Byron Barnes, CFRE, is the chief advancement officer for the University of Notre Dame Australia, responsible for leading Philanthropic and Alumni Relations programmes located in Sydney, Fremantle and Broome. 

After a 10-year career as a musician in the US Navy Music Programme, Barnes migrated to Perth, Australia in 1999, and initially worked with Mission Australia in their employment services division. 

Barnes’s first role as a major gifts / bequest relationship manager – was with Mission Australia in 2004. Since then, he has served with The Smith Family, Cancer Council NSW and as a capital campaign manager with The Shore School. Barnes led the central philanthropy team at UTS, and is an alumnus from APIEF 2016.