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Degrees By World Leaders

Students undertaking courses with Ducere and our university partners will have access to insights from over 250 global leaders and business innovators as part of the global business curriculum.

These insights are embedded throughout course content, bridging the gap between academic studies and practical, industry-relevant learning.

Further information on some of these global leaders and business innovators can be found below.

Rajeeshwaran Moorthy

Managing Director & Chair of Space Sector

Terry W. Virts

Colonel (USAF Retired)

Dr. Paul Iliffe

Entrepreneur, Spacecraft Operations, Educator

Dr. Robert Ferl

Prof. & Asst. VP for Research

Chris Sembroski

Astronaut

His Excellency Tun Abdullah Badawi

Prime Minister, Malaysia (2003-2009)

Honourable John Howard OM AC

Prime Minister, Australia (1996-2007)

Margaret Jackson AC

Chairperson, Qantas Airways (2000-2007)

The Late Ketumile Masire

President, Republic of Botswana (1980-1998)

Baroness Valerie Amos PC

Under-Secretary-General, United Nations (2010-2015)

Kay Koplovitz

Founder, USA Networks

Lindsay Fox AC

Founder & Chairman, Linfox Group

David Copperfield

World’s Most Famous Illusionist

Professor Dan Shechtman

Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry (2011)

Professor Carol Rittner RSM

Academy Award Nominee; Professor, Stockton College

Jamila Gordon

Chief Information Officer, Leighton Holdings

Stef Wertheimer

Founder, ISCAR Manufacturing Company; Member, Knesset (1977-1981)

James Gowans

Co-President of World’s Largest Mining Company

Honorable Tim Fischer AC

Deputy Prime Minister, Australia (1996-1999)

Andrew Bassat

Co-founder & CEO of Australia’s #1 Job Site

Dr Gaositwe Chiepe KNO, PH, PMS

First Female African High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1970-1974)

Dr Hugh Bradlow

Chief Technology Officer, Telstra Corporation

Justo A. Ortiz

Chairman & CEO, Union Bank of the Philippines

Dr Orna Berry

Chief Scientist of Israel (1997-2000)

Professor Allan Fels AO

Chairman, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (1995-2003)

Professor Robin Batterham AO

Chief Scientist, Australia (1999-2005)

Terry Moran AC

Secretary, Prime Minister and Cabinet (2008-2011)

Honorable Dorcas Makgato-Malesu

Minister, Trade and Industry, Republic of Botswana

Professor Adrienne Clarke AC

Chancellor, La Trobe University; Lieutenant Governor of Victoria (1997-2000)

Hugh Morgan AC

CEO, Western Mining Corporation, Australia (1986-2003)

Dr Athaliah Lesiba Molokomme PMS

Botswana’s First Female Attorney General

Professor Robert S. Kaplan

Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School

Philip Evans

Senior Partner & Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group

Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE

Member, House of Lords; Professor, Oxford University

Professor Ed Byrne AC

President, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Mr Charles (Chuck) L. Frankel

Honorary Consul, Republic of Botswana; President, Frankel International Development Organization

Gregor Freund

Chief Executive Officer, Versal

Leonard M. Harlan

Chairman of the Executive Committee, Castle Harlan

Professor Marian R. Chertow

Associate Professor, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University

Matt Rockman

Co-founder & CEO of Australia’s #1 Job Site

The Late Michael Andrew

Chairman, KPMG International (2011-2014)

Paul Bassat

Co-Founder, SEEK

The Late Peter Thigpen

Senior Vice-President, Operations, Levi Strauss (1987-1991)

Professor Daniel C. Esty

Director, Center for Business and the Environment at Yale

Professor Paul T. Anastas

Director, Centre for Green Chemistry & Green Engineering, Yale University

Professor Stephen Parker AO

Former Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Canberra

Dr Robert Troy

Founder & Managing Director, Agave Partner Holdings

William E. Mayer

Founding Partner, Park Avenue Equity Partners

John O’Neil

Author, The Paradox of Success, Leadership Alkido and Seasons of Grace

Stan D. M. Wallis, AC

Chairman & Managing Director, One of World’s Largest Packaging Companies, Amcor

Steve Edelman

Emmy Award-Winning Television Host, Creator & Producer

Abby J. Cohen

President, Global Markets Institute, Goldman Sachs

MAJGEN Michael Jeffery AC AO

Governor-General, the Commonwealth of Australia (2003-2008)

Jack Heath

CEO, SANE Australia; Senior Advisor to Prime Minister Paul Keating (1994-1995)

Valerie Rawat

CEO, Apollo Bramwell Hospital

Honorable Michael Kirby AC CMG

President, United Nations Human Rights Council

Professor Warwick McKibben

Director, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2009-2012)

Alan W. James

Senior Managing Director, Macquarie Group

ADM Chris A. Barrie AC FAICD (Ret.)

