John A. Hay

Professor John A. Hay AC, BA (Hons) (Western Australia & Cambridge - Hackett Research Scholar), MA (Cambridge), PhD (Western Australia), Hon LittD. (Deakin), Hon DLitt. (UWA), FACE, FAIM

Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Queensland, Australia since 1996 to 2007.

*Current Chair of the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.

*Chair of the Group of Eight (Go8), Australia's leading research-intensive universities, January 2002 to May 2003.

*Chair of Universitas 21, a consortium of comprehensive, research-intensive international universities in 2003.

*Vice-Chancellor and President, Deakin University, Australia from 1992 to 1995.

*Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Monash University, Australia from 1988 to 1991.

*Dean of Arts and Chair of the National Key Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University.

*Chair of English and Head of the Department in the University of Western Australia

*Centenary Medallist in 2003 for contributions to Australian higher education.

*Companion in the Order of Australia in 2004

Leadership successes

*Deakin University and The University of Queensland were named Australia's Universities of the Year by the Good Universities Guide in 1995 and 1999 respectively.

*The University of Queensland advanced to second position in Australia for total competitive research funding.

*At University of Queensland, he led the development of many major new research centres in molecular bioscience, supercomputing, biomaterials and nanotechnology, brain research and sustainable mining. He established the university's new James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre Art Gallery, Australia's first national collection of artists' self-portraits raising funding of nearly $400 million for these projects.