Class year updates 2000-2019

Class of 2000 Justin Gabbani

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.

Class of 2000 Baden U’Ren

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

Caroline Graham

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.

Class of 2003 Nitay-Yair Levi

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 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.

Class of 2009 Chris Dolling

In June 2021, Mr Chris Dolling (Class of 2009) joined Boeing Defence Australia as a Senior Contract Manager. Having returned to Australia after working for the Embassy of Australia in Washington, D.C., the Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) graduate is now working in Brisbane. “Living and working in Washington D.C. during Covid and the closing days of the Trump administration, and having the opportunity to make a contribution towards the achievement of Australia’s foreign policy goals in the defence environment (has been a career highlight).”

The UFC has teamed up with a fitness product designed on the Gold Coast by a Bond University graduate. Mr Joseph Marcus devised his blood flow restriction cuffs while completing a thesis research project, as part of his Doctor of Physiotherapy degree in 2014. The cuffs work by using pressure to restrict blood flow to the heart, while ensuring sufficient arterial blood reaches the limbs. After initially launching the product himself, Mr Marcus sold his company to Brisbane-based Vald Performance, which has now launched BFR Cuffs as the flagship product of its SAGA Fitness brand. Mr Marcus said the deal with UFC was formalised after SAGA’s BFR Cuffs were used by strength and conditioning coaches at the UFC Performance Institute in Shanghai. BFR Cuffs will now also be used at UFC’s other performance institute, in Las Vegas, as well as being distributed globally to athletes.

Class of 2012 Joseph Marcus

Class of 2013 Helena Franco

Dr Helena Franco recently commenced a Master of Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery at Harvard Medical School. Dr Franco is the first R.G. Menzies Scholar to attend Harvard Medical School and will be conducting research for a thesis aimed at improving the delivery of surgical care in Australia. At the beginning of 2021, Dr Franco moved to Cairns to work as an Orthopaedic Principal House Officer. “It was a brilliant opportunity to work with a wonderful department, continue to develop skills within Orthopaedic Surgery and learn about some wonderfully interesting conditions which I had never seen in Brisbane.”

Class of 2013

Deloshaan Subhaharan

Since graduating from Bond University in 2017, Dr Delo Subhaharan has taken on full-time work as a Medical Registrar at Gold Coast University Hospital. In 2020, Dr Subhaharan was awarded the Young Investigator Award at the American Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (AIBD) Conference, as well as the 2021 Gastroenterology Society of Queensland (GESQ) Young Investigator Award. “I was quite shocked initially as I didn’t expect to win. I felt really proud to represent my colleagues and the gastroenterology department as well as GCUH as a whole,” he says.

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Class of 2014 Sachiko Kokue

Sachiko Kokue has recently been appointed as the DHL Country Lead of Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) for Japan. In her current role, she evaluates a firm’s conscientiousness for social and environmental factors. “ESG is quite a hot area,” she says, “and it is expected to continue.” Before taking on her new role, Ms Kokue was the Internal Control Manager for DHL Supply Chain. Following her Master of Business Administration degree, Ms Kokue began her career working for Fast Retailing, a Japanese retail holding company that works with large brands like UNIQLO.

Apex Tool Group Marketing Director/Company Director Kristin Viccars has been named as one of the Top 50 most innovative and effective marketers in Australia, in this year’s CMO awards. The CMO50 list is in its seventh year, and celebrates those leading the marketing function and demonstrating innovative and strategic thinking, while driving business change and commercial success. Mr Viccars, who completed an Executive MBA at Bond, says he was honoured to be recognised and paid tribute to Apex Tool Group. “At ATG, we have collectively been able to innovate in our industry, the second oldest one in the building and construction sector, and achieved record results in the midst of a global pandemic. The support and hard work from our customers, agencies, suppliers, and consumers has been paramount in this success – something I’m incredibly proud of.”

Class of 2014 Kristen Viccars

Class of 2014 Holli Sargeant

Ms Holli Sargeant has dedicated her work as a solicitor to the lawful design and deployment of emergent technologies, like artificial intelligence. Recently, Ms Sargeant has been named a 2021 BHP John Monash Scholar. With this scholarship, she is studying her PhD in Law at the University of Cambridge where she will focus on the legal and ethical design and governance of artificial intelligence. “The way technology underlies our modern interactions and behaviours requires us to test not only the assumptions about how technology is designed, but also how the law manages these risks. To me, this is a fascinating area of study that has a tangible real-world impact.” The Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of International Relations graduate has also worked at Herbert Smith Freehills as a founding member of its Digital Law Group and undertaken a secondment to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Human Rights and Technology project.

Class of 2017

Shilpi Arora

After completing her Master of Nutrition and Dietetics, Ms Shilpi Arora now runs private practice clinics called Karma Nutrition. Her private practice helps both Indian and Australian people in need of dietary and nutritional assistance. During her course, Ms Arora was inspired to establish Karma Nutrition after learning there was a gap in nutritional support for Indians living on the Gold Coast. “My perception towards private practice has completely changed,” she says. “There are only a few Indian dietitians available on the Gold Coast to support the diet of the Indian population.” With Karma Nutrition, Ms Arora is looking to make a positive change. Ms Arora is now a nationally recognised and award-winning dietitian with over 10 years’ experience supporting clients to achieve their nutritional goals.

Class of 2019 Moh’d Al-Saadi

Since graduating with a Master of Project Management and Master of Architecture earlier this year, Mr Moh’d Al-Saadi set his goals sky high. In February he received the 2020 Queensland Institute of Architects’ Memorial Medallion. “I was honoured to receive the QIA memorial medallion as the highest achiever for my Thesis subject,” Mr Al-Saadi says. “But more importantly, it means that people see value and positive impact in my work, especially as my work is related to social and humanitarian architecture.” Mr Al-Saadi is now working as an Architecture Graduate at Rothelowman Architects - Gold Coast.

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