Our Team
Meet the Executive Education team at the School of Business and Law.
The School of Business and Law’s Executive Education Team delivers transformative experiences for professionals in many sectors and at all levels. These can help you progress within or across jobs. Drawing on disciplines across the University and working with industry-relevant experts, the Team delivers a range of programs in modes that will accommodate most. Don’t delay! Advance your personal or professional skills today through one of the workshops or short courses.
Nickey Ludkins
Nickey is Manager Executive Education in the School of Business and Law and Faculty Advisor for Enactus ECU. She has been a member of the SBL Responsible Management and Sustainability Committee since its inception in 2020 (formerly the PRME committee). She is passionate about helping people build their knowledge and skills to achieve optimum outcomes for them, their organisations and the wider framework of society.
Nickey’s long-term and sustained passion for sustainability, the environment and social justice is core to completing a Master in Science (Development Studies) from the London School of Economics, UK.
Nickey joined ECU in 2017 and has held roles of Accreditation Project Leader, Business Program Coordinator for ECU South West, and Executive Assistant for the School Advisory Board.
Before joining ECU, Nickey had a portfolio career across environmental consulting, multicultural research and teaching, and managing family-owned small businesses while raising her next generation.
Joe Connor
Joe is the Executive Education Program Officer in the ECU School of Business and Law. In his role, Joe’s responsibilities include; stakeholder engagement, course scheduling, administration support and assisting course delivery.
In 2023 Joe joined ECU in a fundraising role with the Development & Alumni Relations (DAR)Team before moving into a Senior Centre Officer role which included supporting the DAR Director and day to day management of the office. Prior to joining ECU, Joe spent time working with Australia’s largest mental health and fitness initiative, The Push-Up Challenge, in a role engaging workplaces and communities.
Joe completed his BSc in Applied Sport and Exercise Science (hons) in 2010 at Northumbria University, Newcastle (UK). Upon moving to Perth in 2014, he spent eight successful years engaging with some of Western Australia’s largest companies managing corporate health facilities in Perth CBD. With a passion for elevating and supporting others, Joe views ECU’s values of integrity, respect, rational inquiry, personal excellence and courage as aligning with his personal values.