The Hon Michael Rueben Egan

BA Syd., FAICD

Chancellor

Member appointed pursuant to Section 9(1)(a)(i) of the Act. Current term 1 March 2011 to 28 February 2014. Ex officio member

The Hon. Michael Egan has been Chancellor of Macquarie University since February 2008. He was Treasurer of New South Wales for a record term from 1995 to 2005. He was also Minister for State Development, Minister for Energy and Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council. He is currently Chairman of the Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Chairman of the Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group Pty Ltd and Chairman of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority Commission.

Elizabeth Crouch

BEc Macq. GAICD

Deputy Chancellor

Member appointed by the Minister for Education & Training pursuant to Section 9(1)(c) of the Act.
Current term to 31 December 2016

Elizabeth Crouch, BEc, FAICD, is a company director and consultant to government and the private sector. Ms Crouch spent 16 years with the Federal government before moving into the private sector, where she held various positions including the role of Chief Executive of the Housing Industry Association.

Ms Crouch is a non-executive Director of the Chandler Macleod Group, Chairperson of Health Infrastructure and transport audit committees and Chairperson of the Fair Trading Advisory Council. She is the former Chair of Railcorp, the Public Transport Ticketing Corporation and Deputy Chair of the City of Sydney Planning Committee. She also holds a number of positions with community and sporting bodies including as Registrar of the Redfield Lions Football Club.

Professor S Bruce Dowton

MB BS MD FACMG FRACP

Vice-Chancellor

Member appointed pursuant to Section 9(1)(a)(ii) of the Act. Ex officio member

The Vice-Chancellor is the chief executive of the university, with overall responsibility for its academic, research, administrative, financial and development strategies. He is tasked with promoting the interests and furthering the development of the university.

Prior to his appointment Professor Dowton served as a senior medical executive having held a range of positions in university, healthcare and consulting organisations. He also served as a pediatrician at the Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, and as Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

 

Andrew Bissett

BCom Macq., MCom Macq., MBA Macq., CA., GAICD., CISA.

Graduate Member appointed by Council pursuant to Section 9(1)(g) of the Act. 
Current term to 30 June 2015.

Andrew has over 17 years experience in consulting, strategy, project management, risk and audit. Andrew currently leads the Group Risk and Policy team for Woolworths Limited. Prior to that, Andrew held senior roles with Tabcorp Holdings and Qantas Airways. Andrew's key industry focus areas include transportation, retail and mining. Andrew is a Chartered Accountant, Certified Information Systems Auditor and a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Andrew is also a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and is a non-executive director to the Macquarie University Hospital.

Wylie Bradford

Appointed to the University Council under section 9(1)(d) of the Macquarie University Act 1989 for term commencing 1 January 2011 and concluding on 31 December 2013.

Kathy Vozella

Appointed to the University Council under section 9(1)(e) of the Macquarie University Act 1989 for term commencing 1 January 2013 and concluding on 31 December 2015.

Kathy has been the Director of Marketing at Macquarie since July 2007, and has worked at the University since 1999. She leads a team of 49 marketing professionals responsible for the University's domestic student recruitment, digital marketing and website, internal and external communications, publications, alumni relations, and corporate campaigns. Kathy is a member of various University working groups and committees including the Operations Management Committee, Load Planning and Strategy Group, and Provost Strategy Group.

Kathy has worked in public relations and marketing roles in further education for more than 20 years - previously at Canberra Institute of Technology, and the University of New South Wales where she was Marketing Manager for the Faculty of Business and Economics. She also worked briefly as a freelance journalist with The Canberra Times, with 15 articles and three features published in 1998. Prior to moving into marketing, Kathy worked in a wide range of public sector roles, including the position of Ministerial and Cabinet Liaison Manager at CIT for the ACT Legislative Assembly.

She holds a Bachelor of Communication (Public Relations) from the University of Canberra, and is a member of the Australian Marketing Institute.

Linda Cupples

BSc (Hons); PhD

Appointed to the University Council under section 9(1)(d) of the Macquarie University Act 1989 for term commencing 1 January 2011 and concluding on 31 December 2013.

Professor Linda Cupples is currently Head of the Department of Linguistics, a role that she has occupied since 2006. Linda joined Linguistics in 1991, having earlier completed a PhD (in Psycholinguistics) at the University of Melbourne. Whilst at Macquarie, she has acted as convenor of the Master of Communication Disorders (1991-present), and Director of the (former) Speech Hearing and Language Research Centre (2003-2007). She is a current member of the Macquarie University Research Centre for Language Sciences (CLaS), the Macquarie University International Scholarship Committee, the Human Sciences Faculty Board, and the Human Sciences Research Sub-committee.

Linda is a psycholinguist with research interests in typical and disordered adult language processing, and the development and teaching of reading particularly in children with intellectual disabilities. She is a registered Psychologist, and a member of the Australian Psychological Society, the Psychonomic Society, and the International Neuropsychological Society. She is on the Editorial Review Board for the journal Reading Research Quarterly.

Chum Darvall

BA Macq. F Fin & FAICD

Graduate Member appointed by Council pursuant to Section 9(1)(g) of the Act.
Current term from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2016.

