 Professor Michael Wesley Professor of National Security
Director of Academic Programs, Outreach and Research, National Security College, ANU
Michael Wesley is Professor of National Security at the Australian National University. His career has spanned academia, with previous appointments at the University of New South Wales, Griffith University, the University of Hong Kong, Sun Yat-sen University and the University of Sydney; government, where he worked as Assistant Director General for Transnational Issues at the Office of National Assessments; and think tanks, in which he was Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Professor Wesley has also served as the Editor in Chief of the Australian Journal of International Affairs, a Trustee of the Queensland Art Gallery and a Board Member of the Australia Television Network. He is a Non-Executive Member of the Senior Leadership Group of the Australian Federal Police. His most recent book, There Goes the Neighbourhood: Australia and the Rise of Asia, won the 2011 John Button Prize for the best writing on Australian public policy. |
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Professor Iain Martin Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), University of New South Wales
Professor Iain Martin was appointed Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) in October 2012. His key responsibilities in the portfolio are to look after students from recruitment to graduation (the student experience in its broadest sense), the needs of academic staff (recruitment, staff development, promotions and learning and teaching) and international operations. He acts as President and Vice-Chancellor in Professor Fred Hilmer’s absence. He is a member of the Executive Team, and attends meetings of University Council and many of its subcommittees. Before joining UNSW, Professor Martin was formerly from the University of Auckland where he is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Engagement). Professor Martin graduated from the University of Leeds in 1987 and following early clinical posts was appointed to the staff of the University’s Department of Surgery, where he remained until moving to New Zealand in 2000. He was appointed Professor of Surgery at the University of Auckland and served in a various roles in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, including Head of Surgery and Head of School, before being appointed Dean in 2005. He took up his position as DVC (Strategic Engagement) in September 2011. Professor Martin’s clinical and research interests focused on gastrointestinal disease, in particular cancer. At the University of Leeds he was very involved with the introduction of laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery in the early 1990s. Professor Martin has also been heavily involved with medical education, the Australian Medical Council and Medical Deans Australia & New Zealand. |
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Linda Bain Tertiary Performance, Principal Advisor - Monitoring and Crown Ownership, Tertiary Education Commission, Te Amorangi Mātauranga Matua, New Zealand Linda Bain is the Principal Advisor, Monitoring and Crown Ownership at the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) in New Zealand. TEC is the government agency who has responsibility for funding tertiary education in New Zealand along with setting strategy for the educational investment priorities as well as monitoring progress across a number of areas. Prior to this Linda worked across a number of government and not for profit agencies developing and implementing programmes. A chartered accountant she has a keen interest in the efficiency and effectiveness of organisations as well as the link to their role in the wider infrastructure setting and contribution to national outcomes. Linda has also been a member of the national reference groups led by the New Zealand Treasury on both CAM and Better Business Cases, over the last 3 years. |
Stephanie Fahey Education leader, Canberra Professor Stephanie Fahey is a Partner at Ernst & Young based in Canberra, leading a team of professionals throughout Australia and New Zealand who work in all areas of education. Previous experience Professor Stephanie Fahey, previously Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement) at Monash University was responsible for setting the universities strategic direction for global engagement in research and education. Professor Fahey's career has included positions at several Australian universities, most recently as Director of the Research Institute for Asia Pacific and Acting Assistant Pro Vice-Chancellor (International - Asia Pacific) at the University of Sydney. Credentials Professor Fahey holds a Bachelor of Arts with honours from the University of Sydney and a PhD from the Australian National University. Active in community engagement, Professor Fahey has been appointed to many influential government boards, non-governmental organisation boards and business councils including the Foreign Affairs Council, the national board of the Australia China Business Council, the Australia Korea Foundation, and a subcommittee of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Committee which looks at Australia’s engagement with China and India. Interests Her research interests have covered socioeconomic development in the Pacific, primarily Papua New Guinea, transition of Vietnamese society and economy and more recently the use of the internet in the expression and development of international relations among youth in North East Asia. Co-presenter Julie Hood Partner, Ernst and Young |
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 Sophie Horgan A/g Manager, Infrastructure Policy Team, Higher Education Infrastructure Branch, Higher Education Group, Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education Sophie Horgan has worked in the Higher Education Division of DICCSRTE since 2009 in higher education infrastructure policy and program management. Sophie has been involved in several rounds of the Education Investment Fund (EIF), and managed the Structural Adjustment Fund (SAF) application and assessment process. Recently, Sophie returned to the Department following a secondment to the position of Departmental Liaison Officer in the office of the Hon Kate Ellis MP, Minister for Early Childhood Education and Childcare and Minister for Employment Participation. Sophie has bachelor degrees from the University of Melbourne in Arts and Public Policy and has recently enrolled in the Australian National University Public Policy and Management Masters program.  Dr Guy Kretschmer Infrastructure Policy Unit, Higher Education Infrastructure Branch, Higher Education Division, Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education Guy Kretschmer has worked in the Higher Education Division of the Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIICCSRTE) since 2008. Guy has seen both sides of the higher education fence, having worked for ten years in various administrative roles at the Australian National University, including human resources, business manager and executive officer to the Vice-Chancellor. As its first executive officer, he played a major role in the establishment of the Council of Pharmacy Registering Authorities (now the Australian Pharmacy Council) over the period 2003-2006. An organic chemist by training, Guy spent a number of years in research at the ANU and the Ohio State University. |
