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This is a list of University of Technology Sydney people, including notable alumni and staff.

Notable alumni

Academia

• Martin Bean – former vice-chancellor at the Open University and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
• Anthony D. Burke – Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of New South Wales
• Judith Beveridge – Australian poet and research supervisor at the University of Sydney
• John Croucher – Australian statistician and Professor of Management at Macquarie University
• Rosalyn Diprose – Emeritus Professor of philosophy at the University of New South Wales
• Hatice Gunes – Professor of Affective Intelligence and Robotics at the University of Cambridge
• Margaret Simons – Associate Professor of journalism at Monash University

Architecture

• Jeremy Edmiston – Australian architect
• Penelope Seidler – Australian architect

Business

• Peter Agnew – deputy chair of Surf Life Saving Australia
• Russell Balding – former managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
• Nina Blackwell – former senior director at Yahoo! and press secretary to former U.S. senator Hillary Clinton
• Kate Burleigh – managing director of Intel in Australia and New Zealand
• Maile Carnegie – group executive of ANZ Banking Group (ANZ) retail division and former managing director of Google Australia
• Neil Chatfield – former chairman of Virgin Australia and former non-executive director at Transurban
• Cristina Pieta Cifuentes – Economist and former board member of the Australian Energy Regulator
• Rob Coombe – Chairman of Colonial First State and former chairman of MLC Limited
• Cathryn Cox – Executive Director of Health System Planning and Investment, NSW Ministry of Health
• Larry Diamond – Founder & CEO of Zip Co
• Jacqui Feeney – managing director of Fox International Channels (Australia and New Zealand)
• Mark Fitzgibbon – CEO and managing director of nib Health Funds
• Sean Gordon AM (Bachelor of Education in Adult Education, 2000; 2016 UTS Faculty of the Arts and Social Sciences Alumni Award Recipient) –managing director and owner of Gidgee Group, an Indigenous-owned and -managed consultancy; also co-convenor of the Liberals for Yes group, and member of the First Nations Referendum Working Group for the 2023 Australian referendum
• Todd Greenberg – CEO of the National Rugby League
• Rachel Grimes – former CFO (Technology) of Westpac
• Kristanti MBA - Canadian CEO/CFO (UTS Alumni 1996). Former Manager at Energizer Battery (Eveready)
• Vanessa Hudson – CEO of Qantas
• Frances Hughes – former CEO of the International Council of Nurses (ICN)
• Ben Kennedy – Founder & CEO of Gecko
• George Koukis – founder and former chairman of Temenos AG
• Ido Leffler – Israeli-Australian entrepreneur
• Geoff Lloyd – former CEO of MLC Limited
• Graeme Mason – CEO of Screen Australia
• Kim McKay – CEO of Australian Museum
• Bettina McMahon – Executive General Manager, Government and Industry Collaboration and Adoption, Australian Digital Health Agency
• David Murray – former CEO of the Commonwealth Bank (CBA)
• Warwick Negus – Non-executive director at Dexus and former managing director at Goldman Sachs
• Gregory Poche – founder and former chairman of StarTrack
• George Savvides – former managing director of Medibank
• Nicky Sparshott – CEO of Unilever Australia and New Zealand
• Vivian Wong – Group Vice President (Higher Educations Technologies) of Oracle Corporation
• Jim White – Senior Vice President (Human Resources) of Paramount Pictures

Government

Politicians

Premiers of New South Wales

• Morris Iemma – former Premier of New South Wales (2005–2008)

Federal politicians

• Tanya Plibersek – Member of the House of Representatives for Sydney and former Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party
• Roger Price – Former member of the House of Representatives for Chifley, representing the Australian Labor Party
• Susan Templeman – Member of the House of Representatives for Macquarie, representing the Australian Labor Party
• Matt Thistlethwaite – Member of the House of Representatives for Kingsford Smith, representing the Australian Labor Party

Australian state and territory politicians

• Bryan Doyle – Australian politician
• Matt Kean – Australian politician
• Wendy Machin – former Australian politician
• Natasha Maclaren-Jones – Australian politician
• Daniel Mookhey – Australian politician
• Marjorie O'Neill – Australian politician
• Anthony Roberts – Australian Politician
• John Robertson – former Leader of the Labor Party in New South Wales
• Henry Tsang – former Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney

International politicians

• Shawn Atleo – former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in Canada
• Sekai Holland – Zimbabwean senator
• Gibran Rakabuming Raka – Vice President of Indonesia, previous Mayor of Solo in Indonesia