Chief, Australian Defence Force (1998-2002)

David Moffatt MAICD FCPA

Chairman, Asia Pacific, Asurion

Rick Chen

Founder, Pozible Pty Ltd

Honorable Steve Bracks AC

Premier, Victoria (1999-2007)

Simon Spencer

Founder, Edgelabs

Eva Orner

Academy and Emmy Award winning Film and Television Producer

Jonathan Medved

Founder, OurCrowd

Susan Moylan-Coombs

Chairperson, Guringai Festival

Guy P. Djoken

Executive Director, UNESCO Centre for Peace

Greg Medcraft

Chairman, Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC)

Deven Parekh

Managing Director, Insight Venture Partners

Dr Woody Brock

Founder, Strategic Economic Decisions, Inc.

Mark DeCocinis

President & Chief Operating Officer, One&Only Resorts Inc.

Dr Patrick J. Bergin

CEO, African Wildlife Foundation

John Lord AM FAICD

Chairman & Independent Director, Huawei Australia

Paul Schulte

Chairman & CEO, Schulte Research Institute

Jeremy Reid

Founder, PINCHme

Sally Capp

Chief Operating Officer, Victorian Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Professor John Rickard

Chair, Governing Council, Melbourne Institute of Technology

Evan Thornley

Executive Chair, Same Business Different Outcome

Paul Elso

Senior Station Officer, CFA (Country Fire Authority)

Chalon Bridges

Co-Founder, Sonoma Big Ideas

Professor Adrian Cheok

Professor of Pervasive Computing, City University London

His Excellency Dr Charles Murigande

Rwandan High Commissioner to Australia

Dr Bruce Charash

Founder, Doc to Dock, Inc.

Roger Tilles

Member, New York State Board of Regents

His Excellency Alexander Downer

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australia (1996-2007)

Jim Papa

Special Assistant to President Obama (2009-2013)

Adair Turner

Chairman of the United Kingdom Financial Services Authority (2008-2013)

James Capalino

Founder, Capalino+Company

Stephen Trachtenberg

President Emeritus, George Washington University

Elizabeth Broderick

Commissioner, Sex Discrimination, Australian Human Rights Commission

Sir David A. King

Special Representative for Climate Change, United Kingdom Foreign Secretary

Steve Rubel

Chief Content Strategist, Edelman

The Late Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser, AC, CH

Prime Minister, Australia (1975-1983)

John Fraser

Secretary, Department of Treasury, Australia

Governor Jack Markell

Governor, State of Delaware, USA

Robert Wolf

Economic Advisor to President Obama; Chairman & CEO UBS Americas (2004-2012)

Gary Knell

President, National Geographic Society

Sir Thomas Hunter

Founder, West Coast Capital

Dr Raghida Dergham

Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, Al-Hayat

Nik Gowing

Main Presenter, BBC World News

Joe Schoendorf

High Tech Venture Capitalist & Silicon Valley Pioneer

Ray Sharma

Executive Managing Director, Extreme Venture Partners

John Buchanan

Australia’s Most Successful Cricket Coach

AMB Sally G. Cowal

Senior Vice President, Global Health, American Cancer Society

Joseph Ritchie

Founder, Fox River

Michelle Dixon

CEO, Maddocks

Dr Bror V. Saxberg

Chief Learning Officer, Kaplan, Inc.

Honourable Julia Gillard AC

First Female Prime Minister, Australia (2010-2013)

Professor Romeela Mohee

Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mauritius (2013-2016)

Jane Valls

CEO, Mauritius Institute of Directors

Francis Gurry

Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization

Lisa Paul AO PSM

Secretary, Department of Education, Australia

Chris Lucas

Founder, The Lucas Group

Dion Appel

Managing Director, DDB Melbourne

Vijay Poonoosamy

Vice President, International & Public Affairs, Etihad Airways

Lance Kalish

Founder, Yes To Inc.

