This is a list of Macquarie University people.
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Name | Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role | Notability | Notes |
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Rodney Adler | Australian businessman and former HIH director | [1] | |
Matt Barrie | MAppFin | Australian businessman | [1] |
Peter Bush | BA | Australian businessman, Chairman of Pacific Brands and a director of Insurance Australia Group, former CEO of McDonald's Australia and former Chair of Nine Entertainment | [1] |
Greg Coffey | BEcon | Australian hedge fund manager | [1] |
David Leckie | Australian businessman and former CEO of Seven West Media | [1] | |
Catherine Livingstone AO | BA (Hons) | Australian businesswoman and President of the Business Council of Australia, the Chairwoman of Telstra and a Director of Macquarie Group and WorleyParsons | [1] |
David Murray | MBA | Australian businessman, former CEO of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Chairman of the Australian Government Future Fund Board of Guardians | [1] |
Napoleon Perdis | Australian makeup artist and businessman | [1] | |
Iggy Pintado | Australian writer and businessman | [1] | |
Stephen Ting | BEcon | Hong Kong businessman and CEO of Next Media | [1] |
Name | Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role | Notability | Notes |
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Maliina Abelsen | MPol, AppSocRes | Greenlandic politician, Finance minister of Greenland | [1] |
Patricia Holmes | Australian diplomat, former Australian Ambassador to Argentina | [1] | |
Martin Indyk | American academic and former diplomat, United States Ambassador to Israel | ||
Freddie Pitcher | Nauruan politician, former President of Nauru | ||
David Stuart | Australian diplomat, former Australian Ambassador to Austria | [1] | |
Harini Amarasuriya | MA in Applied and Development Anthropology | Sri Lankan politician, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka |
Name | Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role | Notability | Notes |
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Rosemary Blight | Australian film producer | [1] | |
Murray Cook | Australian musician, founding member of The Wiggles | [1] | |
Nevill Drury | MA (Hons) | Australian writer | [1] |
Anthony Field | Australian musician, founding member of The Wiggles | [1] | |
Adam Hills | Australian comedian | [1] | |
Linda Klarfeld | Czech Australian sculptor | [1] | |
Chris Lilley | BA | Australian comedian | [1] |
Jennifer Maiden | Australian poet | [1] | |
Greg Page | Australian musician, founding member of The Wiggles | [1] | |
Name | Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role | Notability | Notes |
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Rachael Carpani | Australian film actress, television actress | [1] | |
Sophie Falkiner | Australian television presenter | [1] | |
Yalda Hakim | Australian television presenter and news presenter | [1] | |
Margaret Pomeranz | Australian film critic | [1] | |
Order | Chancellor | Years | Notes |
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1 | Sir Garfield Barwick AK , GCMG , QC | 1967–1978 | [3] |
2 | Percy Partridge AC | 1978–1984 | [3] |
3 | Michael Kirby AC , CMG | 1984–1993 | [10] [3] |
4 | Tim Besley AC | 1994–2001 | [3] |
5 | Maurice Newman AC | 2002–2008 | [11] [3] [12] |
6 | Michael Egan AO | 2008–2019 | [3] |
7 | Martin Parkinson AC , PSM | 2019–present |
Order | Name | Title | Years | Notes |
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1 | John Lincoln AM | Deputy Chancellor | 1976–2000 | [3] |
Emeritus Deputy Chancellor | 2000–2011 |
Order | Chancellor | Years | Notes |
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1 | Alexander Mitchell | 1965–1975 | |
2 | Edwin Webb | 1976–1986 | |
3 | Dianne Yerbury AO | 1987–2006 | [3] |
4 | Steven Schwartz AM | 2006–2012 | [3] |
5 | S Bruce Dowton | 2012–present | [13] [14] |
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Notable past and current faculty members include: