Australian Council of Learned Academies
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Dr John BeatonBA MA(UCLA) PhD(ANU) FASSA (1944 – 2018) Vale Dr John Beaton It is with great sadness that ACOLA recognises the passing of Dr John Beaton, Chair of the Board, ACOLA Secretariat Limited. John has been a longstanding member of ACOLA and made significant contributions to the organisation from its beginnings in the National…
Anna Maria Arabia Audit, Risk and Finance Committee Member of the Australian Council of Learned Academies Limited, Appointed 2018 Prior to Anna-Maria’s appointment as Chief Executive of the Australian Academy of Science, she was Principal Adviser to the Hon Bill Shorten. She has also served as General Manager of Questacon – the National Science and…
Professor Ian FrazerAC FRS FAA FTSE FAHMS Professor Ian Frazer is a clinician scientist, trained as a clinical immunologist in Scotland. As a professor at the University of Queensland, he leads a research group working at TRI in Brisbane, Australia on the immunobiology of epithelial cancers. He is recognised as co-inventor of the technology enabling…
Professor John ShineAC PresAA PhD DSc Director of the Australian Council of Learned Academies Limited, Appointed 2018 Research Committee Member of the Australian Council of Learned Academies Limited, Appointed 2018. Professor Shine was Executive Director of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research from 1990 until 2011 and remains at the Institute as an Emeritus Professor.…
Dr Angus Henderson Previous Chief Executive Officer, Australian Council of Learned Academies Limited Dr Angus Henderson is Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA). Prior to joining ACOLA in 2016, Angus was the Director of Foreground Innovation where he advised government and assisted start-up companies to plan and develop strategic business…
Dr Margaret HartleyFTSE BAppSc PhD Audit, Risk and Finance Committee Member of the Australian Council of Learned Academies Limited, Appointed 2018 Dr Hartley, Chief Executive Officer Academy of Technology and Engineering, joined the Academy as Chief Executive Officer in 2009 and leads corporate and business strategy and implementation of strategy and policy for the Academy. She…
Professor Glenn WithersAO BEc (Hons) PhD FASSA Director of the Australian Council of Learned Academies Limited, Appointed 2018 Research Committee Member of the Australian Council of Learned Academies Limited, Appointed 2018 Glenn Withers is a previous President of ACOLA and of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. He is a Professor of the…
Professor Hugh BradlowFTSE Director of the Australian Council of Learned Academies Limited, Appointed 2018 Research Committee Member of the Australian Council of Learned Academies Limited, Appointed 2018 Hugh S. Bradlow is President of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. He is also a independent Non-Executive Director of Silicon Quantum Computing Pty Ltd. He was…
Professor Joy DamousiFASSA FAHA Joy Damousi is Professor of History and ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellow at the University of Melbourne. She has published widely on aspects of political history, women’s history, the aftermaths of war, and the history of migration and refugees. She is the author of numerous books which include The Labour of…
Dr Bruce GodfreyFTSE Dr Bruce Godfrey’s career has been built in business, innovation investment and technology development fields. Dr Godfrey completed a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) at the University of Queensland and a PhD in solar photovoltaics at the University of New South Wales. He has focused on the advancement and commercialisation of technologies (particularly…