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Emeritus Professor John Loxton holds a BSc (Honours) and MSc (by thesis) from the University of Melbourne, a PhD from Cambridge University. He worked as a mathematician at the University of New South Wales and Macquarie University from 1973-1991. He was Vice-President (Chair) of the Academic Senate at Macquarie University from 1991-1994. He also holds a Graduate Diploma of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales. He served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at Macquarie University from 1996-2006 and at the University of Western Sydney from 2007-2008, with responsibilities for strategic development of academic activities in teaching and learning, quality assurance in teaching and learning, internationalisation and partnerships. He continued as Senior Academic Adviser at Western Sydney University until 2019, working on professional accreditations and curriculum development in the School of Science and Health.
Professor Loxton was a Founding Director and Chair of the Academic Board of the Australian Institute of Business and Management in Sydney (trading as King’s Own Institute) from 2008-2023. He has been a Director and Chair of the Academic Board of the International College of Management, Sydney, since 2015. He was the Founding Dean of Nan Tien Institute in Wollongong from 2011-2014 and served as the President from 2015-2016.
Since 2017, he has been the Chair of the Chairs of Academic Boards Forum, an organisation which represents the independent higher education sector with a focus on academic governance. He has been a member of the Steering Committee of the Forum since 2015. He has prepared and presented reports on external reviews, benchmarking, performance indicators and retention. He has presented reports on surveys of members’ experience with registration and re-registration and assessment of academic risk.
He has conducted several reviews of governance in independent higher education institutes since 2016. From 2008-2011, he chaired assessment panels reviewing registration and accreditation applications for the NSW Department of Education and Training in its capacity as the regulator of the private higher education sector in NSW. He has been the Editor of the Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society since 2014 and Chair of the Editors’ Committee for the Society since 2021.
Competent, educated and dynamic are traits that well describe the efficiency of Mr. Chandra Sundaresan, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director of the Business School (TBS) that has its principal campus located in Campsie, NSW, with branches in Evans Head and Canberra and extends offshore to China as well. Chandra brings with him a wealth of experience spanning over two decades in the field of Information Technology and Learning and Development in the education industry, with over 19 years of focused experience in Vocational and Higher Education sectors at senior management level. His areas of expertise encompass operations, delivery, marketing, training, quality assurance, policy writing, governance, and compliance support with a strong knowledge of the Australian Qualification Framework, National Code, ESOS, ASQA & TEQSA regulations. He holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science & a Bachelor’s degree with Distinction in Information Technology majoring in software engineering. He is also a certified trainer & assessor.
As a CEO, Chandra will be managing and overseeing the entire operations of The Business School, both onshore and offshore for the VET and ELICOS sectors. Some of these would include marketing, student recruitment, IT, admissions, student support departments as well as coordinating with the Director of Studies and the Academic Manager to ensure competency and quality are maintained across academics. Chandra’s skill lies in establishing clear policies and goals, meeting regulatory and accrediting bodies’ requirements, building relationships with partner institutions and industries which will ensure TBS reaches and maintains a high level of compliance. An extensive track record of success in quick succession, saw Chandra begin his career in 2000 teaching IT at universities to both undergraduate and post-graduate students. From there in 2005, he transitioned into management where he successfully served as a director of studies, academic director, deputy principal, managing director and marketing director for various institutes and universities. Chandra successfully managed a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) in Brisbane in 2013 under the ASQA regulations and he also established a new RTO in 2014 with approval to deliver courses onshore and offshore (Malaysia, Philippines and China). Along with this, he has been actively engaging in various professional development programs in these dual sectors.
Chandra has joined The Business School after serving as Vice President (Student Affairs) at King’s Own Institute (KOI), Sydney. Several key departments within the institute inclusive of Admissions, Student Support Services, Student Experience, Engagement and Counselling, Information Technology and Data Analysis fell under his purview. He has served on many committees and Boards, assisted the CEO and President in maintaining strong and effective relationships with partner institutions and industries and on numerable occasions was the 21C. His software engineering expertise and networks in the education industry has led him to represent his employer organisations on several national and international platforms and benchmarking projects.
Chandra intends to extend his services in the vocational and higher educational sector while his vision encompasses bringing a seamless pathway between competency based and academic learning in the realm of international education. He intends to delve further into the market for domestic students’ whom he intends to equip with staffing needs demanded by the local communities and industries, while adding a flavourful blend of international student mix to the dynamic of TBS resulting in the best diverse internationalisation of education, thus creating a milestone in Australian education.
Dr Lisa Coraline Milne holds undergraduates degrees and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Newcastle. She has a Master of Counselling from the Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors. She is a Senior Fellow of Advance HE, which recognises experienced higher education professionals, who demonstrate a sustained, effective record of teaching and learning leadership and extensive expertise in supporting high-quality student learning, mentoring colleagues and in influencing educational policy.
Lisa began her academic career as a health Sociologist and lecturer at the University of Newcastle in 2003, before moving into learning and teaching focused roles. She has since held many positions as a research fellow in learning and teaching and as academic developer at a range of institutions, including Victoria University, Southern Cross University, Deakin University, the University of Wollongong and the University of Western Sydney.
Since 2007, Dr Milne has held learning and teaching leadership positions. At Victoria University she had roles as director of the Post Compulsory Education Centre, Portfolio Leader (learning and teaching research and development) and the senior program coordinator for Work Integrated Learning. At Deakin University, the University of Wollongong and the University of Western Sydney she continued to specialise in Work Integrated learning, by leading university wide communities of practice and leading curriculum development and approval teams and projects. She has an established track record in educational leadership, learning and teaching, professional accreditation and curriculum design and development.
Lisa worked extensively on connections across school, vocational and higher education pathways at Victoria University, a dual sector institution. Her roles between 2007-2015 focused on student success, educational pathways, Work Integrated Learning and employability. As a consultant at the Centre for International Research in Education in 2016-2019, she consolidated her expertise in learning and teaching program design and evaluation, policy analysis and supporting learning and teaching excellence.
Dr Milne enriched those experiences with volunteering and freelance projects for not-for-profit and professional organisations, such as the Asylum Seekers Resource centre in Melbourne and The North Melbourne Salvation Army Adult Mental Health Service. Those experiences were transformational in leading her to a mid-life career change. She is currently a PACFA registered psychotherapist and counsellor in private practice, who also works with Rough Patch (a non-profit practice based in Sydney, Australia). She is a volunteer counsellor at a non-for profit (Survivors RUS) organisation locally and a caseworker at BaptistCare in the lower Hunter region.
