Franz Carneiro Alphonso is a master’s student concurrently enrolled at the National Australian University’s School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) and National Security College (Crawford School of Public Policy). Before his return to academia, he worked in the corporate sector for more than a decade as a finance and marketing consultant for the pharmaceutical, banking and FMCG sectors.

Franz holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and Biochemistry and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.