Darrell has held many senior positions in higher education including Dean of the highly innovative Bowater Faculty of Business at Deakin University; Chairman, Department of Accounting, David Syme Business School; Director of International Programs and Postgraduate Programs for the Faculty of Business and Law at Deakin; and, National Director of the Australian National Business School Ltd.
Darrell has worked with Arthur Andersen & Company and General Motors-Holden. He has acted as a consultant to the Pratt Group, the Bowater Group, Telstra, Cycling Victoria and other organizations. He has undertaken lecture tours in Asia for CPA Australia and training projects in the former Soviet Union for the Australian Ambassador in Moscow. For a decade he ran annually in Malaysia the Asian Intensive School for Advanced Management program for Australian MBA students.
Darrell has written on topics as diverse as international business, corporate planning, management accounting, financial modelling, education, and mental retardation. He was principal author of the award winning text International Business: A Managerial Perspective.
At the community level, Darrell was Chair of the Monash Community Foundation and is a Member of Plan Australia. Darrell is a trustee of the Bowater Trust and is a board member and Treasurer of the Self Help Addiction Resource Centre (SHARC).
Darrell is an Emeritus Professor at Deakin University.
Sunil Jadwani joined the EIBC’s Board of Directors in November 2015. He is the founder of Kodeworks, which develops custom software solutions specifically designed to automate and streamline business operations. He also advises small-business owners on their overall Information Technology (IT) strategies.
He trained as an Electronics Engineer and has designed and developed software and electronics for a wide range of applications across several industries, including, banking and financial services, light manufacturing, automated industrial testing, home security and automation, health care, legal, human resources and the not-for-profit sector.
Sunil is evangelical about helping small-business owners maximize their operational efficiency and staff productivity.He advocates an integrated, business-orientated approach to implementing software solutions using the most appropriate and cost-effective technology available.He is particularly attuned to the non-technical aspects of IT implementation and the constraints of time, money and human resources under which small businesses typically operate.
He is confident that the unique business+IT perspective that he brings to the EIBC Board will support effective application of IT within the EIBC as well as the businesses that the EIBC hosts.
Director & Founder, Future Focus Marketing Group
Tina is a Marketing Strategist and Strategic Digital Marketing Adviser to Business leaders and Marketing professionals. She has worked across multiple industry sectors for over 20 years including B2B and B2C audiences across corporate, agency, not-for-profit, government and consultancy environments, producing award-winning results for local and global organisations.
Tina is a professional advisor and confidant to company CEOs, Business leaders, Marketing professionals and a strategic marketing consultant to Agencies. She forms a critical bridge between business leaders, and customers to communicate complex topics with radical clarity.
Tina is an academic and senior lecturer who has taught marketing and business in leading Australian and overseas universities and currently lecturing in digital marketing. She is a published author and advisor to various not-for-profit organisations and small business owners.
Tina is a Board Member of Eastern Innovation Business Centre (EIBC), Women In Supply Chain (WISC), Marketing Strategist for Her Heart Charity and Judge for the Manningham Business Excellence Awards.
Dr Jeff Chamberlain
Treasurer
Director of Industry Engagement, Department of Management, Dea..
Jeff joined the Board of the Eastern Innovation Business Centre in July 2016. He is an academic with the Deakin Business School (DBS) having transitioned to Deakin University in 2002 after a twenty year industry career. He is particularly passionate about connecting industry with academe – believing this to be the fundamental imperative for any business school. He is presently the Director of Industry Engagement in the Department of Management of the DBS. He has taught mainly post graduate MBA units including Strategic Management, Project Management, IT Strategy and Management, Professional Practice and Electronic Commerce. In 2009, in response to the global financial crisis and a pressing need to change the ways in which business students think, understand and interact, he created and still leads, what has become the very popular and award winning post graduate unit titled Business Process Management which is now integrated with 20 post graduate courses at Deakin University.
When it comes to business schools, Jeff believes that one cannot teach what one has not experienced and he recommends that every academic should accumulate at least 10 years of professional experience before transitioning to academe. Before moving to the university sector, Jeff had worked at the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) for two decades. First experiencing an array of auditing and management roles, he then elevated to the executive level and was involved in the leadership of national and international online initiatives. A culmination of this was receiving a National Australia Day Council achievement medal for excellence in the delivery of an innovative, hi-tech, Internet centric, multi-national knowledge collaboration project in a partnership between the ATO and the OECD’s Forum on Strategic Management.
