Nick Barter

My current role is as Academic Director - Griffith Online.  This is a whole of university role where I have responsibility for guiding the university's developments and growth in the online space in order that we can become an exemplar. Given Griffith's nature and heritage, our intent is to ensure our progressive education and ideas have as wide a reach as possible.

Prior to this role I was the MBA Director and Deputy Director Asia Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise (APCSE) at Griffith University.  Tying these roles together was my focus on sustainability and strategy and my pursuit of making organisations fit for the 21st century.  In sum my work is about helping organisations embrace the Future Normal - a normal that will put drastically different demands on organisations.

Some brief history - I moved into academia in 2004.  Prior to that I worked in industry in a variety of roles - Head of Business, Head of Strategy, Head of Marketing, etc.  The long and short of this being I have operated at the highest levels of business developing and implementing strategies and plans.  Thus I bring a combination of academic thinking with an understanding of how to actually do.
Prior to joining Griffith University in July 2011, Nick was at the University of St Andrews (UK) where while gaining his doctorate he also taught strategy at postgraduate and undergraduate level, with a particular focus on strategy and sustainability/sustainable development. During this time he was also instrumental in launching and developing a Masters in Sustainable Development and the St Andrews Sustainability Institute (SASI). While at St Andrews he was also nominated by the student body to receive a university wide teaching award.

Prior to joining St Andrews, Nick held senior positions in strategy, marketing and general management at Telewest (now Virgin Media in the UK) in the B2B and B2C operating divisions. While at Telewest he led numerous initiatives within including major strategic reviews, negotiating and formulating alliances, assessing acquisitions, implementing change programs, managing major revenue streams and delivering operations improvements. Prior to Telewest, Nick was a strategy consultant with Ernst & Young and has previously worked in the pharmaceutical industry.

Nick holds a Bachelor of Chemical and Bio Process Engineering from the University of Bath, an MBA (with distinction) from Warwick Business School (UK) and a PhD from the University of St Andrews (UK).