This is a list of University of Technology Sydney people, including notable alumni and staff.
Notable alumni
Academia Martin Bean – former vice-chancellor at the Open University and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Anthony D. Burke – Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of New South Wales Judith Beveridge – Australian poet and research supervisor at the University of Sydney John Croucher – Australian statistician and Professor of Management at Macquarie University Rosalyn Diprose – Emeritus Professor of philosophy at the University of New South Wales Hatice Gunes – Professor of Affective Intelligence and Robotics at the University of Cambridge Margaret Simons – Associate Professor of journalism at Monash University Sender Dovchin – Research Professor and Dean of International at Curtin University Architecture Jeremy Edmiston – Australian architect Penelope Seidler – Australian architect
Business
Joanne Gorton - CEO of Deloitte Australia Robin Khuda - billionaire founder of AirTrunk Richard White - billionaire founder of WiseTech Global Daniel Hendler - deputy managing director of Meriton Group and grandson of Harry Triguboff
Peter Agnew – deputy chair of Surf Life Saving Australia Russell Balding – former managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Andre Soelistyo - CEO and co-founder of GoTo and Gojek Nina Blackwell – former senior director at Yahoo! and press secretary to former U.S. senator Hillary Clinton Kate Burleigh – managing director of Intel in Australia and New Zealand Maile Carnegie – group executive of ANZ Banking Group (ANZ) retail division and former managing director of Google Australia Neil Chatfield – former chairman of Virgin Australia and former non-executive director at Transurban Cristina Pieta Cifuentes – Economist and former board member of the Australian Energy Regulator Rob Coombe – Chairman of Colonial First State and former chairman of MLC Limited Cathryn Cox – Executive Director of Health System Planning and Investment, NSW Ministry of Health Larry Diamond – Founder & CEO of Zip Co Jacqui Feeney – managing director of Fox International Channels (Australia and New Zealand) Mark Fitzgibbon – CEO and managing director of nib Health Funds Sean Gordon (Bachelor of Education in Adult Education, 2000; 2016 UTS Faculty of the Arts and Social Sciences Alumni Award Recipient) – managing director and owner of Gidgee Group, an Indigenous-owned and -managed consultancy; also co-convenor of the Liberals for Yes group, and member of the First Nations Referendum Working Group for the 2023 Australian referendum Todd Greenberg – CEO of the National Rugby League Rachel Grimes – former CFO (Technology) of Westpac Kristanti MBA – Canadian CEO/CFO (UTS Alumni 1996). Former Finance Manager at Energizer Battery (Eveready/ Union Carbide/ Ralston Purina) Vanessa Hudson – CEO of Qantas Frances Hughes – former CEO of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Ben Kennedy – Founder & CEO of Gecko George Koukis – founder and former chairman of Temenos AG Simon Kubica – Co-founder and CEO of Index, Y Combinator-backed software company Ido Leffler – Israeli-Australian entrepreneur Geoff Lloyd – former CEO of MLC Limited Graeme Mason – CEO of Screen Australia Kim McKay – CEO of Australian Museum Bettina McMahon – Executive General Manager, Government and Industry Collaboration and Adoption, Australian Digital Health Agency David Murray – former CEO of the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) Warwick Negus – Non-executive director at Dexus and former managing director at Goldman Sachs Gregory Poche – founder and former chairman of StarTrack George Savvides – former managing director of Medibank Nicky Sparshott – CEO of Unilever Australia and New Zealand Vivian Wong – Group Vice President (Higher Educations Technologies) of Oracle Corporation Jim White – Senior Vice President (Human Resources) of Paramount Pictures
Government Politicians Premiers of New South Wales Morris Iemma – former Premier of New South Wales (2005–2008)
Federal politicians Ash Ambihaipahar – Member of the House of Representatives for Barton, representing the Australian Labor Party Nicolette Boele – Member of the House of Representatives for Bradfield, unaffiliated with a party Tanya Plibersek – Member of the House of Representatives for Sydney, representing the Australian Labor Party and former Deputy Leader of the Opposition Roger Price – Former member of the House of Representatives for Chifley, representing the Australian Labor Party Susan Templeman – Member of the House of Representatives for Macquarie, representing the Australian Labor Party Matt Thistlethwaite – Member of the House of Representatives for Kingsford Smith, representing the Australian Labor Party
Australian state and territory politicians Bryan Doyle – Australian politician Matt Kean – Australian politician Wendy Machin – former Australian politician Natasha Maclaren-Jones – Australian politician Daniel Mookhey – Australian politician Marjorie O'Neill – Australian politician Anthony Roberts – Australian Politician John Robertson – former Leader of the Labor Party in New South Wales Henry Tsang – former Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney
