Notable Alumni

From visionary entrepreneurs to industry leaders, our alumni are among the most influential executives, policymakers and innovators in Australia and globally.

Meet the leaders who received a Melbourne Business School education.

Featuring alumni who are public figures, senior leaders of major organisations, successful founders, or distinguished academics at leading institutions.
Their journeys reflect the depth and impact of our global alumni community.

Alistair Edgar

CEO, Gymnastics Australia (2024 – Present)
CEO, Gymnastics Victoria (2023 – 2024)
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Andrew Bassat

Co-Founder, CEO (1997 – 2021) and Board Member (1997 – Present), Seek
President, St Kilda Football Club (2018 – Present)
MBA 1995

The Hon. Bill Shorten

Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Canberra (2025 – Present)
Australian Minister for NDIS and Government Services (2022 – 2025); Workplace Relations, Employment, Superannuation and Financial Services (2011 – 2013); Education (2013); Superannuation and Financial Services (2010 – 2011)
Leader, Australian Labor Party (2013 – 2019)
Australian Leader of the Opposition (2013 – 2019)
Assistant Treasurer of Australia (2010 – 2011)
Parliamentary Secretary for Bushfire Reconstruction (2009 – 2010)
Parliamentary Secretary for Disability and Children’s Services (2007 – 2010)
Member of the Australian Parliament for Maribyrnong (2007 – 2025)
National Secretary for the Australian Workers Union (2001 – 2007)
MBA 2001

Brodie Grundy

Brooke Miller

Australian Football League player for Sydney (2024 – present),
Melbourne (2023) and Collingwood (2013 – 2022)
MBA 2024

Brooke Miller

President, Asia-Pacific, Lineage (2023 – Present)
CEO, Castrol Asia-Pacific (2021 – 2023)
Board Member, Melbourne Business School (2023 – Present)
MBA 2000

Carmelita Salgado

Australia’s first woman MBA graduate
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, and Board Member, Chemical Industries of the Philippines, Inc (1976 – 2005)
Vice-President and Vice-Chairman, Board of Trustees, Philippine Foundation for Cultural and Educational Development, Inc. (Present)
Member, Board of Trustees, Treasurer, Capital Markets Development Foundation, Inc. (Present)
Professional Regulation Commission, Member & Examiner, Board of Accountancy (1975 – 1977)
Chair, Department of Accounting (1965 – 1972) and Department of Financial Management (1973 – 75), University of the Philippines
Director of Undergraduate Studies (1966 – 72), University of the Philippines
MBA 1965

Catherine Walter AM

Company Director and Lawyer
Australian Foundation Investment Company (2002 – 2023), ASX (1996 – 2006), Melbourne City Council Commissioner (1993 – 1996), Clayton Utz Melbourne Partner and Managing Partner (1986 – 1994), Export Finance Australia (2017 – current), Fed Square (2012 – 2015), Helen Macpherson Smith Trust (2014 – 2023), NAB (1995 – 2004), Orica (1998 – 2008), QIC (2000 – 2003), Reserve Bank of Australia Payments System Board (2008 – 2023), VFMC (2009 – 2019), Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (1995 – 2011)
MBA 1989

Chris Freeland AM

CEO, CPA Australia (2024 – Present)
Managing Partner, Australia and (subsequently) Asia Pacific Managing Director, Baker McKenzie (2010 – 2023)
Partner and COO, Gilbert + Tobin (2004 – 2010)
Consultant and (subsequently) General Manager Australia / New Zealand, Boston Consulting Group (1997 – 2003)
Chair, Sydney Film Festival (2010 – 2018), NSW Film & TV Advisory Committee (2015 – 2018), NSW Arts and Culture Advisory Committee (2017 – 2019)
MBA 1996

Claire Rogers

Co-founder & Non-Executive Director, Oho (2020 – Present)
Managing Partner, CEO Mastermind Advisory, Mentor List (2020 – Present)
CEO and Director, World Vision Australia (2016 – 2020)
Board Member, Australian Red Cross (2025 – Present), auDA (2024 – Present), Spiire (2023 – Present), Victorian Funds Management Corporation (2024 – Present), Melbourne Business School (2020 – Present)
MBA 1995

Grant McCabe

Managing Partner, Australia and New Zealand, Boston Consulting Group (2023 – Present)
President, Geelong Football Club (2025 – Present)
MBA 2002

Greg Baxter

Chief Digital and Transformation Officer, HP (2021 – 2025)
Chief Digital Officer, Metlife (2017 – 2021)
Global Head of Digital, Citi (2011 – 2017)
MBA 1998

John Dahlsen

Chair and Owner, J C Dahlsen (1973 – current)
Chair, Woolworths (1997 – 2001), Melbourne Business School (1996 – 2000) and Herald & Weekly Times Ltd (1986 – 1987)
Deputy Chairman, Myer Emporium Ltd (1985 – 1990)
Board Member, ANZ (1985 – 2005), Warehouse Group Ltd (NZ) (2001 – 2007), Queensland Press Limited (1983 – 1987), Advertised Newspapers Limited (1986 – 1987), HSV 7 (1980 – 1987)
Co-Founder, Chair (2002 – 2007), and Board Member (1987 – 2007), Southern Cross Broadcasting
Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth (1963 – 1993)
Founding Member, Melbourne Business School
MBA 1968

Dr John Meara

John Meara

Plastic Surgeon-in-Chief, Boston Children’s Hospital (2006 – Present)
Founder and Emeritus Director, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School (2008 – Present)
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School (2015 – Present)
Co-Chair, Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (2013 – 2015)
Senior Executive MBA 2004

Ken Roberts

Founder, Executive Chairman (2018 – Present) and CEO (1994 – 2018), Forethought
MBA 1992

Margaret Jackson AC

Margaret Jackson

First woman to chair an ASX 50 company (Qantas, 2000 – 2007)
First woman board member at BHP (1994 – 2000)
First woman to make partner at BDO (1983 – 1989) and KPMG Australia (1990 – 1993)
Chair, Transport Accident Commission (1992 – 2000)
Board Member, Billabong International (2000 – 2011), Qantas (1991 – 2000), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2016 – 2025), ANZ Bank (1994 – 2009) and BHP (1994 – 2000)
MBA 1983

Roger Gray

CEO, Port of Auckland (2022 – Present), Lyttleton Port Company (2020 – 2022)
Group General Manager, Airports (2016 – 2020), and Group General Manager, Business Performance (2013 – 2016), Air New Zealand
Board Member, NZ Post (2024 – Present)
Retired Lieutenant Colonel, Australian Army
MBA 2000

The Hon. Rosemary Balmford AM (1933 – 2017)

Rosemary Balmford
Image credit: Supreme Court of Victoria

The first woman appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria (1996 – 2003)
The first woman lecturer at the University of Melbourne’s Melbourne Law School (1957)
Ornithologist and author of several books about Australian birds
MBA 1971

Stuart Gregor

Stuart Gregor | Melbourne Business School
Image credit: Liquid Ideas

Co‑Founder & Trade Director (2013–2023), Four Pillars Gin
CEO, Lark Distilling (2026–Present)
President, Australian Distillers Association (2014–2022)
Founder & Advisor, Liquid Ideas (2000–Present)
Australian Distillers Hall of Fame (2023)
Master of Marketing, 2000