Whilst Jeff contends that experience is truly the best teacher, he believes that formal learning and development expedites profound thinking, understanding and interaction. He has earned a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) (B.Bus Acc.); Graduate Certificate of Ecommerce (GCECom); Graduate Diploma of Ecommerce (GDECom); Master of Electronic Commerce (MECom); Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (GCHE); and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (in Strategy, ICT and Business Process Management). He has also completed the CPA Program and holds the prestigious CPA Australia Professional Accreditation as a Specialist in Information Technology. Jeff is a Fellow of CPA Australia (FCPA) and of the Australian Institute of Management (FAIM) and is a Certified Professional with the Australian Computer Society (MACS CP).
For a nation to prosper economically, socially and environmentally, engendering security for its future generations, Jeff considers that there has never been a better time to concentrate the energies of its thinkers and innovators to create exciting new processes, products and perspectives that improve the ways we experience life. The Eastern Innovation Business Centre is an exemplar vehicle for this.
A mum of four, Rebecca is honoured to lead the community she loves. She was first elected to Council, as a Mount Waverley Ward Councillor, in 2013.
She served as Mayor in 2016/2017.
Her priorities include: advocating for youth mental health services, and protecting the liveability of Monash’s neighbourhoods.
Cr Brian Little
Director
Councillor, Mount Waverley Ward, Monash City Council..
Cr Brian Little is one of three Councillors elected to represent the Mount Waverley ward, for the period 2016–2020. On 12 November 2018, Brian was elected as Monash’s Deputy Mayor for the next 12 months.
Brian is a member of the following Council committees:
Community Grants Program Evaluation Panel
Environmental Advisory Committee
Positive Ageing Reference Group
Brian is also a member of the following external bodies:
Eastern Innovation Business Centre Ltd Board
Metropolitan Local Government Waste Forum
Brian is a Council liaison with the following groups:
Friends of Damper Creek Reserve
Friends of Scotchmans Creek & Valley Reserve Inc
Mariella Smids
Director
Senior Manager, Precincts and Government, Office of Deputy Vic..
Driven by having a positive impact on society and by developing relationships and projects in which the best areas are put in practice, Mariella connects public and private stakeholders and builds (international) partnerships to support sustainable economic and social development.
Mariella currently manages relations across Monash University and with key government, research and industry partners to develop the Monash Precinct into Melbourne’s second city centre. People, place and partnership are at the core: building a physical community where people thrive, collaborate and innovate. This includes the growth of an entrepreneurial and startup ecosystem that is internationally connected.
Previously, Mariella held strategic European engagement roles at the Benelux Union (Brussels) and the Scottish Government’s Energy Department. She was responsible for international talent attraction at Scottish Enterprise, Scotland’s main economic development agency. She also had a brief stint in politics as candidate for the European Parliament.
Originally from the Netherlands, Mariella moved to Melbourne in July 2017.
Cr Nicky Luo
Director
Deputy Mayor & Glen Waverley Ward Councillor, City of Mona..
Cr Nicky Luo is a first-time Councillor for the 2020-2024 term, elected to represent the Glen Waverley Ward.
Nicky migrated to Australia from China with her family in 1997. She is a proud local resident who grew up in Glen Waverley and now works and raises her two children here.
Nicky completed her VCE at Glen Waverley Secondary College; has degrees in Nursing, and Applied Science (Health Promotion); as well as a post graduate degree in Mental Health Nursing (child and adolescent) and a Master of Clinical Family Therapy. She has worked in psychiatry for almost 15 years in both public health and non-profit settings. She is now employed as a mental health clinical nurse consultant and family therapist and has dedicated her working life to supporting the most vulnerable people in the community.
Nicky volunteers in the community providing education, support, assistance for residents of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. She is multilingual and other than English speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, and Hakka.
Nicky is very passionate about health, particularly mental health. She has a strong interest in providing in-depth information for the community to reduce stigma and create inclusive communities.
Russell has a long history working in the community sector, with the past 14 years in executive roles in local government. He is currently the Director Community Services at the City of Monash where he’s responsible for policy development and implementation and service delivery across a broad portfolio which focuses on supporting and enhancing the independence and wellbeing of the local community.
Russell holds a Masters Degree in Sports Management and is a Graduate and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Russell has previously served as a Director on the Yarra Plenty Library Corporation and OzChild.
