a junior doctor you are very inexperienced and you have so much more to learn. Your career is only just getting started and you are figuring out what you want to do and where you want to go with medicine. You learn to balance. I’ve built some good sustainable skills that will carry me through when I’m a doctor but it is another ball game when you are employed and are accountable to the patients and colleagues. But I’ll always try to stay in touch with Bond’s AFL club - there are so many wonderful people there.”

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Shark nursery

by Andrew Bryan The Bond University Bull Sharks have emerged as one of the best AFLW incubators in Australia, thanks to sponsors ISS and SLF Lawyers, developing a wealth of talent for top-tier clubs including the Gold Coast Suns and Brisbane Lions. These are some of the top talents so far.

Taylor Smith

Lucinda Pullar

Maddison Levi

Kalinda Howarth

Ms Taylor Smith is a former heptathlete and after two seasons learning her craft at Bond she was preselected by the Gold Coast Suns for their inaugural year and was then traded to the Brisbane Lions.

She has found her home with the Lions, becoming a pivotal part of their 2021 AFLW Premiership.

A former professional soccer player Ms Lucinda Pullar came to Bond to study medicine and began playing AFL for the Bull Sharks as a way to stay active.

Quickly, she won the Club Champion award in both the 2020 and 2021 seasons before the Brisbane Lions claimed her with pick 58 in the 2021 AFLW National Draft.

Ms Maddison Levi is a blisteringly fast forward/midfielder who was selected at pick 50 in the 2020 AFLW Draft and played eight games for the Gold Coast Suns in her debut season. She then went to the Tokyo Olympics to represent Australia in Rugby 7s and has taken the 2021 AFLW season off to pursue a fulltime Rugby 7s contract.

After being delisted by the Brisbane Lions, Ms Kalinda Howarth joined the Bull Sharks to further develop her skillset and had a remarkable 2020, becoming the QAFLW’s leading goal scorer. The Gold Coast Suns signed her for their inaugural year and she was recognised with All Australian selection in 2020.

Mikayla Pauga

Lucy Single

Casidhe Simmons

Shannon Danckert

Ms Mikayla Pauga's debut season in the QAFLW and strong performances for the Brisbane Lions Academy saw her claim the Riewoldt Family AFL Excellence Scholarship which is allowing

Ms Lucy Single has elite running power which was recognised by the Gold Coast Suns when they selected her at pick 57 in the 2020 AFLW Draft. She continues to play for Bond outside of her

An elite heptathlete, Ms Casidhe Simmons was encouraged to try AFL by her athletics friend, Taylor Smith. Casidhe went from a new recruit to a regular senior player before life took her to Sydney

Bull Sharks captain Ms Shannon Danckert was invited to train with the Gold Coast Suns during the preseason and impressed with her toughness at the contest and natural leadership qualities.

her to study a Bachelor of Psychological Science. The Lions selected her with pick 46 in the 2021 AFLW Draft and she hopes to break into their strong squad.

AFLW commitments and hopes to be able to play alongside her younger sister Jasmine who is also coming through the development ranks.

for the 2021 season. There she caught the eye of the GWS Giants who selected her at pick 60 in the 2021 AFLW National Draft.

Shannon was elevated to the senior list and has played four games for the Suns during the 2022 season.

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Molly Ritson

Krystal Scott

Lauren Bella

Charlotte Hammans

Ms Molly Ritson helped the Bull Sharks win the 2017 QAFLW Premiership and was selected by the Brisbane Lions at pick 14 in the 2017 AFLW Draft. She returned to Bond and impressed enough to be selected by the Gold Coast Suns for their inaugural 2020 season. She played nine games for the Suns and continues to be a goalscoring option for Bond.

Selected at pick 18 for the Brisbane Lions in the 2017 AFLW Draft, Ms Krystal Scott was on the Lions' list for two seasons and has been retained as a trainon player. She continues to be a valuable member of the Bull Sharks leadership group while she looks to earn a spot back on an AFLW list.

One of Queensland’s most promising young rucks, Ms Lauren Bella moved from Mackay to the Gold Coast to play at Bond before being selected by the Brisbane Lions at pick 45 in the 2018 AFLW Draft. After a year on the Lions' list she requested a trade to the Gold Coast Suns when they joined the competition and has played 16 AFLW matches.

Ms Charlotte Hammans was one of the first three signings by the Gold Coast Suns Academy as they built their inaugural list. After one season the fast outside midfielder was traded to the Carlton Blues where she has started in three AFLW games and continues to play.

Wallis Randell

Imogen Barnett

Serene Watson

Annise Bradfield

A Queensland representative basketballer as a junior, Ms Wallis Randell moved from Mackay to play for Bond University and develop her football career as a key defender. After two seasons

Ms Imogen Barnett was one of the original Bull Sharks, playing and studying at Bond during the 2015 and 2016 seasons. After completing her studies she went to play VFLW with Collingwood.

Selected by the Gold Coast Suns at pick 18 in the 2019 ALFW Draft, Ms Serene Watson has become a mainstay of the Suns defensive structure. Her clever reading of the game, classy ball use and

Having come through the junior ranks with the Southport Sharks, Ms Annise Bradfield played two seasons in the Bond midfield before being selected at pick 7 in the 2020 AFLW National Draft by

with the Bull Sharks, the Gold Coast Suns selected her with pick 61 in the 2020 AFLW National Draft and she played a total of 6 AFLW matches.

The key forward won the league leading goalkicker award which was enough for the Magpies to add her to their senior list with pick 33 at the 2021 AFLW Draft.

developing leadership have provided a calming presence throughout her 16 AFLW matches.

the Gold Coast Suns. Injury has limited her impact at AFLW level.

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