Managing Director - Alan Manly

Alan is the Managing Director of Group Colleges Australia. As Managing Director he is responsible for the corporate planning and governance of the group of companies.

Alan has over thirty years experience in business management in industries including, technology and education. He has twenty years experience as a Company Director with private and public companies. He is a former Director of the Australian Council of Private Education and Training (ACPET) and is a current member of the ACPET NSW State Committee. Alan is a Justice of the Peace, a member of the Australian Computer Society and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

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Non-Executive Director - Mark Euvrard

B.Com. Hons (Rhodes), CTA, ACA

Mark has been a member of the Institute of Australian Chartered Accountants since 1980 and is an Accredited Financial Planning Specialist with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.

He has an extensive background in managing small-to-medium sized Australian subsidiaries of International Corporations. He was the Australian General Manager of the largest dental equipment manufacturer in the U.S.A., was General Manager of the team which rescued the Spinners Team of Tradesmen franchise from Administration and successfully headed up the company which introduced smoke alarms into Australia.

Mark is a Director, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer for The Salisbury Group Pty Limited, which holds both an unrestricted dealers licence and a life broker licence.

Mark is a non executive director of GCA.

General Manager - Jenny McCarthy

Jenny has a Bachelor of Business (Management) and a Master of Business (International Marketing), both from UTS. Jenny joined Group Colleges in July 1999 when it was initially established, after being involved in the development of the Marketing Plan to instigate and deliver Distance Learning.

Prior to becoming involved in private education, Jenny worked in the Applications Development of Westpac Banking Corporation, holding various positions up to managerial level. She brings to Group College’s management team over ten years’ experience in private education in various roles from Operations Manager to Principal of large private business colleges.

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Gerard Newcombe - Member of GCA Executive

Gerard has both a Bachelor and Master Degree in Business Administration, and a Diploma in Front Line Management.  He also has certificates in Philosophy, English Language Training and Workplace Training and Assessment. Gerard has 30 years experience in International Management, Marketing and Training across the Asia Pacific region.

He has Fellowships at both the Royal Geographical Society and Royal Asiatic Society in the UK, and is a Fellow at the Institute of Company Directors in Australia.  He also holds Associate Fellowships at both the Australian Institute of Management, and the Australian Marketing Institute.

Geard has a long history in education, having held several Senior Executive and Management postitionswityh prominent educational institutions based in Sydney.

He is an accomplished author, having published books on both Marketing and Asia Business Skills, and is a registered Justice of Peace in Australia.

Member of GCA Executive.

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Kylie Black - Member of the Executive

Hi, my name is Kylie and I am the Director of Studies at Metro English College. I originally trained as a high school English literature and History teacher but my love of travelling sent me abroad where I discovered the great rewards in teaching English language. In total I have been teaching for over 14 years and I have worked at this college for more than 5 years. I have been fortunate enough to teach on all the programs offered by Metro English College and while I no longer teach full time my love of teaching means that I make every effort to try to spend time in the classroom. Currently I teach English for Academic Program one day a week, which is challenging but also great fun. I really enjoy working at Metro as I find that every day brings new challenges and new students so work is always an interesting place to be.

When not working I enjoy spending time travelling, photography, reading anything and everything, listening to one of my many CDs, bush walking and catching up with friends and family.

Member of GCA Executive.

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