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. Later positions were 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.
Richard Kenneth Robert Alston is an Australian businessman,former politician and former barrister. He served as a Senator for Victoria from 1986 to 2004,representing the Liberal Party. During the Howard government he held ministerial office as Minister for Communications and the Arts (1996–1997),Communications,the Information Economy and the Arts (1997–1998),and Communications,Information Technology and the Arts (1998–2003). He is Australia's longest serving both Communications minister and Arts minister.
Graeme Julian Samuel AC is an Australian businessman. He was the Managing Director and head of the Melbourne office of M&A advisory firm Greenhill Caliburn,and is a member of the Australian National University Council. He previously served as the chairman of the Australian Competition &Consumer Commission from 1 July 2003 to 31 July 2011.
Monash University Faculty of Law,or Monash Law School,is the law school of Monash University. Founded in 1963,it is based in Melbourne,Victoria and has campuses in Malaysia and Italy. It is consistently ranked as one of the top law schools in Australia and globally,and entry to its Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme is highly competitive.
The Eureka Prizes are awarded annually by the Australian Museum,Sydney,to recognise individuals and organizations who have contributed to science and the understanding of science in Australia. They were founded in 1990 following a suggestion by science journalist Robyn Williams.
Andrew Michael MacLeod is an Australian/British philanthropist,businessman,author,humanitarian lawyer,and former aid worker.
Professor Ian Ramsay is Harold Ford Professor of Commercial Law,Melbourne Law School and director of their Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation in Melbourne,Australia. He is an academic lawyer,author,and prominent media commentator on corporate law and securities law issues in Australia.
Alan Simon Finkel is an Australian neuroscientist,inventor,researcher,entrepreneur,educator,policy advisor,and philanthropist. He was Australia’s Chief Scientist from 2016 to 2020. Prior to his appointment,his career included Chancellor of Monash University,President of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE),and CEO and founder of Axon Instruments,and CTO for the electric car start-up Better Place Australia.
Robin John Batterham AO FREng FAA FTSE is an Australian scientist specialising in chemical engineering. He was the Chief Scientist of Australia from 1999 to 2006.
John Wilcox Stocker AO FTSE FRACP is an Australian immunologist and the former Chairman of the Board of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO),the national government body for scientific research in Australia. Stocker is a former Chief Scientist of Australia.
Catherine Brighid Livingstone is an Australian businesswoman who has held positions in the Commonwealth Bank of Australia,CSIRO,Macquarie Bank and Telstra.
Megan Elizabeth Clark is an Australian geologist and business executive,former director of the CSIRO,and former head of the Australian Space Agency.
The John Monash Scholarships are prestigious postgraduate scholarships awarded to outstanding Australians with leadership potential who wish to study at any university overseas. The John Monash Scholarship is Australias only civic funded Scholarship,with awards being facilitated by the Australian Federal Government,State Governments of NSW and Victoria,corporations like the Commonwealth bank of Australia,Rio Tinto,BHP,Origin energy,Woodside Petroleum,Boeing. After twenty years of awarded Scholarships,the General Sir John Monash Foundation is considered one of the most impactful postgraduate scholarships available in Australia.
Douglas James Hilton is an Australian molecular biologist. He is the CEO of CSIRO and immediate past Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne,Australia. His research has focused on cytokines,signal transduction pathways and the regulation of blood cell formation (hematopoiesis). Hilton was the President of the Association of the Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI) from 2014-16.
Elizabeth Anne Alexander,a leading Australian accountant and company director,was the 21st Chancellor of the University of Melbourne between 2011 and 2016.
Sam Walsh AO is an Australian businessman who was elected to the Mitsui &Co board as a non-executive Director on 21 June 2017. Prior to this he was chief executive officer (CEO) of London-based mining company Rio Tinto Group,from 2013 to 2016.
Simon Molesworth AO,KC is an Australian barrister,environmentalist and diplomat. With an experience extending over 35 years of community leadership and corporate governance,Molesworth has been a director of some 22 corporations and chairman or president of 14.
Edwina Cecily Cornish,AO,FTSE is an Australian biologist and academic,specialising in biotechnology. Between 2012 and 2016 she was Provost and Senior Vice-President of Monash University. She was previously Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Adelaide and then at Monash University.
Charles Henry Brian (Bill) Priestley,was a British meteorologist who spent much of his career at the CSIRO in Australia.
