Ian Renard AM was the 19th Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, from February 2005 to January 2009. [1] [2] He holds a Master of Laws from the university, is an alumnus of Ormond College, along with being a former President of the Melbourne University Liberal Club from 1966 to 1968. [1] [3] Renard is a former partner of major Australian law firm Allens Arthur Robinson. [4] He was the chairman of the Melbourne Theatre Company. [5] Ian Renard is the chairman of the RE Ross Trust.
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Sir Francis Gerard Brennan is a retired Australian lawyer and jurist who served as the 10th Chief Justice of Australia. Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser appointed Brennan to the court in 1981.
Ormond College is the largest of the residential colleges of the University of Melbourne located in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is home to around 350 undergraduates, 90 graduates and 35 professorial and academic residents.
Zygmunt Edward "Ziggy" Switkowski,, is a Polish Australian business executive and nuclear physicist. His most public role was as the chief executive officer of Australia's largest telecommunications company Telstra from 1999 to 2004. During his tenure, he oversaw the privatisation of the then government-owned corporation through a series of public tranche sales. Currently, he is the chairman of both NBN Co and Suncorp, a director of Healthscope, Oil Search and Tabcorp and the Chancellor of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
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Frederick George Hilmer AO is an Australian academic and business figure. He was the president and eighth vice-chancellor of the University of New South Wales, an appointment he held from June 2006 till January 2015. He has also served as a director and deputy-chairman of the Westfield Group since 1991.
Sir William Charles Windeyer was an Australian politician and judge.
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