# Our leaders
**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/faculties-institutes/bel/about/leaders
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/faculties-institutes/bel/about/contact
Executive leadership of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law.
## Professor Andrew Griffiths
Executive Dean, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
### Areas of responsibility
The Executive Dean is responsible for shaping the Faculty's strategic direction, academic programs and research initiatives while ensuring the success and wellbeing of both students and staff.
### Biography
Professor Andrew Griffiths reports to the Vice-Chancellor and oversees academic and administrative matters in the Faculty's schools of business, economics and law. He's accountable for academic programs, staff management and resource allocation. He also represents the Faculty and the University to the wider community, both in Australia and overseas.
Andrew is an internationally recognised scholar and maintains an active research program, examining how organisations deal with the impacts of climate change and how executives and employees can transform organisations to manage sustainability issues more effectively.
### Contact
[execdean@bel.uq.edu.au](mailto:execdean@bel.uq.edu.au)
## Faculty leadership
### Professor Tyler Okimoto
#### Associate Dean (Academic)
Drives strategic leadership in teaching and learning across the Faculty.
[View Tyler Okimoto's profile](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2443)
#### Contact
[ada@bel.uq.edu.au](mailto:ada@bel.uq.edu.au)
### Professor Martie-Louise Verreynne
#### Associate Dean (Research)
Leads the Faculty's research strategy, driving excellence, impact and engagement.
[View Martie-Louise Verreynne's profile](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1685)
#### Contact
[adresearch@bel.uq.edu.au](mailto:adresearch@bel.uq.edu.au)
### Associate Professor Rachel Fitzgerald
#### Deputy Associate Dean (Academic)
[View Rachel Fitzgerald's profile](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/26807)
#### Contact
[rachel.fitzgerald@uq.edu.au](mailto:rachel.fitzgerald@uq.edu.au)
### Associate Professor Gabby Walters
#### Deputy Associate Dean (Research)
[View Gabby Walters' profile](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2510)
#### Contact
[g.walters@uq.edu.au](mailto:g.walters@uq.edu.au)
### Katrina Tune
#### Faculty Executive Manager
Provides strategic advice by identifying, developing and implementing initiatives to support the Faculty’s activities.
#### Contact
[bel.fem@uq.edu.au](mailto:bel.fem@uq.edu.au)
## Schools
The heads of schools are responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of our schools.
### Professor Brent Ritchie
#### Head of School, Business
[View Brent Ritchie’s profile](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2051)
#### Contact
[ea@business.uq.edu.au](mailto:ea@business.uq.edu.au)
[+61 7 334 68122](tel:+61 7 334 68122)
### Associate Professor Antonio Peyrache
#### Interim Head of School, Economics
[View Antonio Peyrache's profile](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2132)
#### Contact
[soe-hos@uq.edu.au](mailto:soe-hos@uq.edu.au)
[+61 7 344 33446](tel:+61 7 344 33446)
### Professor Rick Bigwood
#### Head of School, Law
[View Rick Bigwood’s profile](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/13902)
#### Contact
[dean@law.uq.edu.au](mailto:dean@law.uq.edu.au)
[+61 7 336 52361](tel:+61 7 336 52361)
## Research centres
The centre directors are responsible for strategic and operational leadership.
### Professor Lisa Nissen
#### Director, Centre for the Business and Economics of Health and Taylor Family Chair
[View Lisa Nissen's profile](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/5479)
#### Contact
[cbeh@uq.edu.au](mailto:cbeh@uq.ed.au)
[+61 7 3346 6217](tel:+61733466217)
### Professor Brendan Hokowhitu
#### Director, Indigenous Futures Centre
[View Brendan Hokowhitu's profile](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/31861)
#### Contact
[indigenousfutures@uq.edu.au](mailto:indigenousfutures@uq.edu.au)
### Professor Kit Barker
#### Director, Australian Centre for Private Law
[View Kit Barker's profile](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1749)
#### Contact
[acpl@law.uq.edu.au](mailto:acpl@law.uq.edu.au)
[+61 7 334 67609](tel:+61 7 334 67609)
### Professor Lionel Page
#### Director, Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences
[View Lionel Page's profile](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/34127)
#### Contact
[cubes@uq.edu.au](mailto:cubes@uq.edu.au)
### Associate Professor Antonio Peyrache
#### Director, Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
[View Antonio Peyrache's profile](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2132)
#### Contact
[cepa@uq.edu.au](mailto:cepa@uq.edu.au)
[+61 7 3346 7056](tel:+61 7 3346 7056)
### Professor Nicholas Aroney
#### Director, Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law
[View Nicholas Aroney's profile](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/104)
#### Contact
[cpicl@law.uq.edu.au](mailto:cpicl@law.uq.edu.au)
## Contact
Get in touch with the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law.
[Contact the Faculty](https://about.uq.edu.au/faculties-institutes/bel/about/contact)