Executive Team
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.
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.
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.
Nick Crawford - CFO
Nick joined Billy Blue in May 2007 from a role at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he had been undertaking an internal change management role.
He is a UK qualified Chartered Accountant with 13 years experience in education, having worked at one of the UK’s largest Further and Higher Education colleges. He was responsible for a major redevelopment of the college campus and played a key roll in establishing a number of new contracts in both the UK and Asia.
Nick’s role at Billy Blue is to manage the non-academic activities of the company and he will play a major role in the integration of new activities into the business.
Nick regards the future plans for Billy Blue as very exciting and looks forward to being part of the team that delivers the Director’s vision.
Russell Woodard - Group Marketing Director
Russell Woodard joined Billy Blue in September 2006. His principle responsibility is to head 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 the recruitment of new students into all Billy Blue colleges and is responsible for all 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 specialisations in cross-cultural management and change management.
Prior to joining Billy Blue College, 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.