Professor Amanda Gudmundsson

Biography

Professor Amanda Gudmundsson is Executive Dean, Faculty of Business and Law, QUT. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Griffith University) combining the fields of industrial psychology and business, a Graduate Certificate in Education (Higher Education) (QUT), a 1st class Honours degree in Psychology (Organisational Psychology) (Griffith University), and a Bachelor of Behavioural Science (OH&S and I/O Psychology).

After an early career in various human resources roles in agricultural machinery and the built environment, Amanda has spent more than 25 years at QUT undertaking a variety of academic and leadership roles. Her leadership experience has included study area leadership for the Human Resource Management field, MBA Director, Director of the Brisbane Graduate School of Business, Head of School of Design, and Associate Dean, Learning & Teaching.

As Executive Dean, Amanda is responsible for the strategic leadership, governance, and financial management of the Faculty of Business and Law (FBL), which includes five discipline schools (Accountancy; Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations; Economics & Finance; Law; and Management) and the QUT Graduate school of Business. FBL enrols approximately 12,500 students and employs approximately 300 permanent academic and professional staff and a large number of sessional academic staff.

Being a leader of a triple-accredited Business School, Amanda volunteers with the international business accreditation agencies of AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA to offer mentoring and peer-review activities, including representation in agency governance, membership of various executive committees and boards. As a senior leader of QUT, Amanda is also a member of the QUT Executive Leadership Team and University Academic Board, and thus directly involved in the leadership, strategic planning, and decision making of the University.

Amanda’s career transitions have been anchored by a deep desire to foster employee wellbeing and positive organisational change. She is passionate about human capability development and encouraging the nexus between research and practice to stimulate innovation. Her personal research interests apply the theories and concepts of positive psychology to the workplace, amplifying the capability of leaders and improving the experience of inclusion and belonging for all people at work.