Testimonials
Quincy Govin
 Master of International Business and Master of Business Administration
Graduated: 2000
Which company are you working for now?
I work for French carmaker Renault, in the Asia Pacific Division. I am the Area Operations Manager for Malaysia, currently based and operating in Kuala Lumpur: the Renault Asia Pacific Division is based in Tokyo. I was offered the job at Renault upon my return to Malaysia, immediately after graduating from UOW.
What does your current role involve?
Renault is moving aggressively into international markets. Asia is a key arena and requires specialised skills and understanding with managing operations in culturally and economically diverse markets.
I oversee and manage all strategic and operational issues for the Malaysian market. This includes the general management of all sales and marketing activities, network and product development with a focus on growth and profitability. In addition, it also includes the management of special projects such as local assembly and export marketing.
I travel frequently between offices in Paris, Tokyo and Singapore with occasional trips to London, Melbourne and Frankfurt.
In addition, as Malaysia is part of the Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit, I manage press and public relation activities related to the Renault F1 Team.
What benefits do you see as being unique to your UOW degree?
My years at UOW were not just educational. The international exposure with students from various countries increased my understanding of the world at large and prepared me for my current challenge in the international arena of the automobile industry.
I came back with a quality MIB + MBA, gained extensive exposure into cultures other than my own, and fostered close friendships with people I would never have thought of meeting. I now have a home to visit in almost every major city in the world, of which I have visited several and I am aiming to visit the rest in next few years.
Why did you choose UOW over other universities?
UOW offered what it seemed was quality education at a price below that of other metropolitan universities. This was augmented by having a well-balanced campus, great educational facilities, a less hectic (but not necessarily less stressful) lifestyle but still within reach of Sydney (only an hour’s train-ride away).
My UOW experience has opened new doors in my life – both professional and personal. To some extent, it has also given me a stronger sense of adventure and achievement.
Mohd Ali Family
A family affair …
For Myra Aidrin Mohd Ali, coming from Malaysia to study at the University of Wollongong was very much a family affair. One of three sisters and a brother who studied at UOW, Myra Aidrin wrote to Campus News to reflect on what UOW means to her family, and to let us know where their UOW degrees have taken them.
To my family, the University of Wollongong indeed proved to be the hub of knowledge – and a lot more as well.
Mohd Iqmal Mohd Ali, the eldest of the four UOW graduates from my family, graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) degree. He is now working as a technical training officer holding the post of the Head of General Aviation and Studies.
My twin sister Myra Idora Mohd Ali and I were reunited at Wollongong after attending different boarding schools. Myra Idora graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) and is now working as an assistant lecturer at the Malaysian Institute of Marine Engineering Technology while pursuing her Masters in Science Marine Technology (Ship Design) at the University of Technology, Delft, in the Netherlands.
I graduated with a Master of Education (TESOL) in 2000 and now lecture in a private university college (IUCTT) while pursuing my PhD in English Language Studies.
The baby of the four, Nur Aizalina Mohd Ali, graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering). She is now working with the Indah Water Konsortium, a semi-government company dealing with Malaysia’s sewerage system (it’s a dirty job but somebody has to do it!). She is also pursuing her Master of Environmental Technology with a mission to design a less nauseating way of treating ‘manure’.
For all of us, UOW provided an excellent learning environment, facilities and experts in the Engineering subjects. Our family is in a good position to judge the Engineering courses after we completed three of them!
But it was not just knowledge that the three Engineers gained at UOW. They all found their life partners there as well. Mohd Iqmal met Accountancy student Saizatul Azrah at an International Night organised by the University, and they are now married. Myra Idora met her spouse Abdullah Mu’az, a graduate in Civil Engineering, after a few sessions of Mathematics tutorial! Nur Aizalina met her future husband (Fakhruddin, a Tasmanian graduate) through a friend who was also studying in Wollongong, who is now her sister-in-law!
I was not at all affected by the love spurs of Wollongong University and ended up marrying a guy from a local university in Malaysia!
We all had a wonderful time while studying at Wollongong. In fact, we still discuss the things that we miss about Wollongong whenever we meet.
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