Dr Neil Barns
Independent Chair and Director
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Board of Directors
Executive Leadership Team
Amin Soleimani (CA)
Chief Executive Officer
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Dr Farhad Mehdipour
Deputy Chief Executive - Academic Delivery & Research
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Mitchell Grant
Deputy Chief Executive - Operations
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Kanika Hans
Head of IT & Technology Solutions
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Lisa Prinsloo
Head of People & Culture
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Quality and Innovation
Dr Simon Kitson
Learning and Teaching Projects Lead
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Adam Parkinson
Compliance & Assurance Lead and Learner Advocate (Te Kaihāpai)
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Ade Niyamae
Instructional Designer
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Dr Wikus Erasmus
Head of Department - Applied Management and Information Technology
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Krish Naidu
Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Programme Manager
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Yury Zhukov
Senior Lecturer and Postgraduate Programme Manager
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Bing Dai
Principal Lecturer
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Dr Edwin Rajah
Principal Lecturer
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Dr Indrapriya Kularatne
Principal Lecturer
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Dr Lorraine Skelton
Principal Lecturer
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Dr Olufemi Omisakin
Principal Lecturer
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Dr Jimmy Sun
Senior Lecturer
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Dr Philip Cass
Senior Lecturer
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Dr Sharan Singh
Senior Lecturer
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Rajeev Chawla
Senior Lecturer
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Arjan VanderBoon
Lecturer
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Bohan Fan
Lecturer
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Chintan Patel
Lecturer
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Dr Hoda Hassani
Lecturer
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Dr Nishika Jayasinghe
Lecturer
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Dr Shikha Shethia
Lecturer
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Dr Yeshika Somarathna
Lecturer
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Jason Jin
Lecturer
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Jayani Dissanayake
Lecturer
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Marianne Oru
Lecturer
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Nisha Tharan
Teaching Fellow
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Soheila Mohammadyari
Teaching Fellow
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Thang Nguyen
Teaching Fellow
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Dr Adrian Liew
Sessional Lecturer
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Dr Ibrahim Khudir
Sessional Lecturer
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Dr Sean Quifors
Sessional Lecturer
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Dr Varun Bhardwaj
Sessional Lecturer
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Dr Zagross Hadadian
Sessional Lecturer
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Priscy Dissanayake
Sessional Lecturer
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Steve Barnett
Sessional Lecturer
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Seema Chawla
Head of Department - Construction
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Dr Srividya Krishnamoorthy
Senior Lecturer and Programme Manager
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Dr Omer Altaf
Principal Lecturer
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Dr Priyanka Raina
Senior Lecturer
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Firas Almughrabi
Senior Lecturer
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Chinthaka Atapattu
Lecturer
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Kajavathani Panchalingam
Lecturer
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Kavinda Yasith
Lecturer
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Sabrina Arklie
Lecturer
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Syed Iqbal
Lecturer
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Wajhat Ali
Lecturer
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Harshini Mallawaarachchi
Teaching Fellow
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Noushin Naraghi
Teaching Fellow
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Nishadi Sooriyamudalige
Sessional Lecturer
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Saranga Weerawardana
Sessional Lecturer
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Elrasheid Elkhidir
Sessional Lecturer
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April Aryal
Sessional Lecturer
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Barry Quinico
Teaching Assistant
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Dr Wikus Erasmus
Head of Department - Applied Management and Information Technology
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Dr Naz Ebrahimi
Postgraduate Programme Manager
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Dr Sonia Gul
Postgraduate Programme Manager
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Dr Waruni Hewage
Senior Lecturer & Programme Manager
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Dr Asanthika Imbulpitiya
Senior Lecturer
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Dr Senaka Amarakeerthi
Senior Lecturer
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Kathiravelu Ganeshan
Senior Lecturer
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Udara Samaratunge
Teaching Fellow
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Chamari Kithulgoda
Sessional Lecturer
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Dr Barry Dowdeswell
Sessional Lecturer
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Dr Hooman Zarreh
Sessional Lecturer
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Dr Mohsen Pashna
Sessional Lecturer
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Phonis Ye
Sessional Lecturer
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Tariq Khan
Sessional Lecturer
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Vicky Ngo
Sessional Lecturer
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Academic Services
Employability
Finance and Registry
Albbe Luo (CPA)
Finance and Registry Manager
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Andrea Soares
Admissions Lead and Latin American Market Manager
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Tian Xia
Registrar & Data Analyst
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Nukes Quintana
Academic Registrar
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Yi Wang
Admissions and Enrolment Specialist
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Amy Matsuo
Admissions and Enrolment Specialist
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Atek Ullah
Enrolment Specialist
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Jason Li
Junior Finance Analyst
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Jesan Thaker
Sales Director
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Arlo Ramos
International Market Manager
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Raminder Kaur
International Market Manager – Indian Sub-Continent
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Chenyang Yu
International Marketing Specialist - China
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Sudarshan Shukla
International Marketing Administrator
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Flora Dong
International Market Manager, China
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Learning Support
Amelia Funaki
Learning Support Advisor
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Shannon Leigh Wolfaardt
Learning Support Specialist
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Meenudie Silva
Learning Support Coordinator
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Lynnette Northey-Bossert
Senior Student Success Advisor
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Sue Park
Senior Student Success Advisor
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Roxanne Bihag
AIC Student Representative
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Sangya Sapkota
Podcast Host – What’s UP AIC
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