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Graduates

Business & Commerce

David Baxby DAVID BAXBY
LLB/BCom (BOND)

Appointed CEO of Virgin Management Asia Pacific, reporting directly to Sir Richard Branson and managing the group’s investments in Virgin Blue, Virgin Mobile, Virgin Money, Virgin Atlantic, V2, Virgin Mega stores and Virgin Radio, as well as serving as a non-executive director of Virgin Blue Airlines.

Simone Donaghue SIMONE DONAGHUE
BIR/LLB(Hons)(Bond), MBA (Bond)

Offered an associate position working with the Queensland Supreme Court Judge, the Honourable Justice Al Phillippides.

Simone Donaghue ALISON BUCK
BCOM (Bond)

Graduated with dual qualifications in three years. Promoted to Head of Strategy for Australian financial services group, Trust.

Simone Donaghue DAN ADLER
BCOM (Bond)

Recently appointed Account Director of De Pasquale Advertising.

Simone Donaghue ROBERT BANNERMAN
MIT/MBA

Promoted to Business Development Manager, overseeing OEM business development, strategy and global programs for Microsoft’s Security division. Received Microsoft’s highest honour – the Circle of Excellence Award.

Simone Donaghue Sharon Grice
BCOM

Appointed Tax Manager for Austar, based in Sydney, working with the shareholders and reporting on US and Australian taxes.

Simone Donaghue Leah Saul
BCOM

Appointed Senior Accountant CNA External Reporting for mining giant, Rio Tinto Coal Australia, responsible for reporting to shareholders and Coal & Allied.

Simone Donaghue Pavan Bhatia
MBA

Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Gold Coast Tourism after a national selection process to reposition and re-invigorate Australia’s premier tourism destination.

Simone Donaghue Sam Fay
BCOM/MIT

Began working for Macquarie Bank and is now a Manager within the Risk Management Division.

Simone Donaghue Eleanor Donovan
BCOM/MIT

Applied for graduate positions with global strategic management consultancies, McKinsey & Company and Bain & Company, and in the strategy consulting divisions of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Accenture. Was offered positions with all four companies. Commenced work as a Business Analyst for McKinsey & Company in their Sydney office.