Our Team

Your SCEI-HE experience will be supported by an academic director, course coordinator, field placement officer, student welfare coordinator, and staff and student support officers.

Ms Catherine Robbins

Ms Catherine Robbins

Member – Corporate Board

Catherine is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in the public and private sector focused on audit, operational finance, systems development and support. As a qualified project manager she has delivered a range of complex large-scale business and technology programs. Catherine holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting/Law) and is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

Anona Armstrong

Professor Anona Armstrong

Chair – Corporate Board

Professor Anona Armstrong is an Emeritus Professor at the Victoria University. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy and a Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and is also a Past President, Fellow and Life Member of the Australasian Evaluation Society and a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society.

Mr Azeezur Rahaman

Mr Azeezur Rahaman

Director, Member – Corporate Board

Azeezur Rahman, a Masters graduate, is the founding Managing Director of Southern Cross Education Institute. Azeezur Rahaman’s Vocational Educational Training organisation has registration with ASQA and VRQA delivering VCE, Vocational and non-accredited courses.

Zhefei Xu

Ms Zhefei Xu

Member – Corporate Board

Zhefei first came to Australia in 2006 to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce at Flinders University in Adelaide, before furthering her studies in Melbourne at Victoria University with a Master of Accounting. Zhefei is innately a commercially-savvy professional, hence her decision to study in the finance sector, which established her analytical and strategic development skills. 

Her educational foundations aside, Zhefei had a keen interest in sales, marketing and digital media from the commencement of her professional career. Her studies provided contextual knowledge of essential business operations, which was the base of her confidence when she ultimately decided to pursue a career in marketing. 

In the present day, after years of professional development, leading teams and developing marketing strategy; Zhefei has a demonstrated history of working as a Marketing Director in the higher education sector. Zhefei brings strong networking capabilities, leadership, customer service, sales, and social media solutions to the organisation.

Matthew Gillet

Mr Matthew Gillet

Member – Corporate Board

Samli Ozturk

Mr Samli Ozturk

Member – Corporate Board