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Professor Maryam Omari

Professor Maryam Omari is the Executive Dean of the School of Business and Law and has over 20 years of work experience in academia. Maryam has held a number of academic leadership positions including: Program Director MBA and Graduate Studies, Associate Dean International, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Human Resource Management Course Coordinator. She has been involved in significant curriculum change at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels to modernise and reposition courses such as the MBA, Bachelor of Business, and HRM programs. Maryam has a PhD, Masters in Business (HRM), Graduate Diploma in Business (Management), and a Bachelor of Science.

Since becoming the Executive Dean, she has grown and repositioned the School of Business and Law at ECU by leading and managing a significant change agenda which has resulted in structural, cultural, academic and curriculum renewal.

Maryam has held positions on a number of Boards including The Cat Haven WA, The Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), The International Association on Workplace Bullying and Harassment (IAWBH), ConnectGroups in Western Australia; has been a member of the WA Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) State Council; the WA representative on the AHRI Research Advisory Panel (RAP); the Chair of the International Management Stream of the ANZAM annual conference; and a Judge for the annual Telstra Business and Business Woman of the Year Awards.

In her industry roles, Maryam has designed, developed, implemented and evaluated national projects and in-house capability building programs. Prior to academia, she worked in the public sector for over 17 years in various HR capacities including: learning and development; recruitment and selection; coordination of graduate programs; organisational development; strategic planning; leadership development and management. As an HR Manager she was a member of the State Executive of the Agency.

Maryam has taught in MBA, Human Resource Management, International Business and Management programs, and has lived, studied and worked in the Middle East, U.K and U.S.A.


Senior School Officer
Liz Lachowicz
Telephone: (+61 8) 6304 5350
Email: e.lachowicz@ecu.edu.au

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