Professor Yvonne Brunetto is a distinguished scholar in management and human resource management at the School of Business and Tourism, Southern Cross University, Australia, where she has served in senior academic leadership roles including Professor, Deputy Dean of Research, Acting Dean, Department Head, and Professor of Management and HRM. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Management from Griffith University, with a thesis on implementing policies within institutional frameworks examined without revision by internationally recognised scholars, along with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Geography and a Diploma in Education from the University of New South Wales, and postgraduate studies at Macquarie University. Across a long and influential academic career spanning university teaching, program coordination, and executive academic administration, Professor Brunetto has made substantial contributions to research on public sector management, leadership, workplace relationships, performance, and human resource policy. She has published extensively in leading international journals and scholarly outlets, producing 115 peer-reviewed documents that have generated more than 3,280 citations across 2,573 citing publications, reflecting the wide impact of her work on management theory and practice. With an h-index of 31, her research demonstrates sustained influence and high scholarly quality, positioning her as a leading authority in management and human resource management research and academic leadership within Australia and internationally.