Business School
Upcoming alumni events
Regular event programs
Breakfast By the Bay
Hosted by Phillip Dolan, Dean of the Business School this professional breakfast seminar series is held in association with The University Club. Guests speakers from business, government, sporting and non-profit backgrounds present on broad topics of interest.
Panorama Seminar Series
These workshops provide excellent scope for networking with fellow students and alumni while gaining extra skills and knowledge. All sessions are held in the Wesfarmers Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, Business School.
A View from the Top
A new Business School initiative, this event series is conducted in a conversation style with an invited guest representing the top of their profession. This format provides audiences with an up close and personal experience with each invited guest.
Alcoa Visiting Professor public lectures
Public lectures are promoted in conjunction with the Alcoa Visiting Professor program. The aim of the program is to invite two to three Professors to visit the Business School annually. Each Professor shares their knowledge and expertise with academics, the business community and the general public.
Alumni news
Mon, 20 Feb 2012
GMA elects new president, vice-president
The Graduate Management Association(GMA) is readying itself for an exciting year ahead with the election of a new president and vice-president.
Thomas Murrell, UWA MBA graduate and CEO of 8M Media and Communications, was elected President of the GMA, with Tracy Deveugle-Frink, a fellow UWA MBA graduate and Senior Consultant with Ernst& Young, elected as Vice-President.
A golden‘Nugget’ from UWA’s history
UWA Business School
Herbert Cole‘Nugget'Coombs is a golden example of an Economics graduate.
Nugget, who gained a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from The University of Western Australia, not only became the first Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, but also led a full life as a rural teacher, student, economist, Aboriginal rights activist, Chancellor of the Australian National University, Governor of the Commonwealth Bank and adviser to prime ministers from Ben Chifley through to Gough Whitlam.
UWA Business School Welcomes demèter wealth management to Corporate Circle
TheUniversity of Western Australia Business Schoolis delighted to announce demèter wealth management (dwm) as the newest member of its Silver Corporate Circle.
The partnership was formalised in an agreement signed on 22 December 2010 between Acting Dean of the Business School, Winthrop Professor Izan, and Ms Geraldine Scott, Principal of demèter wealth management.