# List of University of Technology Sydney people

This is a list of University of Technology Sydney people, including notable alumni and staff.

## Notable alumni
### Academia

* Martin Bean – former vice-chancellor at the Open University and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
* Anthony D. Burke – Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of New South Wales
* Judith Beveridge – Australian poet and research supervisor at the University of Sydney
* John Croucher – Australian statistician and Professor of Management at Macquarie University
* Rosalyn Diprose – Emeritus Professor of philosophy at the University of New South Wales
* Hatice Gunes – Professor of Affective Intelligence and Robotics at the University of Cambridge
* Margaret Simons – Associate Professor of journalism at Monash University

### Architecture

* Jeremy Edmiston – Australian architect
* Penelope Seidler – Australian architect

### Business

* Peter Agnew – deputy chair of Surf Life Saving Australia
* Russell Balding – former managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
* Nina Blackwell – former senior director at Yahoo! and press secretary to former U.S. senator Hillary Clinton
* Kate Burleigh – managing director of Intel in Australia and New Zealand
* Maile Carnegie – group executive of ANZ Banking Group (ANZ) retail division and former managing director of Google Australia
* Neil Chatfield – former chairman of Virgin Australia and former non-executive director at Transurban
* Cristina Pieta Cifuentes – Economist and former board member of the Australian Energy Regulator
* Rob Coombe – Chairman of Colonial First State and former chairman of MLC Limited
* Cathryn Cox – Executive Director of Health System Planning and Investment, NSW Ministry of Health
* Larry Diamond – Founder & CEO of Zip Co
* Jacqui Feeney – managing director of Fox International Channels (Australia and New Zealand)
* Mark Fitzgibbon – CEO and managing director of nib Health Funds
* Sean Gordon AM (Bachelor of Education in Adult Education, 2000; 2016 UTS Faculty of the Arts and Social Sciences Alumni Award Recipient) – managing director and owner of Gidgee Group, an Indigenous-owned and -managed consultancy; also co-convenor of the Liberals for Yes group, and member of the First Nations Referendum Working Group for the 2023 Australian referendum
* Todd Greenberg – CEO of the National Rugby League
* Rachel Grimes – former CFO (Technology) of Westpac
* Kristanti MBA – Canadian CEO/CFO (UTS Alumni 1996). Former Finance Manager at Energizer Battery (Eveready/ Union Carbide/ Ralston Purina)
* Vanessa Hudson – CEO of Qantas
* Frances Hughes – former CEO of the International Council of Nurses (ICN)
* Ben Kennedy – Founder & CEO of Gecko
* George Koukis – founder and former chairman of Temenos AG
* Simon Kubica – Co-founder and CEO of Index, Y Combinator-backed software company
* Ido Leffler – Israeli-Australian entrepreneur
* Geoff Lloyd – former CEO of MLC Limited
* Graeme Mason – CEO of Screen Australia
* Kim McKay – CEO of Australian Museum
* Bettina McMahon – Executive General Manager, Government and Industry Collaboration and Adoption, Australian Digital Health Agency
* David Murray – former CEO of the Commonwealth Bank (CBA)
* Warwick Negus – Non-executive director at Dexus and former managing director at Goldman Sachs
* Gregory Poche – founder and former chairman of StarTrack
* George Savvides – former managing director of Medibank
* Nicky Sparshott – CEO of Unilever Australia and New Zealand
* Vivian Wong – Group Vice President (Higher Educations Technologies) of Oracle Corporation
* Jim White – Senior Vice President (Human Resources) of Paramount Pictures

### Government
#### Politicians
##### Premiers of New South Wales

* Morris Iemma – former Premier of New South Wales (2005–2008)

##### Federal politicians

* Tanya Plibersek – Member of the House of Representatives for Sydney and former Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party
* Roger Price – Former member of the House of Representatives for Chifley, representing the Australian Labor Party
* Susan Templeman – Member of the House of Representatives for Macquarie, representing the Australian Labor Party
* Matt Thistlethwaite – Member of the House of Representatives for Kingsford Smith, representing the Australian Labor Party

##### Australian state and territory politicians

* Bryan Doyle – Australian politician
* Matt Kean – Australian politician
* Wendy Machin – former Australian politician
* Natasha Maclaren-Jones – Australian politician
* Daniel Mookhey – Australian politician
* Marjorie O'Neill – Australian politician
* Anthony Roberts – Australian Politician
* John Robertson – former Leader of the Labor Party in New South Wales
* Henry Tsang – former Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney

##### International politicians

* He Rong – Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China
* Sekai Holland – Zimbabwean senator
* Gibran Rakabuming Raka – Vice President of Indonesia, previous Mayor of Solo in Indonesia
* Shawn Atleo – former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in Canada

#### Public servants

* Michael Coutts-Trotter – director general of the NSW Department of Family and Community Services

