Award-winning data science and analytics leader, Dr Alex Antic has been appointed Faculty Head of AI Strategy at UNSW Canberra, and as a Deputy Director of the UNSW AI Institute.
Dr Antic has held the position of Adjust Professor at UNSW Canberra for the last 2 years, and has had a 20-year career spanning academia, federal and state government, as well as the commercial application of data science across insurance, banking and consulting.
Dr Antic thanked the UNSW executive team and colleagues Professor Emma Sparks, Professor Harvinder Sidhu and Dr Sue Keay in a LinkedIn post.
“I look forward to the chance to learn from and work alongside my brilliant UNSW colleagues to further strengthen our AI research and education capabilities, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and contribute to Australia’s strategic position in this critical field,” Dr Antic said.
Queensland Senator Larissa Waters has been elected as the fifth leader of the Australian Greens. She called for “a progressive parliament [and] for politics with heart”, and said the escalating climate and environment crisis, housing crisis and “the worst inequality crisis in history” are the party’s urgent priorities.
The minor party has enough seats to pass government legislation in the Senate without the opposition or crossbench.
The Future Fund has appointed Nancy Collins as chief financial officer and chief risk officer to oversee finance, enterprise risk and some enablement functions at Australia’s $241 billion sovereign wealth fund.
The University of Wollongong (UOW) has welcomed the appointment of Syed Ahmed to the University Council, following an announcement by NSW Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education Steve Whan.
The Western Australian Government has announced the appointment of Saj Abdoolakhan as the new Small Business Commissioner and chief executive officer of the Small Business Development Corporation (SBDC).
Mr Abdoolakhan replaces inaugural Commissioner David Eaton PSM, who served in the role since its establishment in 2012, and will commence in the role on Monday, 19 May 2025.
Datadog has appointed Sydney-based Yadi Narayana as chief technology officer for Asia-Pacific and Japan. In this newly created role, Mr Narayana will leverage his more than 20 years of global experience in business development, product development and solutions engineering.
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