Rob has over 15 years’ experience in Australian international education, having first started working in the sector in education agencies before he moved across to universities.
Specialising in international admissions and recruitment in high volume environments, Rob’s previous roles included Deputy Director International at CQUniversity Australia where he managed the international admissions and recruitment teams, sponsors, channel management and partnerships, managing overseas offices and staff across four Australian states, India, China, Vietnam, and Singapore. This role included overseeing major process re-engineering of admissions and recruitment, the streamlining of the agent network and packaging partners, with the achieved aim of reducing the university’s student visa risk rating while also meeting and exceeding university set targets of increasing the full-time international student enrolment load.
Rob’s most recent role was at Deakin University in the Faculty of Business and Law as International Manager, where he managed the inbound and outbound mobility and partnership team for the faculty.
Rob is also an award-winning author and has published two novels.
Experience: Deakin University, CQUniversity Australia, RMIT University; Lawand Education, AAET (Education agents).