Fellows of Senate
Alan Cameron AO
Mr Alan Cameron is a Fellow of Senate of the University of Sydney appointed by the Minister for Education and Training (on the nomination of Senate).
Alan is Deputy Chancellor and, in this capacity, is an ex-officio member of the Buildings and Estates Committee, Chair Appointments Committee, Finance and Audit Committee, Investment and Commercialisation Committee, Nominations and Appointments Committee and Safety and Risk Management Committee.
He is also Chair of Senate's Investment and Commercialisation Committee.
Mr Cameron was Chair of Senate's former Audit and Risk Management Committee and, as Deputy Chancellor, was an ex-officio member of the former Advisory Committee for Honorary Awards, Nominations Committee, Remuneration and Benefits Committee and Senate/Student Associations Liaison Committee, Senate/SRC Committee and Senate/SUPRA Liaison Committee.
Mr Cameron's terms of office as a Fellow of Senate:
- term 1: 1 January 2004 - 31 December 2005 (filling a casual vacancy) (2 years)
- term 2: 1 January 2006 - 31 December 2009 (4 years)
- term 3: 1 January 2010 - 31 December 2013 (4 years) - current term
His terms of office as Deputy Chancellor:
- term 1: 4 February 2008 - 3 May 2010 (2 years)
- term 2: 3 May 2010 - 6 February 2012 (2 years) - current term
- term 3: 6 February 2012 - 3 February 2014 - new term
His term/s of office as Chair, Investment and Commercialisation Committee:
- term 1: March 2010 - March 2012 (two years) - current term
His term/s of office as Chair of the former Audit and Risk Management Committee:
- term 1: 2006 - 2008 (two years)
- term 2: 2008 - 2010 (two years)
Profile
AO, BA LLM Sydney
Fellow of Senate from 2004, including election by Senate as
– Deputy Chancellor, 2008 -
Chair, Investment and Commercialisation Committee, 2010 -
Chair, former Audit and Risk Management Committee, 2006 - 2010
Alan is a graduate of the University of Sydney (BA 1967, LLB 1971, LLM 1977) and was Principal Solicitor of the New South Wales Aboriginal Legal Service from 1973 to 1975, and taught law at the University of North Sumatra in Indonesia from 1975 to 1977, before joining the law firm now known as Blake Dawson. He was a partner from 1979 until 1991, Sydney managing partner from 1982 until 1985, and national managing partner from February 1989 until March 1991. During that time, he was also a judicial member of the New South Wales Equal Opportunity Tribunal, and Chairman of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia.
In April 1991 he was appointed Commonwealth Ombudsman. He relinquished that position at the end of 1992 to become chairman of the Australian Securities Commission (ASC) and was chairman of the ASC and its successor, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), from January 1993 to November 2000.
His directorships and consultancies include being:
- chair of Hastings Funds Management Limited and Westpac's and St George's life and general insurance companies
- chairman of National E-conveyancing Development Limited
- chair of Cameron Ralph Pty Limited, a board performance assessment business
- Chair of ASX Compliance Pty Limited, and
- consultant to Blake Dawson, lawyers
He conducts the corporate governance component of the Advanced Courses for the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and is a program leader for the Toronto International Leadership Centre for Financial Sector Supervision and a member of the International Advisory Council of the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission.
In the 2011 Queen's Birthday honours, Mr Cameron was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia for distinguished service to business and commerce, particularly through the promotion of regulatory standards, corporate governance and professional ethics, to tertiary education, and to the community.