New recruit ready to make her mark in engaging role

BOND University has added to its leadership team, appointing a new marketing executive.

Catherine Marks has been appointed vice-president engagement after an international search.

Ms Marks has more than 25 years of experience in the engagement field in higher education, starting her career in the first commercial company of a UK university, the University of Edinburgh.

A chartered marketer, she holds degrees in economics and international marketing and has worked in leadership roles at several universities.

In her previous role as director of global advancement at Swansea University, the university won the inaugural Good University Guide — Welsh University of the Year award in 2017 and again in 2019.

Ms Marks said she was looking forward to building “interesting relationships which help to sustain and grow the business for years to come”.

“While the higher education sector has significant tradition and is well established, the changes I have seen in the globalisation, marketisation and funding of the sector mean that institutions must look to their past students, friends and partners to develop future strategies and campaigns,” she said.

Ms Marks has moved to the Gold Coast with three of her four children and partner Matt, a pilot and physicist.