Chum was Chief Executive Officer Deutsche Bank Australia and New Zealand from July 2002 to March 2011. He remains a non-executive Vice Chairman of Deutsche Bank.

He joined the bank in September 1994 as Director Treasury managing the money market, swaps and foreign exchange units and group funding. In early 1998, he became Head of Global Markets responsible for all financial market-related activities. Chum was also part of the management group responsible for the integration of the New Zealand operation of Bankers Trust with Deutsche Bank in 1999.

Prior to his first appointment at Deutsche Bank, Chum worked in the financial markets divisions of Westpac (1985-1994) and BA Australia Ltd (1981-1985), a subsidiary of Bank of America.

Board memberships include Wilson HTM, Centre for Independent Studies, the Financial Markets Foundation for Children, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI) and Australia Council Major Performing Arts Board.

Chum is married to Belinda and they have four children.

The Hon Patricia Forsythe

BA DipEd, Newcastle (NSW)

Member appointed by the Minister for Education & Training pursuant to Section 9(1)(b) of the Act.
Current term to 31 December 2016 .

The Hon Patricia Forsythe is the Executive Director of the Sydney Business Chamber, a position she has held since September 2006. Prior to that Patricia served for 15 years as a member of the NSW
Legislative Council, including eight years as a Shadow Minister in a range of portfolios including three years as Shadow Minister for Education and Training.

Patricia is a member of the boards of Destination NSW, the Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Hunter Development Corporation, Business Events Sydney and Cricket NSW. Patricia holds a BA Dip Ed from the University of Newcastle.

Greg Jones

BA Macq., MA Macq

Member appointed by the Minister for Education & Training pursuant to Section 9(1)(c) of the Act.
Current term to 31 December 2016.

Mr Greg Jones is a graduate of Macquarie University, BA and MA and is currently Principal of Cromer Public School on Sydney's Northern Beaches. Mr Jones is currently Chair of the University Discipline Committee.

Mr Jones has an extensive background in education. In 2000 he coordinated the educational provision for special needs students as a component of the Government's "Building the Future", a restructuring and revitalising of inner city schooling. In 2002 Mr Jones was appointed by the Minister for Education to re-establish Hunters Hill High School and Erskineville Public School.

Mr Jones has been active in developing sustainable links between Macquarie University and the Peninsula Community of Schools in the area of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM Project). The Project has already made significant gains in encouraging young people to study in the Science and Science-related areas. Mr Jones also has an interest in school Governance and is working with the Department of Education and Training on developing effective models of School Governance for use in Public Schools.

Mr Jones is married with two daughters, one of who completed a BA Dip Ed at Macquarie.

Prof Deborah Kane

Bsc (Hons) Otago, PhD St Andrews

Appointed to the University Council under section 9(1)(d) of the Macquarie University Act 1989 for term commencing 1 January 2011 and concluding on 31 December 2013.

Professor Deb Kane first studied physics at the University of Otago, New Zealand and then completed her PhD at St Andrews University, Scotland, as a Commonwealth Scholarship holder. She was a research fellow in physics at Southampton University, UK (1984-April 1986) and then took up her first lectureship in physics at Massey University NZ (April 1986-May 1989).

She joined Macquarie University as a lecturer in physics in 1989 and has been a senior lecturer (1992-1998), Associate Professor (1999-2004) and now a personal chair in Physics (since 2005). She is a past Head of the Department of Physics (May 2003-June 2006) and has served on Promotions Committees, the Research Committee, the Science and Technology Advisory Committee and the Equal Opportunity Committee of the University. She was a member of the Management Committee of the ARC Nanotechnology Network (2004-2010).

She has taught university physics – undergraduate, honours and postgraduate for more than 25 years. Her research interests are in photonics, optics and materials. She has authored/co-authored more than 80 refereed papers, edited/co-edited three books, and has about 200 publications in total. She is a strong contributor to outreach programs.

Gemma Brooks

Student Member appointed by Council pursuant to Section 9(1)(f)(i) of the Act. Current term to 31 May 2013.

Gemma Brooks is currently in her 5th year of her Bachelor of Laws, having completed all Arts components of her double degree with coherent studies in Politics and Philosophy. She served as a member of the Macquarie University Student Representative Association since its inception, as a General Officer and Secretary in 2010 and Convener in 2011.

During her time at Macquarie University Gemma has made student representation her primary focus, working with students to build a sense of community and improve campus life. Gemma is an advocate for independent democratic student representation and encourages student autonomy and self determination. She has been an active member of a number of student groups, a regular contributor to Grapeshot (student magazine and newspaper) and has run a number of student-focused events including the International Food Fair and End of Year Beach Party 2011.

Gemma also runs a Before and After School Care Centre and in her spare time enjoys golf, art history, and travelling.

The Hon Sandra Nori

BEc Syd.

Member appointed by the Minister for Education & Training pursuant to Section 9(1)(c) of the Act.
Current term to 31 December 2016.

