Advisory Board

Dr Stockley is a former academic who became a senior manager in universities specialising in international education in Australia and Asia and is now a company director and consultant working in higher education. Dr Stockley specialised in higher education management, strategic planning in higher education, transnational education business planning and risk management, quality assurance in international education, marketing and recruitment for international students.

Dr Stockley now consults with a number of universities in Europe on strategic planning for internationalization, market branding and positioning and change management.

Dr Stockley was the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International) of La Trobe University from 1997 to 2007. Dr. Stockley holds a PhD in History from the University of New South Wales, Diploma of Teaching and B.A. (Hons) from the University of Adelaide. Dr Stockley is a fellow of Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Jamie is the Adjunct Professor at the University of Eastern Finland and taught at the University of Western Australia and Murdoch University.

Jamie’s hospitality background and an MBA from Michigan State University led to European marketing manager for PowerBar and Greg Lemond Bicycles, and both an MS and PhD from Florida State University.

Jamie chairs the Google Ad Grants Online Marketing Challenge, ensuring the Challenge provides a solid academic experience for the students and worthwhile consulting for the participating non-profit organisations.

His industry and academic experience spans five continents and includes hundreds of publications in academic journals, international conferences and leading newspapers such as The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Professor Murphy’s research includes food waste, robotics, Massive Open ONline Courses (MOOCs) and effective Internet use for citizens, businesses and governments. His academic passion, however, is teaching and mentoring great students.

After graduating from Oxford and Edinburgh Universities, Professor Lyn Beazley built an internationally renowned research team in Neuroscience that focused on recovery from brain damage, much of her investigations undertaken at The University of Western Australia. Currently, Lyn is Adjunct Professor of Science at Murdoch University. As Chief Scientist of Western Australia from 2006 to 2013, Lyn advised the Western Australian Government on science, innovation and technology as well as fulfilling the role of science ambassador locally, nationally and internationally. In 2009, Lyn was awarded Officer of the Order of Australia and was honoured to be inducted into the inaugural WA Women’s Hall of Fame.  Lyn was amazed and delighted to be named the WA Australian of the Year for 2015.

Professor Lyn Beazley’s Speech at APSI’s 10th Anniversary

Neal has over 48 years of experience as a chef – 42 of which have been in Western Australia. Neal completed his chef apprenticeship at the Savoy Hotel in London. After migrating from Britain to Australia in 1971, Neal worked in a number of venues before opening his first restaurant, the Anchor and Hope Inn in Donnybrook, in 1981. Following this, Neal also owned highly regarded restaurants Louisa’s in Bunbury and Jackson’s Restaurant in Mount Lawley,

Jackson’s Restaurant, which was considered the number one “special night out” destination for many years, before closing in 2014, introduced degustation menus to Western Australia. The restaurant won a number of awards, including Restaurant of the Year, by The West Australian Good Food Guide in 2011.

Neal’s culinary style is based on French technique with the use of Asian ingredients and a little touch of British. In 2013, Neal announced that he would be retiring after a highly successful 48-year career, however, he now consults with many venues such as the Amelia Park Restaurant in Margaret River and attends regularly food fairs in China.