Board of Directors

BSc (Hons), GradDipAdmin, GAICD
Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Board

Ms Anderson has more than 30 years of executive experience in strategy, marketing, sales and business development in the pharmaceutical and tourism sectors. She spent a significant part of that time working in the Asia Pacific region.

Ms Anderson recently retired as Chair of Ascham School and Chair of Campbell Page Pty Ltd and Group. She rejoins the Ascham Foundation as a Non-Excutive Director and continues as Company Secretary of a small grass roots charity – The Cova Project.
 
Ms Anderson holds an Honours (Class I) Degree in Science from the University of Sydney, a Graduate Diploma in Administration from UTS and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

BCom, CA, GAICD
Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee

Mr Freeland held senior executive positions in the construction, information technology and industrial products sectors for more than two decades, gaining extensive experience in finance and business systems, financial control and risk management, and strategic planning.
 
Currently Mr Freeland is a Non-Executive Director of Job Futures Limited.
 
Mr Freeland holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales, has been a Chartered Accountant for more than 40 years and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

MBA, BA Hons (Economics)
Non-Executive Director

Mr Babington has significant executive experience from the defence, mining, utilities, education and consulting sectors, having lived and worked in Indonesia and the USA. He is seasoned leader in organisational transformations and has had leading roles in significant mergers in education and utility companies. Mr Babington served in the Australian Army during which time he was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross for his achievements as an infantry battalion commander. Mr Babington holds an MBA, BA Hons (Economics) and Company Directors Course Diploma (Order of Merit).
 
Mr Babington is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the University of Technology Sydney where he is responsible for finance, procurement, technology, data, human resources, marketing, communications, property, logistics and the University Portfolio Management Office.

Non-Executive Director

Professor Rhodes is Dean of UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney. In this role, Professor Rhodes is responsible for the academic and strategic leadership of the School in pursuit of its vision to be a socially committed business school focused on developing and sharing knowledge for an innovative, sustainable and prosperous economy in a fairer world.
 
As well as working at UTS, Professor Rhodes has held professorships at Swansea University, The University of Leicester, and Macquarie University. Prior to his academic career, Carl worked in professional and senior management positions in change management and organizational development for AGL, Lend Lease, Citibank and The Boston Consulting Group. Professor Rhodes’ combination of senior experience in academia and the private sector provides him with a unique perspective on the role of universities in contributing to and questioning how business and economic activity can and should contribute to society.
 
As a scholar, Professor Rhodes researches the relationship between business and society in the nexus between liberal democracy and contemporary capitalism. His most recent books are Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality is Sabotaging Democracy (Bristol University Press, 2022), Organizing Corporeal Ethics (Routledge, 2022 with Alison Pullen), Disturbing Business Ethics (Routledge, 2019) and CEO Society: The Corporate Takeover of Everyday Life (Zed, 2018 with Peter Bloom). His writing has appeared in The Guardian, Times Higher Education, ABC News, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Australian Financial Review.

BSc (ANU)
Non-Executive Director

Mr Watt joined UTS in June 2018 as Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (International) and is responsible for envisioning and driving the implementation of UTS’s next stage of internationalisation. 

Mr Watt is a Director of UTS Insearch (Shanghai) Limited.

Prior to joining UTS, he was Pro Vice-Chancellor, International at the University of Western Australia (UWA), a role he held for five years. Preceding his tenure at UWA, he was a Director of International Operations and Student Recruitment at the Australian National University (ANU). Mr Watt has extensive international experience and a record of significant and successful leadership in international education. In five years at the ANU he led international and domestic student recruitment and admissions and was responsible for international strategic alliances and partnerships.

Mr Watt also spent eight years with the Australian Embassy in Beijing. While at the Embassy he held positions of Counsellor (Education) for four years and later, Minister-Counsellor (Education). In both positions he was the Australian Government's senior education representative in China. Mr Watt also lived and worked for six years in Taipei and is fluent in Mandarin. 

Mr Watt holds a Bachelor of Science degree (in mathematics and statistics) from the ANU and also undertook his postgraduate studies in Chinese language, economy and culture at the ANU.