As Director of Industry & Alumni, Ruth leads strategic engagement with industry partners and alumni.
Key responsibilities include building strategic alliances, managing alumni relationships and driving industry integration to maintain market leadership.
A major focus is developing a roadmap to establish a trusted alumni community aligned with the organisation’s values and B Corp principles. The role spans Torrens University, BMIHMS, Think Education, Billy Blue School of Design in Australia, and Media Design School (MDS) in New Zealand. Ruth is also the Deputy Chair of the Quality Tertiary Institutions (QTI), an industry peak body providing a strong collective voice for 27 of New Zealand’s leading PTEs.
With an MBA from Macquarie University in Sydney and Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Education from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Ruth is passionate about making a positive difference in the world and to the lives of others through education and learning.