Economics/finance/investment
Hard work pays off for young retailer
Macquarie alumnus Aaron Lum has taken home a ‘highly commended’ award from the recent National Retail Association Young Retailer of the Year Awards. The 25-year-old, who works at the Woolworths head office in Bella Vista and holds a Master of International Business from Macquarie, was up against 25 successful young retailers from across Australia, and says he felt like a Miss Universe cont...
Finance partnership provides opportunities for early career professionals
Two of the finance sector’s peak bodies, the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) and Macquarie University’s Applied Finance Centre (MAFC) have partnered to provide high quality graduate education to early-career finance professionals. The partnership gives you the opportunity to study a graduate finance program with the industry’s leading postgraduate education provider, ...
Change your life with postgraduate study
Postgraduate study can help you broaden your career options, open doors to more financial security, professional success and valuable business connections, while fitting around your busy life. Whether you want to study full-time or part-time, need to fit your studies around kids or a busy social life, Macquarie has a range of postgraduate study options to help you develop the balance...
Organisational psychology makes life a breeze for Macquarie graduate
When James Breeze completed a Master of Organisational Psychology at Macquarie in 2000, he never imagined it would give him the freedom to live in Bali, dividing his time between business, family and surfing. Today Breeze runs three companies from Bali, two based in Singapore and one in Sydney. His business, Objective Experience, creates business insights using eye tracking technology for m...
Igniting the right formula for Managing Life + Business…this is my story!
There are so many women doing so many incredible things everyday in business. Humbly, I can only tell my story as a female leader, which begins in a Greek-Australian household and continues today, as COO of Australia's leading makeup brand. Plus wife and mother to four children. This duality is faced by many women, and we can show how we rise to this challenge. Inherent in our produ...
2014 Women, Management and Work conference to focus on igniting leaders and Intrapreneurs
Most people are familiar with the concept of entrepreneurs, but the idea of fostering creativity and innovation within the workplace – intrapreneurship – will be the focus of this year’s Women, Management and Work conference. Intrapreneurship has become popular as companies aim to leverage their employees’ ability to innovate and stay competitive in the marketplace. The confere...