PhD (University of Melbourne), Master of Business (Marketing) (Victoria University), Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Tertiary Education (Victoria University), Bachelor of Business (Accounting) (Victoria University), Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD), Fellow of the Australian Marketing Institute (FAMI)

Romana is an experienced and highly respected academic in the tertiary sector. She has over 30 years of experience in teaching, curriculum development, and academic governance across the Marketing and Business disciplines, as well as undertaking various senior leadership roles including Dean and Deputy Dean of a university business school. Romana’s peer-recognised research has been published extensively in leading international journals spanning services marketing, consumer behaviour, and sustainability. She has authored/co-authored more than 25 refereed journal articles and conference papers, and supervised over 20 PhD and Masters completions. Her most recent role as Dean of the Victoria University Business School saw her lead a major curriculum transformation that embedded industry engagement and digital, sustainability-infused learning across all undergraduate programs, growing enrolments by 30% over three years.