Ms Nori was appointed to the Council on March 2008 and currently serves on its Finance Committee. Ms Nori is a 19-year veteran of the NSW Parliament (1988-2007), and Minister from 1999-2007. She was the State's longest serving Minister for Tourism. Her other portfolios included Small Business, Women, Sport and Recreation, Minister for Major Events and Venues and Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development. Ms Nori is currently working as a consultant. She is also on the boards of the NSW TAFE Commission and Domain Resorts and Residences; a member of the fundraising committee of the Wayside Chapel; and an honorary member of the Duke of Edinburgh Forum Committee 2009.

Steven Rubic

Bachelor of Health Administration NSW, MBA MGSM, FAICD

Graduate Member appointed by Council pursuant to Section 9(1)(g) of the Act.
Current term from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2016.

Steven Rubic commenced in May 2012 as Chief Executive Officer of I-MED Network, Australia’s largest corporate radiology group with businesses in each State and Territory.

Previously Steven was head of St Vincent’s & Mater Health Sydney and was responsible for a number of high profile facilities including St Vincent’s Hospital, Mater Hospital, St Vincent’s Private and the St Vincent’s Research Precinct housing Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.  He has more than 20 years’ experience in leadership roles in the health services sector.

Steven serves on a number of boards, councils and committees within the healthcare industry, including the board of the Health Industry (Superannuation) Plan, and is a past Chairman of the NSW Private Hospital’s Industry Association and Board Director of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.

Steven is a Fellow of AICD and AIST and has completed an MBA.

Kerry Schott

Member appointed by the Minister for Education & Training pursuant to Section 9(1)(b) of the Act.
Current term to 31 December 2013.

Kerry Schott is currently the CEO for the NSW Government's Commission of Audit. Kerry was CEO and Managing Director of Sydney Water from 2006 to 2011.She was previously a Deputy Secretary, NSW Treasury. Kerry is a member of the Infrastructure Australia Board and a Director of NSW TCorp.

Kerry spent 15 years as an investment banker, including as Managing Director of Deutsche Bank and Executive Vice President of Bankers Trust Australia. During this time she specialised in privatisation, restructuring, and infrastructure provision.

Kerry holds a doctorate from Oxford University (Nuffield College), a Masters of Arts from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver and a Bachelor of Arts (first class Honours) from the University of New England.

Greg Ward

BEc Macq., MEc Macq., FCA., F Fin

Appointed to the University Council under section 9(1)(c) of the Macquarie University Act 1989 for a term commencing on 1 January 2011 and concluding on 31 December 2013.

Greg Ward was appointed the Deputy Managing Director of Macquarie Group Limited and Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Group's banking subsidiary, Macquarie Bank Limited, in 2011. He is a member of Macquarie Group's Executive Committee and the Macquarie Bank Limited board.

After joining Macquarie on listing in 1996, Greg was appointed Chief Financial Officer in 1997, a position he held until 2011. In that time he has had overall responsibility for finance, taxation, treasury, human resources, business services, strategy, company secretarial, corporate communications, investor relations and market operations.

Greg has 25 years experience in finance and financial services. Prior to joining Macquarie, he held senior roles with Westpac Banking Corporation and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Greg is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, an Associate of FINSIA and holds a Masters of Economics. He was an inaugural member of the Australian Federal Treasury's Financial Reporting Panel and served as a board member of the Australian Accounting Standards Board from 1999 to 2003.

Greg is currently a board member of the Macquarie Group Foundation, which facilitates Macquarie's philanthropic activities, and a member of the UNICEF Australia board.

John Wigglesworth

BEc Macq., CA

Member appointed by the Minster for Education & Training pursuant to Section 9(1)(b) of the Act. Current term to 31 December 2016.

John is a Chartered Accountant and has been a partner at KPMG since 1997. During this career with KPMG, John has worked with many leading Australian and international companies and has extensive experience is financial reporting, accounting, audit and risk management, both in Australia and Asia. John is the Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee.

Professor Dominic Verity

Chair of Academic Senate
*Member appointed pursuant to Section 9(1)(a)(iii) of the Act. Ex officio member*

I am a mathematician and computer scientist affiliated to the Centre of Australian Category Theory (CoACT), an interdisciplinary University research centre recognized internationally as a leader in its field.
In recognition of my leadership in learning and teaching I have been awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2008) and an ALTC Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2011).
My experience as an academic administrator includes 5 years as a member of the Division of ICS executive (2002-2006). I have served on the University’s Academic Program Committee (now ASQC), as its Postgraduate Coursework specialist (2003-07), and have served twice as an elected member of Academic Senate (2006-08 and 2011-12).
At the beginning of 2011 I was appointed to the Chair of the Senate Learning and Teaching Committee. In this capacity, I lead the committee tasked with managing and monitoring the governance and policy processes that support all of the University’s learning and teaching activities.

Academic Senate is currently engaged in a vitally important process of renewal and reinvigoration. It is challenged to capitalize upon the opportunities presented by a new Vice Chancellor, to meet the demands of a new regulatory body (TEQSA) and to navigate the uncertainties of a rapidly evolving tertiary sector. I believe that my ten years of successful experience in University governance puts me in a unique position to make a highly effective contribution to meeting these objectives. I seek endorsement to continue this leadership role in the academic governance processes of the University.