Dr Maurizio Floris

Maurizio is the Associate Dean Postgraduate Programs and Director for the Master fo Commerce Program at the Business School. 

Prior to taking up this role in 2023, he was Director for Part-time Programs (MBAX, MBA Executive) at the AGSM since March 2020. Before that, Maurizio was Director for Leadership Development at the John Grill Centre (University of Sydney), and Program Director (Strategy and Leadership) at Melbourne Business School. In these capacities Maurizio has led many Executive Development programs in Australia and overseas. He also taught post-graduate and MBA courses at the University of Sydney's Business School and was acting Director for its MBA program.

Before joining academia in 2007, Maurizio worked in industry for nearly 20 years. This includes roles as CEO of Impart Corporation (an Oracle/uni JV), General Manager with Chubb, Senior Strategy Consultant with Accenture, co-founder of Dutch engineering company DAE BV, and Development Economist with the Royal Tropical Institute. During that time Maurizio has worked in Australia, Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia.

Over the years Maurizio has worked with many leading corporations (across Finance, FMCG, Energy, Mining, Publishing, Telecoms), including BHP, Bluescope, Caltex, CCH (Wolters Kluwer), Energex, Energy Australia, Gilette, LendLease, LexisNexis (Butterworth), McDonald's, OneSteel, Optus, QBE, St. George Bank, Telstra, United Energy, Vodafone;  and government/ regulatory organisations, including ABS, ATO, Australian Defence Forces (CASG; RAN), Australian Federal Police, Dept. of Treasury, Singapore Navy, Securities Institute, Transport for NSW.