Public servants

• Michael Coutts-Trotter – director general of the NSW Department of Family and Community Services

Humanities

Arts

• Charlotte Best – Australian actress and model
• Natasha Liu Bordizzo – Australian actress and model
• Anh Do – Vietnamese-born Australian actor, author and comedian
• Genevieve Clay-Smith – Australian filmmaker
• Hugh Jackman – Australian actor, singer and producer
• Sophie Lee – Australian actor and author
• Yiying Lu – Chinese-born graphic designer and artist
• Alyssa McClelland – Australian director and actress
• James Millar – Australian actor
• Zoe Naylor – Australian actress
• Amanda Palmer – film executive
• Chris Plummer – New Zealand film editor
• Chris Taylor – Australian performer and comedian
• Rachel Ward – Australian actress and film director
• Emma Watkins – Australian actress and The Wiggles member
• Allanah Zitserman – Australian film producer

Fashion

• Bec Cooper - Australian fashion designer and co-founder of Bec and Bridge
• Bridget Yorston - Australian fashion designer and co-founder of Bec and Bridge

History

• Jeannine Baker – historian and research fellow at Macquarie University

Journalism

• David Astle – Australian author, broadcaster and columnist
• Jayne Azzopardi – Australian television presenter for Weekend Today & Nine News
• Brooke Boney – Entertainment reporter at Nine Network's Today show
• Kathryn Eisman – Australian fashion and lifestyle television journalist, author and former model
• Jan Fran – Australian journalist
• Lynda Kinkade – Australian journalist and anchor at CNN
• Sonia Kruger – television presenter
• Joel Labi – news anchor and producer
• Caroline Meldrum-Hanna – Australian journalist
• Timothy Palmer – Australian journalist at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Lara Pitt – Australian television presenter and sports journalist
• Georgia Rickard – Australian travel journalist

Literature, writing and poetry

• Anna Funder – Australian writer and winner of the Miles Franklin Award
• Nikki Gemmell – Australian writer
• Kate Grenville – Australian author
• Yvette Holt – Australian poet
• Janine Shepherd – Australian author

Law

• Elizabeth Broderick – Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner (2007–2015)
• Margaret Cunneen – deputy senior crown prosecutor of New South Wales

Sciences

• Sarah Benson – Chief forensic scientist at the Australian Federal Police
• Jordan Nguyen – Bio-medical engineer, inventor, and futurist
• Lily Serna – Australian mathematician and television presenter
• Vanessa Peterson – Australian chemist at ANSTO.

Sport

• John Allen – teacher, rugby player and cricketer
• Lachie Anderson – rugby union player
• Jo Brigden-Jones – Australian kayaker
• Bart Bunting – former Australian skier, Salt Lake City Paralympic gold medalist
• James Chapman – former Australian rower, London Olympic silver medalist
• Pat Cummins – Australian cricketer
• Nina Curtis – Australian sailor, London Olympic silver medalist for sailing
• Claudia Gunjaca – Australian rules football player
• Alyssa Healy – Australian cricketer
• Katie Kelly – Australian paratriathlete, Rio Olympic gold medalist
• Boyd Killingworth – rugby union player
• Adrienne Marie – former Australian volleyball player
• Alexander Purnell – Australian rower, Tokyo Olympic gold medalist
• Hayder Shkara – former Australian taekwondo athlete
• Danielle Small – former Australian soccer player
• Lucinda Whitty – Australian sailor, London Olympic silver medalist
• Gavin Woods – former Australian water polo player

Other

• Mervyn Bishop – Australian photographer

Notable staff

• Debra Adelaide – Australian novelist, writer and academic
• Philip A. Gale – British supramolecular chemist
• Stan Grant – Australian journalist
• Nick Kaldas – Deputy commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force
• Michael Keane – American economist
• Antony Kidman – Australian psychologist and academic
• Rosetta Martiniello-Wilks – Australian cancer researcher
• Ann Moyal – Australia historian
• Jim Peacock – Australian molecular biologist
• Göran Roos – Swedish academic and businessman
• Louise Ryan – Australian biostatistician
• Rosie Scott – Australian and New Zealand novelist
• Margaret Trask – Australian librarian
• Helen Vatsikopoulos – Australian journalist
• Cynthia Whitchurch – Australian microbiologist
• Mary-Anne Williams – Australian scientist
• Steve Wozniak – American electronics engineer and entrepreneur

Administration

Chancellors

Vice-Chancellors

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