Professor John LoughheadOBE FREng FTSE Professor John Loughhead is Chief Scientific Adviser at the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He was previously Executive Director of the UK Energy Research Centre and prior to that Corporate Vice President of the ALSTOM group. John is also a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering…
Professor R. Quentin GraftonFASSA GAICD Quentin Grafton is Professor of Economics, Chairholder UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance and Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy (CWEEP) at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social…
Professor Maria ForsythFAA Maria Forsyth graduated with a PhD in Chemistry from Monash University, Australia in 1990 and received a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship to work on lithium and sodium battery electrolytes at Northwestern University in Evanston, USA. She returned to Australian in 1993 and shortly thereafter joined the Department of Materials Engineering at Monash University…
Dr Christina (Tina) ParolinPhD(ANU) Audit, Risk and Finance Committee Member of the Australian Council of Learned Academies Limited, Appointed May 2018 Dr Christina (Tina) Parolin is the Executive Director of the Australian Academy of Humanities. Tina has worked in a variety of policy and administrative roles across the higher education sector, including at IDP Education…
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…