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CEO, Australia China Business Council, Queensland Branch
Master of Communication and Media Studies
"Wen is the first Chinese national to hold the CEO position at the Australia China Business Council. Her professional experience spans a variety of industry sectors, both in Australia and China. Her keen interest to advance bilateral relations and connect businesses has seen her make a positive impact in the Australian and Chinese business communities."
Engineering Project Manager, Arup
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts
"Because of the Engineering and the Arts degree, I had this crazily wide set of possibilities available to me. In my mind, I was set on being an engineer, but I could have gone off and been a diplomat, or a translator, or an academic, or a politician. I could have been anything. I remember sitting there thinking how many options there were available to me."
News Corp national political editor
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
"Annika’s revelations about then Health Minister Sussan Ley’s Gold Coast travel demonstrated quality tabloid journalism at its best and most effective. Her dogged pursuit of the story resulted in a Cabinet minister resigning and the Prime Minister ordering a sweeping overhaul of the parliamentary entitlements system."
CEO Richmond Football Club
Master of Arts
"After retiring from professional football, Brendan practised law with commercial law, before being appointed CEO of the AFL Players Association. In 2009, he became chief executive of the Richmond Football Club, heading a team of more than 150 people."
Independent director, United Nations Association of Australia
Bachelor of Arts
"Diplomacy is negotiating and getting your message across and doing that in a way that your audience can understand and appreciate. It's providing that information in a manner that your audience would accept.""
Head of Social, Creative, Campaigns & Brand, Tourism, Sponsorships, Integrated Campaigns with DCT, Abu Dhabi.
"A lot of people think the skills that you gain are all from hands-on experiences, but without the foundations I learned in my studies at Monash I would have been lost! To this day, I use the skills from my video editing classes in Video Journalism and my legal knowledge from Journalism and the Law."
Head of Creative and Production, Carlton & United Breweries
"Connecting myself in Monash’s ecosystem showed me firsthand how taking an empathetic view of all angles of life will increase happiness and understanding of people. I believe the more well-rounded one can become, the more one will be able to achieve. "
Digital Propositions Lead, Royal Bank of Scotland
"The creativity and analytical thinking that you get from an Arts degree cannot be underestimated. These are the type of skills I use in my own work day-to-day. It has also set me apart from others in the industry, as my undergrad is a little bit different to other people who are going for marketing jobs."
Musician
Bachelor of Music
"One of the most important things I got out of my degree was the connections. The reason to complete a top-level course like the Bachelor of Music at Monash is that it is where you will meet truly great student musicians. It is very valuable to be in the same classrooms, talking about music, and exchanging records and tips with the elite of the Melbourne music student community."
National CEO, Australia-China Business Council (Victoria)
Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts
"Helen Sawczak is National CEO of the Australia China Business Council, the premier business organisation in Australia dedicated to promoting and developing two-way trade and investment and economic cooperation with the People’s Republic of China."
Forensic Senior Consultant, KPMG Australia
"When I originally applied for KPMG, I didn’t think I would be a preferred candidate as I didn’t have a qualification in finance or accounting. However, it turned out that this was a very outdated way of thinking about the business. Instead, I’ve been able to provide a different perspective which is considered very valuable."
Senior Economist, Deloitte Australia
Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts
"An understanding of politics and international relations has been vital for my career. Particularly when the last three or four years have been characterised by some pretty interesting geopolitical times, which really feeds into what we do as economists."
