Natalia Vukolova has extensive leadership experience and knowledge in the spheres of healthcare, specialist education, health technology assessment and funding, policy, government relations and organisational development. She is passionate about good governance, leveraging talented people and technologies to transform organisations, and sound financial stewardship. For nearly eight years she led the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists as the Chief Executive Officer. The College is a peak bi-national association responsible for educational and professional standards of specialist doctors in medical imaging and cancer care. Natalia held Board positions with ANTaR NSW and ATN, both organisations working to reduce racism in Australia. She has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in management and social development from WSU and UNSW, and leadership training from IMD (Switzerland).
As an immigrant Australian and a former international student at WSU, Natalia believes in the University’s multifaceted role in enhancing the social fabric of Western Sydney and providing educational opportunities for Indigenous, migrant and first-in-family students.