Our people
Long term academic leadership of the Centre will be vested in the position of the Helen Macpherson Smith Chair of Leadership for Social Impact.
Many of the School's faculty collaborate on Centre projects. They bring to the Centre an enormous range of capabilities and experiences. The following faculty have a commitment to the vision and goals of the Centre. To find out more about individual faculty, click on their name.
![]() | Professor Ian Williamson Professor Ian Williamson was selected from an international field of candidates to head the Asia-Pacific Centre for Leadership for Social Impact. Starting February 2010, Professor Williamson will hold the centre's Helen Macpherson Smith Chair of Leadership for Social Impact. This is the first position of its kind at the University of Melbourne and one of a few only in the world. Ian has had a longstanding personal and professional interest in the not-for-profit sector. His work in recent years with organisations such as the Koorie Business Network has given him insight into the challenges that organizations grapple with in establishing social enterprises and encouraging diversity in employment practices. Extensive work with the business community provides him with a strong platform to broker and develop cross-sector partnerships and collaborations and as a result of his contributions to the school's executive education leadership program, he has the expertise to work across sectors with students and faculty to promote and support leadership for social impact. Ian joined MBS in July 2006 as associate professor, and has since been active in teaching, researching and consulting on the international stage. |
![]() | Liz Gillies |
![]() | Kerrie Firth Executive Assistant to Dr Ian Williamson and point of contact for the centre. |
| Jill Klein Jill Klein's teaching specialties are Decision-Making, Social Competence, Marketing Management, Consumer Behavior, Advertising/Marketing Communications and Marketing Research. Her research interests are consumer boycotts, corporate social responsibility, and international marketing, including the effects of international hostility on consumer perceptions of foreign products. She has had articles published in the Journal of Marketing, Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Management Science, the Journal of International Business Studies and the British Medical Journal. |
Robert Burke Dr Robert Burke discusses why it makes good sense for businesses to pursue their sustainability strategies in the current economic climate. |
| Clarence Da Gama Pinto |
Carol Gill |
| Amanda Sinclair Amanda Sinclair is an academic, consultant and researcher with particular expertise in the areas of leadership and ethics, organisational culture and change, gender and diversity. |
| Jody Evans Jody has consulting and executive development experience in the retail sector and has worked with client organisations in the UK and Australia. Among the kinds of projects she leads are market research, strategic reviews and management development seminars and workshops. Before joining MBS, Jody was Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Retailing and Marketing at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School. She has also worked at the Australian Centre for Retail Studies, where she was involved in a range of research and consulting projects for leading retailers in the Asia-Pacific region. |




