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2025 Judging Panel
Leah Yeak
Leah Yeak is the First Secretary (Political) at the Australian Embassy in Beijing. A career diplomat, Leah has previously served in the Australian Consulate General in Hong Kong and the Australian Embassy in Washington DC. In Canberra, she worked in a variety of roles at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade including in Southeast Asia strategic policy and APEC. Prior to joining government, she worked in banking and finance.
Leah Yeak 是澳大利亚驻北京大使馆的政治事务一等秘书。作为一名职业外交官，Leah 曾在澳大利亚驻香港总领事馆和驻华盛顿大使馆任职。在堪培拉，她曾在澳大利亚外交与贸易部担任多个职位，包括东南亚战略政策和亚太经合组织（APEC）相关工作。在加入政府部门之前，她曾在银行和金融领域工作。
David Goodman
Prof David S G Goodman is Director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. 2017-2021 he was Vice President Academic Affairs at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou; and 2004-2008 he was Deputy Vice Chancellor for International Affairs at UTS. The Jiangsu provincial Government recognized Prof Goodman with a Friendship Award in 2014; and the Suzhou city government appointed him as a friend of Suzhou in 2019.
David Goodman教授是悉尼大学中国研究中心主任。 David Goodman教授是澳大利亚社会科学院院士，也是悉尼科技大学和西安交通利物浦大学的名誉教授，此前他曾担任这两所大学的副校长。 2014年江苏省政府授予古德曼教授友谊奖； 2019年，苏州市政府任命他为苏州之友。
Luke Sheehy
Mr Luke Sheehy commenced as the CEO of Universities Australia in February 2024. He is a highly skilled leader with more than 20 years’ experience shaping the agenda of higher education.
Prior to UA, Mr Sheehy led the Australian Technology Network of Universities for almost five years. He has also held key education roles in government, worked as an education and strategy consultant for the Asian Development Bank and held senior management roles at Swinburne University.
As the first member of his family to graduate from university, Mr Sheehy knows first-hand the power of education to transform lives and is driven to ensure that opportunity is provided to as many people as possible.
Luke Sheehy于2024年2月开始担任澳大利亚大学联盟 Universities Australia (UA)首席执行官。他是一位经验丰富的领导者，拥有超过20年的高等教育领域经验，致力于推动教育产业的发展。
在加入UA之前，Sheehy先生领导了澳大利亚科技大学联盟 Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN) 近五年。他还曾在政府担任重要教育职务，担任亚洲开发银行的教育与战略顾问，并在斯威本大学担任高级管理职务。
作为家族中第一个大学毕业生，Sheehy先生深知教育改变生活的力量，他致力于确保尽可能多的人能够获得机会。
Peter Osborne
Peter Osborne is a seasoned leader and board director with a unique blend of executive commercial and diplomatic experience in Asia, especially China. He is renowned for his market entry expertise, team building, and driving substantial sales and profit growth. Notably, he won the 2023 Australia China Alumni Award for Major Corporate Achievement.
Since early 2020, Peter has advised over 50 companies worldwide on their Asia market strategies. Previously, as Managing Director Asia at Blackmores (2009–2020), he oversaw a A$300 million operation, expanding the business from 5 to 14 markets and significantly increasing revenue and profits.
With 23 years as Australia’s Senior Trade Commissioner in Asia, he has excelled in developing successful market entry and promotional strategies. Additionally, he holds prestigious roles such as a special research fellow at Tsinghua University and is the first foreign Vice-Chairman of the China Association for Quality Inspection, while serving in multiple board and advisory positions globally.
Peter Osborne是一位经验丰富的领导者和董事会成员，拥有独特的高管商业和外交经验，尤其是在亚洲，特别是在中国。他以市场准入专长、团队建设以及推动显著的销售和利润增长而闻名。值得一提的是，他基于企业成就荣获了2023年澳中校友大奖。
自2020年初以来，Peter已为全球超过50家公司提供亚洲市场战略咨询。此前，他曾在Blackmores担任亚洲区董事总经理（2009–2020年），管理着3亿澳元的业务，将市场从5个拓展到14个，并显著提升企业的利润。
作为澳大利亚在亚洲担任23年高级贸易专员的资深人士，他在制定成功的市场准入和推广策略方面表现卓越。此外，他还担任清华大学特聘研究员等重要职位，并且是中国质量检验协会首位外国副会长，同时在全球多个董事会和顾问会任职。
Stephanie Hunter
As the Manager of Global Relations at Study Queensland, Stephanie overseas the activities of TIQ’s vast global network of international education, training and research development managers located in TIQ offices worldwide.
Stephanie has more than two decades of experience working in the Australian higher education sector, initially in marketing and business development positions before moving into high level executive management support roles at James Cook University. From 2014 to 2021, Stephanie was the Executive Officer to the Provost and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at James Cook University.
Stephanie has extensive experience in relationship management and developing collaborative partnerships, across teaching and learning and research, with other educational institutions, as well as business and government agencies.
Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Arts, Graduate Diploma of Professional Communication and a Master of Business Administration.
Stephanie 是昆士兰学习组织全球关系部的代理经理，负责管理昆士兰学习组织庞大的全球国际教育、培训和研究发展经理网络的活动，这些经理分布在昆士兰学习组织遍布世界各地的办事处。
Stephanie在澳大利亚高等教育领域拥有二十多年的工作经验，最初在詹姆斯库克大学担任市场营销和业务开发职位，后来转任高级行政管理支持职位。 2014 年至 2021 年，Stephanie 担任詹姆斯库克大学教务长兼副校长（研究与创新）的执行官。
Stephanie在行业管理以及发展与其他教育机构、企业和政府机构在教学和研究方面的合作伙伴关系等方面拥有丰富的经验。
Stephanie 拥有文学学士学位、专业交流研究生文凭和工商管理硕士学位。
Alan Cui
Alan Cui is a Managing Partner at Boson Ventures, focusing on early-stage technology investments and innovation exchange between Australia and China. Previously, as a senior business strategist, he increased an Australian company's net profit from AU$17 million to AU$100 million, and earlier founded and successfully exited a hardware-software startup.
Active in strategic consulting across both Australia and China, he has worked with Partners in Performance and Accenture Strategy. As a startup mentor for CSIRO, the University of Melbourne, and UNSW, he has long been committed to technology commercialisation and talent development in Australia.
Alan is a recipient of the Australian Government's William Ah Ket Leadership Programme, founding president of Southbank Lions Club, and was awarded the "Australia-China Distinguished Alumnus Award" by ACAA in 2023.
With an MBA from Melbourne Business School and Master of Computer Science and Bachelor of Physics degrees from Nanjing University, he will share cross-national, cross-industry career insights as an investment specialist with a strong STEM background.
Alan Cui 为波色创投的管理合伙人，专注早期科技企业的投资与澳中之间的创新交流。在此之前，作为商业战略高管将一家澳洲企业净利润从1700万提升至1亿澳币，并在早年创立并退出软硬件初创企业。
他亦活跃于中澳两国战略咨询领域，曾就职Partners in Performance 与 Accenture Strategy。作为CSIRO、墨尔本大学和UNSW 等大学的创业导师，他长期关注澳洲科技转化与人才培养。
Alan是澳大利亚William Ah Ket领导力项目获奖者，Southbank狮子会创会会长，并获2023年ACAA"澳中杰出校友奖"。
他拥有墨尔本商学院MBA和南京大学计算机硕士与物理学学士学位，将以STEM背景投资专家的身份为学生提供跨国、跨行业的职业发展见解。