Our senior team

Jo Mithen

Chief Executive Officer

Jo joined Monash College in April 2008. She has a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws from Monash University and an Executive Masters of Business Administration from the Melbourne Business School.

Jo has been helping organisations to strengthen their business operations and build their internal capability for more than 15 years.

Prior to her role of Monash College CEO, Jo was General Manager, Melbourne and National Director of Dibbs Abbott Stillman Lawyers.  In this role she was instrumental in facilitating significant improvements through restructuring the organisation, including the introduction of a new partnership model and replacement of the senior management team of the firm.

As CEO of the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI), Jo assisted Deakin University to purchase the business from insolvency and grow the business successfully for six years before re-structuring and selling in 2006.  Her role at AHRI included representing Australia on the Asia Pacific Federation of HR Management.  She was also elected by her Asian colleagues to represent Asia on the World Federation of People Management Associations, an organisation that represented over 500,000 HR professionals internationally.

Anne Bright

Director, Foundation Year

Anne joined Monash College in November 2010. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) University of Melbourne and a Diploma of Education from the University of Tasmania.

Anne has been an educational leader and teacher in two of Australia's most prestigious K-12 independent schools – The Friends' School in Hobart and Lauriston Girls' School in Melbourne (Deputy Principal/Acting Principal).

She is a teacher of History, English and Theory of Knowledge. Working in the independent sector has given her extensive experience in school governance, marketing, student recruitment and financial, human and resource management.

Before becoming a teacher, she worked in the Department of Social Security and as an Electorate Officer for a Federal Senator.

She was involved with the delivery of teacher in-country programs in Vietnam for several years with the Asia Education Foundation (AEF) and the University of Tasmania. Alongside this work, she has developed and delivered extensive professional development materials and programs for the AEF on teaching and learning about Asia in Australian schools.

With the University of Tasmania and Deakin University she has developed programs on the teaching of civics and citizenship in Australian schools.

Julie Coleman

Director, Human Resources

Julie joined Monash College in July 2009. She has a Bachelor of Business degree with a major in Human Resources from Deakin University.

After over 20 years in human resource management, Julie has extensive experience in the human resources sector throughout the Asia Pacific region.

Julie was previously the HR Director at Optus where she worked on delivering innovative employment offerings to reinforce Optus' challenger brand in the telecommunications industry. Before joining Optus, she worked in the transport and mining industries with BHP in Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, China and Singapore.

Having recently worked with a mid-tier law firm managing the people components of a successful merger, Julie brings her corporate and professional services experience to the transition education sector. She has developed a number of strategic HR platforms to support the development of leaders, build internal capability and align reward and recognition frameworks for Monash College.

Dr Faye Lambert

Director, Monash College Diplomas

Faye joined Monash College in June 2010. She has a Doctor of Philosophy (Educational Administration), Bachelor of Commerce, a Graduate Diploma of Evaluation and a Bachelor of Education.

Faye has a diverse educational background, a passion for teaching and learning and experience in both the corporate and not-for-profit sectors.

She started her career in human resources and subsequently moved into teaching as a foundation member of a progressive school. As a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, she conducted a range of evaluation studies in educational settings. In her role as Senior Consultant at KPMG Management Consulting Group, she was involved in the design and delivery of challenging and innovative leadership and management development programs for senior executives.

Before joining Monash College, Faye was Deputy Head of an independent school in Melbourne and was responsible for key organisational changes and curriculum design initiatives. Among these was the development of a unique online system of assessment and reporting which was granted a National Quality Award for its contribution to excellence in teaching and learning.

Faye has presented and published both nationally and internationally in a range of fields including teaching and learning, organisational change, program evaluation and leadership development.