Nicolene Murdoch commenced as Chief Executive Officer at Western Sydney University, The College in July 2018. She is looking forward to working with The College staff to create success for The College international and local students hoping to go on to Western Sydney University.

This includes the international students studying English at Sydney Olympic Park campus.

Nicolene Murdoch commenced as Chief Executive Officer at Western Sydney University, The College in July 2018. She is looking forward to working with The College staff to create success for The College international and local students hoping to go on to Western Sydney University.

This includes the international students studying English at Sydney Olympic Park campus.

She has a proven executive management track record and almost 20 years’ experience in higher education. Prior to joining WSU, Nicolene was the Vice President of Student Administration at Laureate International Universities, Australia and New Zealand. Laureate is a Public Benefit Corporation and the largest education network in the world. Previously, she was in various management and executive roles at Monash South Africa, founded by Monash University (Go8) in 2001. The campus grew from about 200 students when she joined in 2004, to over 4000 in 2016, when she was Chief Operating Officer.

Nicolene was listed on the Princeton Global Network Top 100 Elite Professionals in the field of Education. This recognition is bestowed on distinguished individuals who demonstrates commitment to excellence in their careers and exemplary leadership in their communities. Nicolene completed her undergraduate degree in Education, honours degree in Human Resource Development and Masters in Adult Education, all at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, and she recently submitted her doctoral thesis in the field of Higher Education Management and Governance to the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom, anxiously awaiting the results.

Besides her love and passion for education, she is a musician at heart. She plays clarinet, piano, guitar and the latest edition to her repertoire, the saxophone. She also sings in the Sydney Philharmonic Festival Choir. To keep fit, she is a keen (not too serious) runner with a number of half marathons under her belt.