Speakers
Wayne Andrews
Chief Financial Officer, The University of Sydney, AU
Wayne is the University of Sydney’s Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since March, 2016. His focus at the University is aligning its financial plan, risk management, capital, investment, funding strategy and systems, with the scale and ambition embedded in the University’s Strategic Plan.
Leveraging a career spent at the cutting edge of technology Wayne also founded the Automation and Innovation hub in 2018, elevating University services and control with 450 strong AI enabled digital workers or Bots. Prior to this role, Wayne was the Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operating Officer for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC/now DXC), Australia. On joining CSC in 2012, he led significant organisational reform programs that delivered and enhanced the customer value proposition and shareholder returns.
While at DXC, his responsibilities spanned leadership in strategic planning, capital structure and M&A culminating in the disposal of non-core assets and acquisition of publicly listed UXC, to establish DXC as the most profitable and largest IT services company in Australia.
Formerly Asia Pacific Vice President of Finance for both Oracle Corporation and Brinks Security, Wayne has more than 25 years of international experience leading sales, strategy, finance and operations across a range of diverse sectors including technology, transport, security, maritime, Investment and health. Wayne holds a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, a Bachelor of Business from UTS, is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a Fellow of the Australian Society of CPAs
Jonathan Barnhardt
Director, Research Advisory Services, EAB International, US
Jon Barnhart joined EAB in 2012 as a Research Associate, where he worked across the higher education membership forums conducting short-term research projects. Jon helped to launch the University Research Forum in the summer of 2015, and has led research projects for the forum on industry partnerships, international engagements, foreign interference, and research growth strategy.
Prior to joining EAB, Jon worked for several political consulting and fundraising groups around Washington DC.
He currently resides in Orange County, California.
Nadine Burquel
Director General, HUMANE, BE
Nadine is the Director General of HUMANE. She works closely with the Chair and the governing bodies on HUMANE’s strategic developments. She manages the HUMANE Office to offer the membership an attractive portfolio of professional development and networking activities. She has been involved with HUMANE since its foundation in the mid-nineties, until December 2022 as Executive Director of the three residential schools (the Barcelona Winter School, the Berlin Summer School and the Asia School).
Nadine has extensive director level experience, having worked with multiple international non-profit organisations, university networks and international boards. She has wide knowledge of leadership, governance and management in higher education institutions, and the global trends in the higher education sector. As EFMD Director of Business School Services she was responsible for a wide portfolio of large global events and communities of practices, interacting with business schools and universities in the wider Europe, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, the Gulf, as well as North and South America. More recently in Maastricht University she was strategic adviser to the leadership of the School of Business and Economics, advising on international accreditation, the internationalisation strategy, and delivering societal impact.
She has significant experience with EU (higher) education policy and programmes since the early days of the Erasmus programme. She has a strong track record of EU projects, leading large EU-funded European university networks and providing technical assistance to the European Commission. She is high level EU policy expert, working at system level in Brussels and beyond, carrying out capacity building and evaluations of EU interventions, having worked with EU Delegations in many countries.
Will Chicken
Director of Professional Services, University of Edinburgh Business School, UK
Will joined the University of Edinburgh Business School in 2016, initially as Head of Operations before moving into the role of Director of Professional Services. In his current position, Will is part of the School Executive and takes a leading role in the strategy, organisation and management of the School.
Prior to joining the School, Will worked as Head of Operations for Sky where he gained significant experience in leading large scale customer operations.
Before moving into operations, Will worked in a number of different HR roles both at Sky and previously EDF Energy where he developed his interest in organisational development and talent management.
Raphael Costambeys-Kempczynski
Director Education hub at the Learning Planet Institute, FR
Dr. Raphael Costambeys-Kempczynski is a specialist in Cultural & Media Studies.
An entrepreneur, journalist and teacher-researcher, he created his first company at the age of 16, has held senior management positions in various higher education institutions for over 15 years, and runs a bilingual Master’s degree in Journalism at the Sorbonne Nouvelle.
Raphael led the construction of the Sorbonne Nouvelle campus at Place de la Nation, Paris, and wrote the Greater Paris policy roadmap to improve the quality of student life and, from 2015 to 2021, directed the Festival of Ideas Paris.
Nicole Gower
Vice-President Operations, The University of Sydney, AU
An experienced senior executive with specialisation in Corporate Services, People & Culture, Organisational Transformation, Sales & Marketing and Technology.
A strong track record in building engaged and service-focussed teams with strong focus on CX.
Known as a down-to-earth, persuasive leader and a passionate advocate for equity and inclusive culture.
Industry expertise in Higher Education, Financial Services and Professional Services with a complementary portfolio of non-Executive Director appointments, including one of Australia’s largest and most celebrated superannuation funds.