After pursuing further study in Australia, Dr Katherine Su Nie has devoted herself wholeheartedly to the development of Education in both Australia and China. With her outstanding expertise and profound understanding of the education sector, she committed herself to promoting cultural and educational exchange and cooperation between Australia and China, establishing reliable platforms for education providers and promoting the internationalization of China’s education system. Many top students from China benefited from her excellent work and pursued further study in Australia, receiving its top quality education known to the world.

Over the past twenty-five years, ACICES (with the support from ABG Group) successfully assisted a large number of students to study in Australia and boosted investment, economy and trade in Australia under Katherine’s guidance.

Professor Kevin McKenna, the Honorary President of ACICES, is the current president of the Council for International Students of WA (CISWA), a community-based organization devoted to the welfare of international students for 60 years.

Kevin is an expert in education internationalization through his rich experience in the Australia’s education sector. He took up several roles in Curtin Business School including executive Dean, then he acted as Pro Vice-Chancellor of Curtin’s campus in Malaysia for five years, followed by another five years as head of Curtin’s International Operations, retiring as Deputy Vice Chancellor, International in October 2009.

From 2004 to 2009, he shouldered the overall responsibility for all of Curtin’s international operations, as Pro Vice-Chancellor then Deputy Vice-Chancellor, International. He oversaw 7,000 offshore students in various partnership arrangement in over a dozen countries as well as managing the recruitment of 3,000 students per year at the Perth campus. A major outcome was the development of strategies aimed at increasing the flow of international students to Curtin’s Bentley campus, including programs focusing on attracting high quality research students. In 2008 he was responsible for the establishment of Curtin’s Singapore campus.

In 1999 and 2000, he acted as Executive Dean in charge of Curtin Business School. Over the time, he developed several new offshore partnerships and was actively involved in the planning and management of all international activities. In June 2000, he was appointed as the founding Pro Vice-Chancellor at Curtin University’s Malaysian Campus in Miri, Sarawak. For nearly five years he was responsible for the policies, planning and operations at the campus and for the recruitment of both local and international students.

From 1994 till 1999, he was Quality Coordinator then Director, Planning and Quality for Curtin’s Business School. The major responsibilities of this role involved the planning, review and management of the Business School’s extensive international operations. Before Kevin joined Curtin University teaching economics and public finance, he was an economist with the Australia Federal Government in Canberra.

Mr.John Wade was Dean of ECU International at Western Australia’s Edith Cowan University, Adviser to the Minister of Labour and Social Affair in Bahrain and Director of various divisions in the Department of Education, Employment and Training, Australian Government.

Mr. John Wade was Dean of ECU International at Western Australia’s Edith Cowan University (ECU) from 2002 until April 2010. During his time at ECU, Mr. Wade presided over a sharp rise of the number of international students studying at the university. He made significant achievements in broadening and strengthening international partnerships and alliances. He also helped establish ECU as a university of innovation, profession and quality in the international arena.

John joined ECU after spending six years in the Middle East between 1996 and 2002 as Adviser to the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in Bahrain, a role that encompassed a wide range of training and education issues.

He was previously Director of various divisions in the Australian Government’s Department of Education, Employment and Training (DEET) in Western Australia. In that capacity, he was involved in management, policy development and implementation at senior level, including liaising with peak employer, worker, education and training bodies.

He also led the teams of Australian Government experts on projects for the World Bank in Central Asia for over a period of two years and participated in World Bank projects in Russia’s Pacific coast.

Professor Gary Martin was Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Director of the Center for Learning, Change and Development within the School of Education at Murdoch University, in charge of Faculty, Enterprise and International.

Professor Gary Martin, Honorary Chairman of ACICES, has worked in Murdoch University for over 20 years, nine years of which he was assigned senior executive. Gary was Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor, responsible for six academic faculties, including Arts and Education, Creative Technology and Media, Health Sciences, Law and Business, Minerals and Energy, Sustainability, Environmental and Life Sciences; international relations; educational partnerships (both domestic and international); executive education in Murdoch University’s regional campuses in Rockingham and Peel.

Prior to his appointment of Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor, Gary was Executive Dean of the Division of Arts and Executive and the Division of Social Sciences, Humanities and Education at Murdoch University. Before moving into these senior positions, he was Director of the Center for Learning, Change and Development within the School of Education at Murdoch University. His area of academic expertise is human capital development and he is specialised in the areas of adult learning and development, action learning, mentoring and competency development.

Gary was assigned Deputy Chancellor of Murdoch University from April 2011 to January 2012.

He has been Chief executive officer and executive director of Australian Management Association. He has worked closely with government agencies, industry and the professions on a range of consultancy and research projects. These include the Western Australian Departments of Conversations and the Environment; Education and Training, Premier and Cabinet; Treasury and Finance; and the Catholic Education Office of Western Australia. Within the international arena, He has lead consultancy and training projects with the Singapore Ministry of Finance, DBS Vickers Security (Singapore), Coca Cola (Asia Pacific), SKF (Asia Pacific) and the National Institute of Education, Seychelles.