Richard Thorning

Richard was appointed Director – Entrepreneurship & Executive Education at Curtin Business School in 2007, following a period as an Adjunct Professor. He had worked closely with the University since 2000 as an industry partner and was attracted to this new role because he identified strongly with the themes of “helping businesses grow” and “lifelong learning”. Richard’s business experience included thirty years in the information and communications technology industries, in the UK and three states of Australia. Over the last twenty years Richard has performed a series of executive roles for IBM, Telstra and Optus, leading sales and service business units and major change projects. Immediately prior to Curtin, Richard was General Manager – Western Australia for SingTel Optus. Richard completed an executive MBA at Curtin in 2005 with distinction.