Executive Team
Jenny Jenkins - Head of School
Hospitality has been a lifelong journey for Jenny Jenkins. Educated in Catering and Hotelkeeping at Napier University in Edinburgh, she then travelled overland to New Zealand from Scotland and settled there. New Zealand presented many opportunities for entrepreneurial ventures including restaurants, wine bars and boutique resorts. Her vast knowledge of the sector and her passion for superior customer service in a hospitality environment led her into education. Her vision was to inspire people to embark on a career in hospitality through formal training.
More recently, since completing an MBA through Massey University, Jenny has held senior management positions in a number of vocational and higher education institutions in New Zealand in the area of hospitality, tourism and management. These positions have included Head of Faculty, Business, Tourism and the Arts at Southern Institute of Technology, Head of School of Management at the Open Polytechnic, and Campus Principal for UCOL Wairarapa Campus.
Roles have included the introduction of competency based assessment, developing a Bachelor of Hotel Management in partnership with an Australian University and more recently, securing an international educational partner for a multi-million Major Regional Initiative for the Wairarapa in the area of food and wine.
Involvement in this recent project inspired Jenny to secure a position overseas to increase her knowledge of the international educational sector. She has recently joined William Blue as Head of the Hospitality and Tourism College.
“It is a very exciting time to be joining this company which has an exponential growth strategy planned for the future. I am looking forward to being part of an extremely competent team that will realise this vision for the benefit of our students, the organisation, industry and the Australian economy.”
Mark Rohald - Director
Mark, a former academic and lecturer in Economics at a leading South African University, has since founded a number of private education institutions and served on the Board of no less than 18 education businesses.
As an Executive Director of Educor, Mark oversaw a multinational education organisation servicing 300,000 students on a daily basis. Educor was listed on the Johannesburg and Nasdaq stock exchanges, and Mark held the position of Head of Education for their global operations.
Whilst in the UK, Mark pioneered the concept of online international student recruitment. He has worked in an executive capacity in the education sector in South Africa, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. His community involvement includes serving as a member of the Board of a leading private school in Sydney.
Anthony Böhm - CEO
Anthony has extensive experience in the education sector having worked in senior executive positions in both Australia and the UK.
Anthony spent several years as a senior executive with IDP Education Australia based in Sydney. IDP Education Australia is a world-leader in international education with operations in over 40 countries. Anthony has also worked in with a number of Australia’s leading universities.
Whilst in the UK, Anthony was a co-founder of Kaplan International Colleges. Working in partnership with leading UK universities, Kaplan International Colleges provide innovative programs designed to assist international students enter UK universities.
Anthony has also been a prolific researcher in international education having co-authored a number of leading education publications with specific emphasis on international student mobility and global student trends.
Anthony is a committed education specialist and passionately believes in developing and delivering 'real world' qualifications that give students the best opportunity for a successful and rewarding career.
Dr George Brown - Academic Director
PhD (Adel), M Ed Mgmnt (Flin), Grad Dip Ed (UniSA), B Bus (UniSA)
George has extensive experience in the private education sector in Australia. He has led academic quality assurance and accreditation projects for higher education and vocational education programs at a number of quality private institutions. His work has involved the development of a portfolio of new vocational and higher education programs as well as the management of quality assurance processes at offshore campuses.
George is a prominent researcher in the area of higher education accreditation and quality assurance. His research in the area of non-official higher education was instrumental behind the development of the National Protocols for Higher Education Approval Processes.
At Amadeus/Billy Blue, George manages the group’s academic quality assurance processes and leads the development of a new range of programs.
Russell Woodard - Group Marketing Director
Russell Woodard joined Billy Blue Group in September 2006. His principle responsibility is heading up the central marketing division across the group of colleges. This includes the development and implementation of the Strategic Marketing Plan for the colleges.
The marketing division drives recruitment of new students into all Billy Blue colleges, as well as being responsible for marketing operations and communications.
He is a member of the Senior Management Team and sits on the Teaching and Learning Committee.
Russell has a Masters in Educational Administration with specializations in cross-cultural management and change management.
Prior to joining Billy Blue Group Russell worked for IBT Education and Wollongong University College. He has also run a successful corporate training business in Japan.
He cites his main reasons for joining the Billy Blue Group as its unique character, the passion of its staff and its enormous potential for growth.