Management & Governance

The Board of Directors is the Corporate Governing Body of ACAP University College, with overall responsibility for the College, including its finances, strategic direction and governance.

The Directors are:

• Professor Peter Ryan – Independent Chair
• Dr Judy Szekeres – Independent Director
• Mr Joseph Anthonysz – Executive Director
• Ms Lucy Schulz – Executive Director
• Mr Matthew Evans – Executive Director

The Board of Directors has delegated to ACAP’s Academic Board responsibility for the oversight of academic matters. While the Academic Board reports to the Board of Directors, its consideration of academic matters is conducted separately from meetings of the Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors has delegated to the Academic Board authority to form the committees to assist it in the discharge its functions. The four key Committees (categorised as Tier 1) of Academic Board which enable it to discharge its functions are:

• The Course Approval and Review Committee
• The Learning and Teaching Committee
• The Scholarship and Capability Committee
• The National Student-Staff Committee

There are associated sub-committees to the four key Committees of the Academic Board categorised as Tier 2:

• The Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) reports through the Scholarship and Capability Committee.
• The following sub-committees report through the Learning and Teaching Committee:
• Courses Committees
• Assessment Panels
• External Examiners Panel
• A New Course Advisory Panel provides guidance and industry and discipline specific advice to the Course Approval and Review Committee in relation to the development of a new course.

View the four key committees of the academic board here.

Academic Board Members:

• Emeritus Professor John Rosenberg, Chair, Independent Member
• Professor Andrew Flitman, Deputy Chair, Independent Member
• Professor Christopher Klopper, Dean and Chair, Learning and Teaching Committee, Ex Officio Member
• Professor Levon Khachigian, Independent Member
• Professor Barbara Panther, Independent Member
• Professor Marcus O’Donnell, Provost, Ex Officio Member
• Ms Jane McPhee, Director of Engagement, Ex Officio Member
• Dr Glenda Hepplewhite, Director of Governance and Quality and Chair, Course Approval and Review Committee, Ex Officio Member
• Mr Gary Brook, Registrar, Ex Officio Member
• Ms Gina Saliba, Scholarship and Capability Committee Delegate, Ex Officio Member
• Professor Helen Correia, Chair of Psychological Sciences, Senior Member of ACAP Faculty
• Professor Annie Venville, Chair of Social Work, Senior Member of ACAP Faculty
• Ms Lauren Pavlidis, Student Member

In attendance to Academic Board meetings:

Ms Lara Jacques, ACAP General Manager

• CEO, C&I Division (ACAP CEO/PEO) – Joseph Anthonysz
• Chief Operating Officer – Matthew Evans
• EGM Education – Lucy Schulz
• General Manager – Lara Jacques
• Chief Marketing Officer – Tracey Jones
• Head of Sales – Brad Homer
• Provost – Marcus O’Donnell
• Registrar – Gary Brook

• General Manager, ACAP – Lara Jacques
• Dean – Christopher Klopper
• Senior HR Business Partner – Aysha Ali
• Director of Engagement – Jane McPhee
• Director of Campus Operations – Andrew O’Brien
• Commercial Finance Manager – Melody Lui
• Business Partners (Marketing) – Charlotte MacArthur and Anna Sharp
• Associate Director, Sales and Performance – Ryan Costa

ACAP Management and the Directorate of Academic Services are identified in the respective organisational charts:

• ACAP Management
• Academic Services
  
• Academic Leadership

View the Management and Governance Framework to understand the connectivity and structure within ACAP.

• Directors’ Declaration
• Independent Auditor’s Report

• Constitution of ACAP University College