Michael Smolders

General Manager, Member Marketing, CPA Australia

Dr Simon Longstaff AO

Executive Director, St James Ethics Centre

Stian Westlake

Executive Director, Policy & Research, Nesta

Alastair Hudson

Director, Ayedear Productions Ltd

Peter C. Joseph AM

Chairman, Black Dog Institute

Gib Bulloch

Founder, Accenture Development Partnerships

Lady Barbara Judge

Chairman Emeritus, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Baroness Helen Liddell

Member of Parliament, House of Lords, United Kindgom

Dr Frank-Jürgen Richter

Director, World Economic Forum (2001-2004)

Virginia Bruce

CEO, The R.E.A.L. Group

Sophie Ryan

CEO, Sony Foundation

Jonathan Kaplan

Communications Director & Speechwriter, US Department of State (2009-2012)

Sarah Watson

Chief Strategy Officer, BBH

Baroness Alison Wolf

Director, MSc in Public Services Policy & Management

Ian Collins

CEO, CrowdCare Corporation

Kaia Miller

Founder, Aslan Global, Inc

Sir Jonathan Mills

Chief Executive, Edinburgh International Festival (2006-2014)

Dale Dawson

Founder, Bridge2Rwanda

Thom Kennon

Chief Strategy Officer, MN&P; Professor of Integrated Marketing, NYU

Jeff Parness

Chairman, New York Says Thank You Foundation

Robert George

Associate Editorial Page Editor, NY Post

Philippe Brugère-Trélat

Executive Vice President, Mutual Series

Michael Hawker AM

Chairman, The George Institute for Global Health

Matt Scheckner

CEO, Advertising Week

John Montgomery

COO, Group M Interaction

Ken Biberaj

Chairman, Manhattan Chamber Of Commerce

Steve Sigmund

Executive Director, Global Gateway Alliance; Professor of Strategic Communications, Columbia University

Kamal Ahmad

Founder, Asian University for Women

Mitchell Draizin

Founder, Longview Capital Advisors

Angela Toler

Precedent Manager, Arnold Bloch Leibler

Elana Schor

Reporter, Politico

David Dinkins

First African American Mayor of New York City (1990-1994)

Nolan Bushnell

Founder, Atari Corporation

Siong Guan Lim

Group President, Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC)

Dr Jon Cohen

Senior Vice President, Quest Diagnostics

Claudia Gonzalez Romo

Chief of Public Advocacy, UNICEF

Michael Elliott

Chief Executive Officer, ONE

Yoshito Hori

Founder & President, GLOBIS Corporation

Marty McLaughlin

Partner, Connelly McLaughlin & Woloz

Richard Schwartz

Senior Advisor to New York City Mayor (1994-1999)

Jonathan Lee

Global Managing Director, Planning & Strategy, HUGE

Eugene Schneur

Founder, Omni New York LLC

Tom Allon

President & CEO, City & State Media

Vanessa Cohen

Senior Manager, Special Events, Cricket World Cup (2014-2015)

Professor Lou Marinoff

Philosopher, Author & Philosophical Practitioner

Rebecca Parekh

Chief Operating Officer, Deepak Chopra Radical Well-Being, LLC

Michael Woloz

Partner, Connelly McLaughlin & Woloz

Anthony Scaramucci

Founder, SkyBridge Capital, LLC

The Late Right Honourable Paul Martin PC

Prime Minister, Canada (2003-2006)

General David Petraeus

Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012)

Dr. Vaira Vike-Frieberga

President, Latvia (1999-2007)

Honourable Paul Keating

Prime Minister, Australia (1991-1996)

Tracey Fellows

CEO, REA Group

Meyer "Sandy" Frucher

Vice Chairman, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

Cheryl Jensen

President, Algonquin College

Russell Dubner

CEO, Edelman, US

Marshall Sonenshine

Chairman & Managing Partner, Sonenshine Partners

Dana Cowin

Editor-in-Chief, Food & Wine Magazine

Bill Squadron

Executive Vice President, STATS

Edward Wallace

Co-Chairman, Greenberg Traurig, New York

Clifford Chiu

Senior Advisor, Neuberger Berman

Brenda Andress

Founder & Commissioner, Canadian Women’s Hockey League

Michael Laskoff

CEO, AbilTo

Tarah Feinberg

CMO & NY Managing Director, KITE

Mischa Byruck

Director of Institutional Partnerships, Code for America

Mr Rich Caccappolo

COO, MailOnline

Yves Deschenes

Associate Vice President, Human Resources, Centennial College

Terrance Meehan

Chairman & CEO, AzimuthTrust