Academies Australasia announced that Gabriela Rodriguez has been appointed Deputy Group Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer. Gabriela joined the group in April 2001. She first joined the AKG Board as alternate to the then Chairman, Neville Cleary, in May 2011. She was appointed to the AKG Board in her own right in October 2013. In September 2016, she was appointed Joint Company Secretary for AKG, and in August 2017, Group COO. She sits on the Board of every company in the group.