Meet the faculty

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  • Albie Brooks

    Business Acumen for Entrepreneurs
    Associate Professor Albie Brooks is a teaching specialist within the Department of Accounting.  He is a passionate educator, whose most recent work relates to the development of simulation-based learning tools to enhance engagement in the classroom and the learning experience for students.

  • Gergely Nyilasy

    Create Your Own Enterprise (Part 1)
    Dr Greg Nyilasy is the Doctoral Program in Marketing Director. He is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the Department of Management and Marketing and Fellow of the Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship at Ormond College.

  • Kwanghui Lim

    Create Your Own Enterprise (Part 2)
    With a career in management consulting turned academic and a strong philosophy on the importance of practical experience, Kwanghui Lim is well accustomed to the demands of modern innovation, and is committed to passing on his expertise to the next generation of creators, doers and makers.

  • Colin McLeod

    Creating a Successful Business Model
    Managing Growth and Pathways to Market
    Professor Colin McLeod is the Executive Director of the Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre (MEC). He has a long-term interest in innovation and entrepreneurship, both as an academic and as a founder, investor and board member of several successful start-ups.

  • Mond Qu

    Design Thinking
    Mond Qu, a passionate designer and businessman, was in the first cohort of the Master of Entrepreneurship. During the degree, Mond launched his second business and he has been invited to teach at universities in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok and London.

  • Paige Talbot

    Design Thinking
    Paige Talbot has been in the Innovation game for 7+ years as a teacher and practitioner of Design Thinking methodologies. Driven by understanding the complexities of human needs, her experience spans across multiple industries and markets. Paige has a passion for challenges that include innovation pipeline development, customer segmentation, consumer insight development, and employee capability training.

  • Robert Leach

    Entrepreneur Within
    Robert Leach has been a passionate educator for almost 30 years and has taught both secondary and tertiary students. He is the Vice Master of Ormond College and volunteers as a Mentor with Leadership Victoria.

  • Emma Power

    Entrepreneurial Organisation Foundations
    Emma is an experienced corporate HR consultant with a passion for leadership development. In recent years she has set her sights on developing the next generation of leaders at the tertiary level, focusing on how organisations drive value through their people.

  • Georgia McDonald

    Foundations of Entrepreneurship Practice
    Georgia McDonald is part of the Wade Institute Executive, implementing strategic development, building relationships across the startup ecosystem and working with aspiring entrepreneurs.

  • Joeri Mol

    Foundations of Entrepreneurship Practice
    Dr Joeri Mol is Program Director for the Master of Entrepreneurship. His research interests include Strategic Management and Social Network Analysis. He has previously received an Outstanding Lecturer Award from the Faculty.

  • Andrew Rowse

    Garage Project
    Andrew Rowse completed the Master of Entrepreneurship in 2017 and is now the Program Manager at TRaM (Translating Research at Melbourne) providing support to researchers through the research commercialisation journey.

  • Katelynn Sharratt

    Garage Project
    Project Development Manager at Wade Institute, Katelynn Sharratt grew up in California and has pursued professional and learning experiences in startup, university, and corporate environments across the United States, France, Italy, and Australia.