MBA8006 Business environment insights University of Southern Queensland Master of Business Administration

Our guest for this episode is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Member of the Association for Information Systems and a Member of the Australian Computer Society. Professor Mark Toleman is the University Secretary at the University of Southern Queensland and a Professor of Information Systems in the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts.

Our guest for this episode began her career in accountancy before moving onto practice management and eventually an executive director role. Amanda Kenafake sits on the boards of Food Leaders Australia, the Lachlan Hughes Foundation and our very own Student Guild as a graduate of USQ.

Amanda is currently the CEO and Executive Director of Power Tynan, a professional service firm based in Toowoomba with offices in Stanthorpe, Roma and Brisbane.

Our guest for this episode has had a diverse career moving through the manufacturing, construction, and aviation industries. Apart from the wide range of senior positions he has held in those sectors, Phil Gregory has also held board positions on the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce, Southern Queensland Country Tourism, and Jondaryan Woolshed. Phil currently serves on the board of Ability Enterprises.

He has recently made the move from the private sector to the public sector starting a new position as the Director of Projects, Property & Planning for the Darling Downs Hospital & Health Service. Phil provides leadership for health infrastructure planning and construction across the Darling Downs and South Burnett regions of Queensland.

Our guest for this episode is focused on understanding areas of improvement through the analysis of data and qualitative insights, consulting broadly, developing innovative solutions, and driving transformation to enhance outcomes.

With broad experience across Government, Education, Transport, Tourism and the Services sectors Brandon Archbell is perfectly suited to his role as the Queensland Education Lead at KPMG.

In this role Brandon partners with organisations and government to solve varied challenges in the early childhood, school, vocational education and university sub-sectors.

Our guest for this episode has been in the financial services industry in both Professional services and the Commercial sector for close to forty-five years. He has been involved with all types of organisations from listed companies to start-ups and family-operated concerns.

Paul Hilton is currently the director of Power Tynan, a professional service firm based in Toowoomba with offices in Stanthorpe, Roma and Brisbane. He also chairs the Withcott Group, Australia’s largest fruit and vegetable seedling grower, and Walker Wayland Australasia, an Association of twenty-five professional service firms in Australia and New Zealand.