International politicians He Rong – Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China Sekai Holland – Zimbabwean senator Gibran Rakabuming Raka – Vice President of Indonesia, previous Mayor of Solo in Indonesia Shawn Atleo – former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in Canada
Public servants Michael Coutts-Trotter – director general of the NSW Department of Family and Community Services
Humanities Arts Charlotte Best – Australian actress and model Natasha Liu Bordizzo – Australian actress and model Anh Do – Vietnamese-born Australian actor, author and comedian Genevieve Clay-Smith – Australian filmmaker Hugh Jackman – Australian actor, singer and producer Sophie Lee – Australian actor and author Yiying Lu – Chinese-born graphic designer and artist Alyssa McClelland – Australian director and actress James Millar – Australian actor Zoe Naylor – Australian actress Amanda Palmer – film executive Chris Plummer – New Zealand film editor Chris Taylor – Australian performer and comedian Rachel Ward – Australian actress and film director Emma Watkins – Australian actress and The Wiggles member Allanah Zitserman – Australian film producer
History Jeannine Baker – historian and research fellow at Macquarie University
Journalism David Astle – Australian author, broadcaster and columnist Jayne Azzopardi – Australian television presenter for Weekend Today & Nine News Brooke Boney – Entertainment reporter at Nine Network's Today show Kathryn Eisman – Australian fashion and lifestyle television journalist, author and former model Jan Fran – Australian journalist Lynda Kinkade – Australian journalist and anchor at CNN Sonia Kruger – television presenter Joel Labi – news anchor and producer Caroline Meldrum-Hanna – Australian journalist Timothy Palmer – Australian journalist at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Lara Pitt – Australian television presenter and sports journalist Georgia Rickard – Australian travel journalist
Literature, writing and poetry Anna Funder – Australian writer and winner of the Miles Franklin Award Nikki Gemmell – Australian writer Kate Grenville – Australian author Yvette Holt – Australian poet Janine Shepherd – Australian author
Law Elizabeth Broderick – Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner (2007–2015) Margaret Cunneen – deputy senior crown prosecutor of New South Wales Kate Eastman AM SC – Law Reform Commissioner with the New South Wales Law Reform Commission Tricia Kavanagh – former Justice of the NSW Industrial Court and Deputy President of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission Jane Needham – Judge, Federal Court of Australia Sandy Street - former Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia
Sciences Sarah Benson – Chief forensic scientist at the Australian Federal Police Jordan Nguyen – Bio-medical engineer, inventor, and futurist Lily Serna – Australian mathematician and television presenter Vanessa Peterson – Australian chemist at ANSTO.
Sport John Allen – teacher, rugby player and cricketer Lachie Anderson – rugby union player Jo Brigden-Jones – Australian kayaker Bart Bunting – former Australian skier, Salt Lake City Paralympic gold medalist James Chapman – former Australian rower, London Olympic silver medalist Pat Cummins – Australian cricketer Nina Curtis – Australian sailor, London Olympic silver medalist for sailing Claudia Gunjaca – Australian rules football player Alyssa Healy – Australian cricketer Katie Kelly – Australian paratriathlete, Rio Olympic gold medalist Boyd Killingworth – rugby union player Adrienne Marie – former Australian volleyball player Alexander Purnell – Australian rower, Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Hayder Shkara – former Australian taekwondo athlete Danielle Small – former Australian soccer player Lucinda Whitty – Australian sailor, London Olympic silver medalist Gavin Woods – former Australian water polo player
Other Mervyn Bishop – Australian photographer
Notable staff Debra Adelaide – Australian novelist, writer and academic Philip A. Gale – British supramolecular chemist Stan Grant – Australian journalist Nick Kaldas – Deputy commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force Michael Keane – American economist Antony Kidman – Australian psychologist and academic Rosetta Martiniello-Wilks – Australian cancer researcher Ann Moyal – Australia historian Jim Peacock – Australian molecular biologist Göran Roos – Swedish academic and businessman Louise Ryan – Australian biostatistician Rosie Scott – Australian and New Zealand novelist Margaret Trask – Australian librarian Helen Vatsikopoulos – Australian journalist Cynthia Whitchurch – Australian microbiologist Mary-Anne Williams – Australian scientist Steve Wozniak – American electronics engineer and entrepreneur
Administration
Chancellors Order Chancellor Years Notes 1 RN Johnson 1989–1999 2 Sir Gerard Brennan 1999–2005 3 Vicki Sara 2005–2016 4Brian Wilson2016 5 Catherine Livingstone 2016–present
Vice-Chancellors Order Vice-Chancellor Years Notes 1 RD Guthrie 1988–1996 2 AJD Blake 1996–2002 3 RE Milbourne 2002–2014 4 Attila Brungs 2014–2021 5 Andrew Parfitt 2021–present
References
External links UTS Alumni Association