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Cameron Adams
Cameron Adams
Co-Founder / Chief Product Officer
Canva
Matthew Addison
Matthew Addison
Chair
COSBOA
Jane Angel
Jane Angel
CEO
Council of Australasian University Librarians
Mike Baird
The Hon Mike Baird
Chief Executive Officer
Susan McKinnon Foundation
Virginia Barbour
Professor Virginia Barbour
Editor-in-Chief
Medical Journal of Australia
Sarah Bendall
Ms Sarah Bendall
First Assistant Ombudsman
National Student Ombudsman
Katherine Bennell-Pegg
Katherine Bennell-Pegg
Australian Astronaut
Australian Space Agency
Bran Black
Bran Black
Chief Executive
Business Council of Australia
Kathy Bowrey
Professor Kathy Bowrey
Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice
UNSW
Susan Carland
Dr Susan Carland
Deputy Research Director — Impact, Engagement, and Enterprise, School of Social Sciences; Chief Investigator, Campus Cohesion program
Monash University
Angela Colantuono
Angela Colantuono
President and Managing Director, ANZ
SAP Australia
David Crosbie
David Crosbie
Chief Executive Officer
Community Council for Australia
Michael Crowley
Michael Crowley
Managing Director
Meat and Livestock Australia
Wayne Denning
Wayne Denning
Managing Director
Carbon Creative
Richard Denniss
Richard Denniss
Co-Chief Executive Officer
The Australian Institute
Adriano Di Pietro
Dr Adriano Di Pietro
Chief Executive Officer
AMSL Aero
Christopher Downs
Dr Christopher Downs
Director
Food and Beverage Accelerator (FaBA)
Chris Eigeland
Mr Chris Eigeland
CEO
Go1
Mark Esposito
Dr Mark Esposito
Nick Fowler
Dr Nick Fowler
Chief Academic Officer
Elsevier
Bronwyn Fox
Professor Bronwyn Fox AO
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Enterprise)
UNSW Sydney
Cassandra Goldie
Dr Cassandra Goldie AO
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Council of Social Science
David Gruen
Dr David Gruen AO
Australian Statistician
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Vanessa Guthrie
Dr Vanessa Guthrie AO
Chancellor
Curtin University
Tony Haymet
Professor Tony Haymet
Australia's Chief Scientist
Kevin Hogan
The Hon Kevin Hogan MP
Shadow Minister for Trade, Investment and Tourism
Federal Parliament
Amy Hunter
Amy Hunter
Executive Director, Research Business Development and Commercialisation
Deakin University
Adele Lausberg
Dr Adele Lausberg
Executive Director, Student Accommodation
Property Council
Daves Lemphers
Daves Lemphers
Co-Founder
Maincode
Hugh Mackay
Hugh Mackay AO
Social psychologist and author
Self-employed
Sanjay Mazumdar
Dr Sanjay Mazumdar
Executive Director
Defence Trailblazer
Su McCluskey
Su McCluskey FCPA FTSE
Member of the Crawford Fund Board of Directors and Former Special Representative for Australian Agriculture
Samantha McCulloch
Ms Samantha McCulloch
Chief Executive
Australian Energy Producers
Jonathan Mead
Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead AO
Director-General
Australian Submarine Agency
El Iza Mohamedou
El Iza Mohamedou
Head
OECD Centre for Skills
Rachel Noble
Ms Rachel Noble PSM
Chair
iLaUNCH Advisory Board
Margy Osmond
Margy Osmond
Chief Executive Officer
Tourism and Transport Forum
Michael Pezzullo
Mr Michael Pezzullo
Former Secretary Department of Home Affairs
Commonwealth of Australia
Lawrence Pratchett
Dr Lawrence Pratchett
CEO
UniReady Global - ECA
Thomas Robinson
Mr Thomas Robinson
CEO
Edelman Australia Pty Ltd
Alex Robson
Professor Alex Robson
Commissioner and Deputy Chair
Productivity Commission
Aruna Sathanapally
Dr Aruna Sathanapally
Chief Executive Officer and Economic Prosperity and Democracy Program Director
Grattan Institute
Natalie Siegel-Brown
Natalie Siegel-Brown
Inspector-General of Aged Care
Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care
David Slucki
Associate Professor David Slucki
Director, Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation Loti Smorgon Associate Professor in Contemporary Jewish Life and Culture
Monash University
Steve Smith
Sir Steve Smith
UK Government International Education Champion & UK Government Special Representative to Saudi Arabia for Education
Michelle Trudgett
Professor Michelle Trudgett
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Leadership
Western Sydney University
Jessica Vanderlelie
Professor Jessica Vanderlelie
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic
Deakin University
Adam Watson
Adam Watson
CEO
APA Group