Executive Dean, Macquarie Business School

Professor Leonie Tickle

Biography

Leonie Tickle is Executive Dean of Macquarie Business School and Professor in Actuarial Studies.

As Executive Dean, Leonie provides strategic and operational leadership of the business school and its academic and professional staff. This includes fostering high-quality business research and research training that advances knowledge and addresses society's major challenges, delivering engaging, quality-driven, research-informed and contemporary business education, and partnering with professional, business, government and academic partners. As a member of the University Executive, she also contributes to the management of the wider University, and the achievement of its strategic vision.

Leonie is an internationally recognised scholar in the fields of actuarial science and demographic forecasting, and the first female actuary professor in Australia. She has published in the highest-ranked international journals in her field including Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Annals of Actuarial Science – where she co-authored the highest-cited paper in the journal's history – and Population Studies, is the recipient of two national research awards, and has held various major industry-funded national and international research projects. An award-winning educator, Leonie has received a national teaching award and four Vice-Chancellor's teaching awards, and served as the Australian representative on the international Actuarial Education Committee.

Leonie has worked with an array of industry, external and professional networks and is a passionate advocate for inclusion in business education, transdisciplinary research collaboration, and partnering for impact in research and education.

Leonie completed a BEc (Actuarial Studies), graduating at the top of her class, and a BA from Macquarie University before completing the Fellowship of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia qualification. She previously held the leadership positions of Deputy Dean, Research and Innovation and Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching at Macquarie University Business School, before being appointed as Executive Dean in November 2024.

Executive Dean of the Macquarie Business School

The Executive Dean of the Macquarie Business School provides strategic and operational leadership of the business school and its academic and professional staff. This includes research activity and outputs, grant income and management as well as the activity of its research centres. The role also involves accountability and responsibility for student experience, curriculum integrity, teaching quality and accreditations. The Executive Dean is a member of the University Executive and contributes to the management of the wider University, and the achievement of its strategic intent.

Responsibilities:

• Providing a quality-driven, research informed and contemporary business curriculum to students through excellence in teaching.
• Developing high quality and impactful research with an applied business focus.
• Developing capable and well-trained Higher Degree Research graduates and support the development of research-active academic staff.
• Engaging with professional, business and academic communities to inform teaching, learning and research.
• Attracting capable students who are well supported and contribute to society.
• Develop strategies to maximise research funding streams.
• Develop and increase learning and teaching quality, innovation and capability to deliver innovative and industry relevant courses.

Portfolio areas:

• Macquarie Business School Departments
  • Accounting and Corporate Governance
  • Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics
  • Applied Finance
  • Economics
  • Marketing
  • Management