Higher Ed Services Board of Directors

The HES Board, which has members appointed by the shareholder (UA), is responsible for the appointment of the CEO and the probity and governance of company activities and it receives detailed financial reports at each meeting.

The Board meets six times a year. It also approves any new initiatives and associations and contracts and it receives reports from the CEO on company operations. The Board has all the normal reporting responsibilities to ASIC each year and the company is externally audited on an annual basis.

The current Board of Directors consists of:

NamePositionEmailTelephoneFax

Dr R. Brown
(Rob)

Director Governance Policy Planning Services, Victoria Universityrob.brown@vu.edu.au03 9919 400503 9919 5099
Mr G. DennehyChief Operating Officer, Deakin Universitycoo@deakin.edu.au 03 5227 8512-
Ms R. HawkinsDeputy Vice Chancellor, Corporate Strategy and Service, University of Western Sydneyr.hawkins@uws.edu.au02 9678 7819-
Mr M. Knight
(Michael)
Executive Director, Human Resources Division, Charles Sturt Universitymknight@csu.edu.au02 6338 4204-
Dr M. McMaster
(Maddy)

Academic Registrar, RMIT University

maddy.mcmaster@rmit.edu.au03 9925 8609-
Dr B.J. Spencer
(Brian)
formerly Macquarie UniversityBrian.Spencer@uchs.mq.edu.au0402 086 110-
Mr N Tate
(Nick)

Director Information & Technology Services, University of Queensland

n.tate@uq.edu.au07 3365 352107 3365 9069

Dr G. Withers AO
(Glenn) - Director/
Company Secretary

Chief Executive Officer
Universities Australia

ceo@universitiesaustralia.edu.au02 6285 820402 6285 8213

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