Professor Marie Wilson

In 2022, Professor Marie Wilson is on sabbatical, focusing on the Future Workplace Project, an examination of the impact of where, when and how we work on performance and productivity.

Professor Wilson was the inaugural Chief Academic Services Officer for the University of South Australia from early 2020 through 2021.  As a member of the Executive Leadership Team of UniSA, with responsibility for UniSA International, student services, student administration, student equity and engagement, Marie led the University's student support during the pandemic, and then the campus consolidation planning project. 

In her former role as PVC: Business and Law at UniSA, Law was recognized for its international research standing and the Business School achieved global Top 1% accreditation standing (EQUIS and AACSB), and national and international awards for innovation and its enterprising service culture. Professor Wilson has continued as an international accreditor for EQUIS, and is a member of the international EQUIS Committee.

Professor Wilson has studied and worked across the globe and has been a senior manager in strategy and HRM for seven public companies, including one of the world’s largest IT firms.  Professor Wilson's specialities include the management of performance (with a focus on professionals and knowledge work), and judgment and decision-making in professional settings.  Her most recent work has established new insights into clinical decision-making and the intersection of commercialisation and researcher careers.

Professor Wilson holds a Juris Doctor in contract and employment law, and a PhD in management, as well as several other postgraduate degrees. She has over twenty years of university leadership experience, including senior roles at Griffith University and the University of Auckland.  She also has extensive experience in high technology ventures, and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  Professor Wilson is also a member of the State Advisory Council (SA/NT) of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) and sponsor of CEDA’s Women and Leadership program for over ten years.

• Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)
• Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA)
• EFMD Global Network (EQUIS)
• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy The University of Arizona

• Juris Doctor The University of Arizona

Work history

Chief Academic Service Officer (Executive Leadership Team) 2020-2022

Pro Vice Chancellor (Business and Law), UniSA Business School 2014-2020

Dean (Academic) Griffith Business School, Griffith University 2009-2013

Head of Department, Management and International Business, The University of Auckland Business School, 2006 - 2009

Head, Management and Employment Relations; The University of Auckland Business School, 1992-1993; 1998-2002

Research Director of the ICEHOUSE business accelerator, The University of Auckland Business School, 2002 - 2004

Head, Graduate School of Business, The University of Auckland Business School, 1994-1998,

Associate Dean, Graduate and Postgaduate Programs, The University of Auckland Business School (1997-1998)

Managing Director, Wilson & Associates, 1991 -  2008 

Managing Director, Vino Vino Ltd, 1995 - 2002 

Visiting Academic, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, 2012

Visiting Academic, City University Hong Kong, 2011