Senate

Term expires 8 April 2024. Julie is an experienced senior leader with a background in strategy, marketing, product development, customer experience, digital and managing large-scale transformation programs. Currently, Julie is Associate Director of Engagement and Experience at Murdoch University leading the transformation of Murdoch's website and other digital initiatives to help meet the University strategic pillar of Physical and Digital Environment. Of note is the Murdoch University website winning the 2017 Sitefinity Website of the Year award in the Education Category.

Term expires 6 November 2023.

Term expires 6 November 2023.

Term expires 31 December 2024.

Term expires 31 December 2023. Roland graduated from Murdoch University in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in Education Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Australian Indigenous Studies. Whilst a student, Roland captained the hockey team, was President of the Student Guild and founded a club dedicated to Pokémon. Roland believes that public universities should serve the public of Western Australia and be run for the social good above all else. He passionately believes that public institutions like Murdoch should be transparent, accountable and open to critique and scrutiny.

Term expires 21 December 2021. Peter is an experienced resources industry executive who has worked in the Australian and North American mining sectors for the last 20 years, including hands-on finance, corporate and operating roles for precious and base metals, energy and bulk materials businesses. He has held CEO and CFO positions focused upon business strategy, commercial and financial management and reporting, organisational and business development, capital management and investment market activities, and legal and company secretarial matters.

Term expires 4 April 2025. Gail’s distinguished career as a government leader and policy advisor at State and National levels spans three decades. The inaugural Director General of the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage, Gail is currently Chair of the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority and Deputy Chair of Leadership WA, and former Chair of Murdoch School of Business. In 2019 she was awarded a Public Service Medal for outstanding public service to WA. In 2021 Gail was named Leader of the Year in State or Federal Government at the Institute of Public Administration (WA) Awards.

Term expires 9 June 2023. Deputy Chancellor Ross Holt has an Honours Degree in Economics from UWA and has been a career public servant. He spent 18 years in the Western Australian State Treasury department with his last 4 years as Assistant Under Treasurer. In 1993 he was appointed CEO of the WA Land Authority (LandCorp) and over his 20-year tenure, oversaw its growth into a major land and infrastructure development agency involved in all areas of the WA property industry. After retiring from the public sector in 2014, Ross has been engaged in various property and development related entities.

Term expires 17 August 2023. Gavin is a partner at Ernst & Young. He has more than 30 years experience providing audit and advisory services to large listed and private organisations in the UK, USA, Africa and Australia. Gavin is the Oceania Assurance Mining and Metals Leader responsible for overseeing the development and execution of Ernst & Young’s go to market M&M assurance strategy across Oceania.

Term expires 1 September 2023. Ross graduated from Curtin University in 1980 and joined BankWest’s inaugural graduate recruitment program which launched a 25-year career in financial services ranging from branches, to human resources, international lending in Edinburgh, and ultimately Chief Financial Officer of the HBOS Australia Group of companies. He joined the WA Water Corporation in 2006 in the role of CFO, where he lead a range of areas including finance, pricing, procurement, property, strategy, legal services, insurance and risk. Ross is a Fellow of CPA Australia and Fellow of the AICD.

Term expires 4 October 2023.

Term expires 05 December 2024. Robyn is a senior academic in the Australian university sector and the former DVC Research of UWA. She has over 30 years’ experience as a teacher, researcher and university leader, focusing on strategy and national policy. Robyn trained in mathematics at UWA, Oxford and the University of Paris. Her research was primarily in computer vision, where she contributed to both theoretical and applied aspects of feature recognition in images and image understanding. Her work has been acknowledged with national and international awards, including the 2010 UK Rank Prize.

Ex-officio, term expires 31 December 2023. Associate Professor Garth Maker is an award-winning teacher and research in biochemistry and toxicology. He joined Murdoch University in 2008 as a lecturer, and teaches primarily in the School of Medical, Molecular & Forensic Sciences. He has held positions of College Dean of Learning & Teaching and Deputy President of Academic Council, before being elected President in 2023. Garth’s research interests are herbal medicines and dietary supplements, with his goal being to ensure that Australian consumers have access to safe and effective supplements.