AMI Education Leadership Team

Board of Directors

Christopher Campbell

B.Soc.Sci (Hons) University of Singapore, FFin, FAICD, FCIS

Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Academies Australasia Group Limited, a company that has been operating for more than 100 years and which is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, since 1996. Previous positions include senior appointments in central, commercial and investment banking in Australia and overseas more than 20 years.

Member of ACPET International Education Committee, ACPET (NSW) Committee and Council on Australia Latin America Relations Education Action Group.

Gabriela Rodriguez

B.Comp.Sci.Technological University Institute Antonio Jose de Sucre; B.Sci.Sys.Eng. University Institute Santiago Marino, Venezuela, MAICD

Gabriela is Executive Director of Academies Australasia Pty Limited and is on the board of each of the 9 colleges in the Academies Australasia group. She has more than 10 years operational experience in various aspects of international education in Australia and overseas, including compliance, curriculum development, marketing and lecturing.

Mark Lo

Bachelor of Business, Swinburne University of Technology; Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management

Mark has more than 30 years of experience in academia and industry. He was Vice President for DMR Asia Pacific, responsible for Practice & Resources before joining Unisys Australia as their Principal for the Southern Region. He was subsequently the Managing Principal for Unisys Pacific’s Asian operation based in Singapore overseeing 600 professionals across 10 countries. He also served as Vice President, Unisys Corporation, responsible for the company’s World Wide Work Flow and Imaging program. Based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, Mark’s team supported the US$150m program across 38 countries in the Central & South Americas, Asia Pacific, North America and Europe. Prior to this, Mark was working for IBM Australia and Arthur Young & Co. and had spent many years in consulting, with a specialisation in management and IT strategic planning. Mark first started lecturing in Swinburne’s undergraduate programs in 1976. His passion for education led him to continue as an adjunct teaching fellow for Swinburne’s Master of Information Systems Program for three years.

Daniel Wong

MBA, University of Western Sydney

Daniel has extensive banking experience spanning 29 years. His last position was Senior Vice President, Operations (Planning and Budget) at the OCBC Bank (Overseas Chinese Banking Corp) in Singapore.

Prior to that Daniel held the position of Assistant General Manager, Head of the Operations Division at the Keppel TatLee Bank (a Singapore government-owned bank) overseeing the entire backroom operation of the bank with a staff strength of about 200. He was also a member of the Management Committee of the Bank.

Daniel has had extensive lecturing experience in Singapore, and has lectured in Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar. For about 15 years, Daniel lectured at the Institute of Banking and Finance in Singapore, particularly in the area of Trade Finance.

John G. Adnams

Bachelor of Commerce, University of Melbourne; AAIB, Associate of the Australian Institute of Bankers

John has about 4 decades of experience in the banking industry including senior positions in Commercial Bank of Australia Limited and Westpac Banking Corporation and as a company director and consultant.

Senior Management Team

Mark Lo, CEO
Esther Teo, Head of Academic Division

MBA, Swinburne University of Technology

Held senior management positions in Coles Myer Ltd. Teaching appointments in RMIT, Swinburne, Monash.

Marissa M. Pacheco, Head of Operations Division

MBA, University of the Philippines

Former Executive Project Officer of a non-for-profit organization in Australia

Held senior roles in finance and administration in a number of companies in the Philippines including Les Laboratoires Servier and Sony Music Entertainment (Phils), Inc.

Eric Zhang, Head of Student Services Department

Master of Business (Professional Accounting); Bachelor of Business (International Trade), Victoria University

Has over 4 years of experience in Australian education industry. Roles covered include finance, academic support, marketing, and managing China operations.

Valerie Ho, Head of Marketing, Student Recruitment and Corporate Communications Department

Master of E-Commerce (Marketing and Web Technologies), Curtin University of Technology; Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) (Honours), Curtin University of Technology; Bachelor of Arts (Asian Sudies and History), University of Western Australia

Has 9 years of experience in senior management roles covering marketing, sales, corporate communications, VRQA / VETAB / CRICOS / AUQA compliance, policy development, events management, student administration and student services in the Australian education industry (University, Tafe and English).