Class of 2000
Class of 2000
Mr Justin Gabbani was recently appointed CEO Asia for Lendlease. After graduating from Bond University with a Bachelor of Finance and Bachelor of Commerce, Mr Gabbani joined Lendlease as a graduate in 2003 and has gained over 18 years of experience in strategy, corporate finance, capital markets, investment management, development and construction across Australia, Asia and Europe. A Chartered Accountant, Mr Gabbani is based in Singapore and has overall responsibility for the Lendlease business in Asia. Mr Gabbani is passionate about the development of young talent and champions the Asia Graduate Program that provides exposure for graduates to various parts of the business and enables them to take charge of their career development.
Dr Baden U’Ren left his position as Head of Entrepreneurship at Bond University in May of this year to pursue his commercial interests in entrepreneurship education and corporate innovation. He was appointed inaugural Entrepreneur in Residence at Somerset College, Academic Dean at CG Spectrum (an animation, VFX and game design school), and launched corporate innovation consultancy The Unconventional Group. He remains committed to embedding entrepreneurship curriculum in Australia’s education system and continues to embark on extreme outdoor adventures with his wife Cathy (May) U’Ren (Class of 2012).
Class of 2003
Class of 2003
Dr Caroline Graham has written a book about a quirky Outback town and one of Australia’s most infamous missing person cases. Dr Graham has co-authored Larrimah, exploring the disappearance of local man Paddy Moriarty, who vanished from the remote Northern Territory town almost four years ago. The new book builds on the 2018 Walkley Award-winning podcast Lost in Larrimah. Since the podcast, an inquest has been held, with NT police offering a $250,000 reward for information about Mr Moriarty’s disappearance. Dr Graham and co-author Ms Kylie Stevenson trawled archives in Darwin, Canberra and Adelaide to delve into the pasts of Larrimah and Mr Moriarty, and also travelled to the Gulf Country and the sprawling Brunette Downs cattle station in search of answers.
Mr Nitay-Yair Levi is the Managing Director and founder of Koenig Heritage, an investment holding company. Before founding Koenig Heritage, Mr Levi acquired and managed 10 other businesses. In August, he represented Australia, and the Asia Pacific Region, at the 2021 World Championship of Public Speaking. Mr Levi was crowned first runner up. The World Championship of Public Speaking is the largest in the world, with over 35,000 contestants from over 145
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Baden U’Ren
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countries. “It was very humbling to win this title. The outreach from across the world is overwhelming and supportive. It is incredible to be invited to share messages across the world with such a diverse group of people.” In total, Mr Levi spent eight months competing across varying levels of the competition.