### Humanities
#### Arts

* Charlotte Best – Australian actress and model
* Natasha Liu Bordizzo – Australian actress and model
* Anh Do – Vietnamese-born Australian actor, author and comedian
* Genevieve Clay-Smith – Australian filmmaker
* Hugh Jackman – Australian actor, singer and producer
* Sophie Lee – Australian actor and author
* Yiying Lu – Chinese-born graphic designer and artist
* Alyssa McClelland – Australian director and actress
* James Millar – Australian actor
* Zoe Naylor – Australian actress
* Amanda Palmer – film executive
* Chris Plummer – New Zealand film editor
* Chris Taylor – Australian performer and comedian
* Rachel Ward – Australian actress and film director
* Emma Watkins – Australian actress and The Wiggles member
* Allanah Zitserman – Australian film producer
Fashion
* Bec Cooper – Australian fashion designer and co-founder of Bec and Bridge
* Bridget Yorston – Australian fashion designer and co-founder of Bec and Bridge

#### History

* Jeannine Baker – historian and research fellow at Macquarie University

#### Journalism

* David Astle – Australian author, broadcaster and columnist
* Jayne Azzopardi – Australian television presenter for Weekend Today & Nine News
* Brooke Boney – Entertainment reporter at Nine Network's Today show
* Kathryn Eisman – Australian fashion and lifestyle television journalist, author and former model
* Jan Fran – Australian journalist
* Lynda Kinkade – Australian journalist and anchor at CNN
* Sonia Kruger – television presenter
* Joel Labi – news anchor and producer
* Caroline Meldrum-Hanna – Australian journalist
* Timothy Palmer – Australian journalist at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
* Lara Pitt – Australian television presenter and sports journalist
* Georgia Rickard – Australian travel journalist

#### Literature, writing and poetry

* Anna Funder – Australian writer and winner of the Miles Franklin Award
* Nikki Gemmell – Australian writer
* Kate Grenville – Australian author
* Yvette Holt – Australian poet
* Janine Shepherd – Australian author

### Law

* Elizabeth Broderick – Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner (2007–2015)
* Margaret Cunneen – deputy senior crown prosecutor of New South Wales

### Sciences

* Sarah Benson – Chief forensic scientist at the Australian Federal Police
* Jordan Nguyen – Bio-medical engineer, inventor, and futurist
* Lily Serna – Australian mathematician and television presenter
* Vanessa Peterson – Australian chemist at ANSTO.

### Sport

* John Allen – teacher, rugby player and cricketer
* Lachie Anderson – rugby union player
* Jo Brigden-Jones – Australian kayaker
* Bart Bunting – former Australian skier, Salt Lake City Paralympic gold medalist
* James Chapman – former Australian rower, London Olympic silver medalist
* Pat Cummins – Australian cricketer
* Nina Curtis – Australian sailor, London Olympic silver medalist for sailing
* Claudia Gunjaca – Australian rules football player
* Alyssa Healy – Australian cricketer
* Katie Kelly – Australian paratriathlete, Rio Olympic gold medalist
* Boyd Killingworth – rugby union player
* Adrienne Marie – former Australian volleyball player
* Alexander Purnell – Australian rower, Tokyo Olympic gold medalist
* Hayder Shkara – former Australian taekwondo athlete
* Danielle Small – former Australian soccer player
* Lucinda Whitty – Australian sailor, London Olympic silver medalist
* Gavin Woods – former Australian water polo player

### Other

* Mervyn Bishop – Australian photographer

## Notable staff

* Debra Adelaide – Australian novelist, writer and academic
* Philip A. Gale – British supramolecular chemist
* Stan Grant – Australian journalist
* Nick Kaldas – Deputy commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force
* Michael Keane – American economist
* Antony Kidman – Australian psychologist and academic
* Rosetta Martiniello-Wilks – Australian cancer researcher
* Ann Moyal – Australia historian
* Jim Peacock – Australian molecular biologist
* Göran Roos – Swedish academic and businessman
* Louise Ryan – Australian biostatistician
* Rosie Scott – Australian and New Zealand novelist
* Margaret Trask – Australian librarian
* Helen Vatsikopoulos – Australian journalist
* Cynthia Whitchurch – Australian microbiologist
* Mary-Anne Williams – Australian scientist
* Steve Wozniak – American electronics engineer and entrepreneur

## Administration
### Chancellors

| Order | Chancellor | Years |
| 1 | RN Johnson | 1989–1999 |
| 2 | Sir Gerard Brennan | 1999–2005 |
| 3 | Vicki Sara | 2005–2016 |
| 4 | Brian Wilson | 2016 |
| 5 | Catherine Livingstone | 2016–present |

### Vice-Chancellors

| Order | Vice-Chancellor | Years |
| 1 | RD Guthrie | 1988–1996 |
| 2 | AJD Blake | 1996–2002 |
| 3 | RE Milbourne | 2002–2014 |
| 4 | Attila Brungs | 2014–2021 |
| 5 | Andrew Parfitt | 2021–present |