Leadership Team

Andrew Podbury
Chief Executive Officer

Assoc. Prof. Deborah Churchman
Director, Learning & Teaching
Director, MBA (Leadership and Innovation) Program
The AIAT Director for Learning & Teaching, Associate Professor Deborah Churchman has held senior academic roles at Australian and overseas universities and Institutes of Higher Education for over 30 years. In recent years, she has focused on strategies to engage students and enhance learning through development of graduate attributes, innovative assessment strategies and the embedding of key workplace universal skills in a range of subjects. Associate Professor Churchman is also leading the AIAT MBA (Leadership and Innovation) program.

Prof. Murli Viswanathan
Chief Academic Officer
The AIAT Director for Information Technology (IT) Programs, Associate Professor Murli Viswanathan, is a Subject Matter Expert (Analytics) with the Accenture Academy. He is also actively involved with leading Professional and Continuing Education programs on digital transformation for the Philippine Government, funded by the Australia Award – a scholarship program by the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). For 15 years he was Associate Professor in Information Technology at Carnegie Mellon University.
Board of Directors
Dr. Asheley Jones
- Chair, Board of Directors
Dr. Ian Whyte
- Chair, Academic Board
Gregory Black
- Independent Director
Nick Harding
- BoD, Independent
Nathan Morelli
- BoD, Independent
Dr. Geethani Nair
- BoD, Independent
Andrew Podbury
- CEO
Sally Dukic
- Board Secretariat
Governance Chart 2025

Declaration Document
Academic Board
Dr. Ian Whyte
- Chair, Academic Board
Dr. Carl Driesener
- AB, Deputy Chair, Independent
Prof. Janice Orrell
- AB, Independent
Jo Stewart-Rattray
- AB, Independent
Suzanne Curyer
- AB, Independent
Dr. David Cook
- AB, Independent
Assoc. Prof. Deborah Churchman
- Director Teaching and Learning
Gregory Black
- Independent Director
Dr. Marguerite A Kolar
- Director Quality Assurance and Risk Management
Assoc. Prof. Murli Viswanathan
- Chief Academic Officer
Prof. Gjoko Muratovski
- Distinguished Professor
Adjunct Appointments
Prof. Gjoko Muratovski
- Distinguished Professor
Prof. Janice Orrell
- Adjunct Professor