Leadership Team
Aaron leads a team of over 2,000 dedicated employees ensuring that innovation, creativity and a strong commitment to high standards are embedded across the group.
Aaron is delighted to launch and expand into Australia and New Zealand as he cultivates his vision for accessible, relevant educational opportunities for prospective students around the world.
GUS will work closely with key partners alongside Natalie and her team to offer students and institutions opportunities for growth and development through training and education.
Founder and CEO
Aaron Etingen
CEO, Partnerships Australia & New Zealand
Natalie Kourtidis
Natalie is a leader in the higher education sector with over 25 years’ experience driving innovation and seeking mutually beneficial partnerships. Natalie’s influence and contacts extend throughout the complex higher education arena enabling her to identify potential initiatives and navigate them with ease. Academic excellence and a personalised student experience are central to her mission.
Spearheading GUS Australia’s efforts, Natalie’s key responsibilities are to build partnerships and opportunities in Australia and New Zealand and to foster a team aligned with GUS’s ambition to foster lifelong learning and to stimulate growth through education.
Executive Director, Global Engagement
Helen Cameron
Helen is a skilled leader in the field of global education and guides and develops international and transnational education partnerships. Helen has over 16 years’ experience in strategic roles within the higher education sector in both public and private organisations.
Helen currently works with Global University Systems as the Executive Director Global Engagement. In this role she leads and supports internationalisation and building and fostering collaboration with GUS ANZ partner institutions. Helen is experienced in the full range of international operations, from recruitment, admissions, and compliance through to the development of strategic and transnational education partnerships.
As the Director of the University of Newcastle College of International Education, Helen led the strategic and operational growth of a newly established College for international students progressing to the University of Newcastle. As a Principal Advisor at the University of Newcastle, Helen worked closely with the Vice Chancellor and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement and Partnerships) on a range of strategic international and transnational education projects.
FutureLearnTeam
Jenni has 20 years of experience in higher education working across both public and private institutions in the United Kingdom and Australia. She has a passion for and significant expertise in recruitment, marketing, admissions, business development, stakeholder engagement, data analytics and partnerships for International and domestic students.
Jenni has significant experience in maintaining education partnerships to ensure the partner is valued, obstacles are overcome, and objectives are achieved and looks forward to supporting FutureLearn APAC institutions in her role as Partnership Manager.
Kimberley is an experienced higher-education leader having worked in this space since 2011. Following over twelve years’ with two leading Australian universities, Kimberley currently works with Global University Systems (GUS) as the Executive Director, Student Growth. In this role she leads student growth strategy and operationalisation for GUS ANZ partner institutions.
Kimberley is skilled in translating client organisational goals into solutions by adopting an approach that creates value for all parties. Kimberley enjoys collaborating with our partners and across the GUS global network to reach new student cohorts. Kimberley has a passion for creating strong partnerships that achieve growth and has achieved success leading new growth initiatives both internationally and in the online education space.
Executive Director, Student Growth
Kimberley Salafia
Manager Partnerships (APAC)
Jenni Saville
Director, Growth (APAC)
Brett Carazzo
Brett brings over 15 years of expertise as a business development professional in the higher education and EdTech domains. His global experience spans the APAC, UK, Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions where he has successfully led and contributed to various projects in Recruitment, Marketing, Transnational Education (TNE), and Online Higher Education (OPM).
Currently serving as the Director of Growth at FutureLearn APAC, Brett is dedicated to regional expansion and product diversification across all APAC partners. This includes broadening current and new content partnerships, expanding the OPM (OPX) business model, and driving Learning and Development (L&D) initiatives for the corporate and government sectors in market.