Deputy Vice-Chancellors
The position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor – to assist the Vice-Chancellor as the Vice-Chancellor may require – has existed since 1955.
Today, together with the Vice-Chancellor, the deputy vice-chancellors form a leadership team that contributes to decision-making across the University on all significant issues covering strategy, management, administration and related policies.
Titles of Deputy Vice-Chancellor with a specific designation are included below.
| 1955 | Emeritus Professor Christopher Ralph McRae, MA DipEd Melbourne PhD Lond |
| 1961 | Emeritus Professor Alexander George Mitchell, MA Sydney PhD Lond |
| 1965-1978 | Emeritus Professor William Matthew O'Neil AO, MA DipEd, FASSA |
| 1975-1991 | Professor Michael Gleeson Taylor, MD BS Adelaide PhD DSc Lond, FRAC |
| 1979-1981 | Professor John Manning Ward, MA LLB Sydney, FAHA FASSA FRAHS |
| 1982-1986 | Professor Arthur John Dunston, Cav, BA R'dg MA Camb |
| 1989-1995 | Professor Susan Evelyn Dorsch, MB BS PhD Sydney |
| 1992-1999 | Professor Derek John Anderson, BSc Nott PhD Wales – from 1997, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic & Staffing) |
| 1995-1996 | Professor Lawrence Cram, BSc BE PhD Sydney (Acting) |
| 1996-2004 | Professor Kenneth John Eltis, BA UNE MA PhD Macquarie DipEd UNSW – Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Planning & Resources) 1996 – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Planning & Resources) 1997-2002 – Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor 2002-2004 |
| 1997-2002 | Professor Judith Kinnear, MSc PhD Melbourne BEd La Trobe GradDipComputerSim SIT – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International & Development) 1997-1998 – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic & International) 1999-2002 |
| 2002-2009 | Mr Borislav (Bob) Kotic, BBus(Accounting) UTS MEc Macquarie, FCP – Chief Finance Officer & Deputy Vice-Chancellor 2002-2006 – Chief Operating Officer & Deputy Vice-Chancellor 2006-2009 |
| 2003 | Professor Geoffrey Sherington, BA Sydney MA UNSW PhD McM, FRAHS (Acting) |
| 2003-2006 | Professor Timothy Raymond Hirst, BSc Kent DPhil York – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation) |
| 2004– | Professor John Patrick Hearn, MSc Dublin PhD ANU – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) 2004-2005 – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic & International) 2005-2006 – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) 2006– |
| 2004 | Professor Michael Fry, ME Camb MSc Lond PhD Sydney – Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Infrastructure) |
| 2005– | Professor Ann Brewer, BA Macquarie MCom PhD UNSW – Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Infrastructure) 2005-2006 – Deputy Vice-Chancellor 2006-2008 – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (The Sydney College Project) 2008-2010 – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Office of the Vice-Chancellor) 2010-2011 – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Management) 2011– |
| 2005-2009 | Professor Don Nutbeam, BEd MA PhD S'ton – Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation) 2005-2006 – Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor 2006-2009 |
| 2006-2009 | Professor Andrew J S Coats, MB BChir Camb MA DM Oxf MBA LondBus DSc Lond, FRACP FRCP FESC FACC FAHA FCSANZ – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Community) |
| 2006-2008 | Professor P Merlin Crossley, BSc Melb DPhil Oxf – Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) |
| 2008– | Professor Derrick Armstrong BA Lond MA PhD Lanc – Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) 2008 – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) 2008– |
| 2008 | Professor S I (Charlie) Benrimoj, BPharm PhD Bradford – Acting Chief Operating Officer & Deputy Vice-Chancellor |
| 2009– | Professor Jill Trewhella, MSc UNSW PhD Sydney, FAAS – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) |
| 2009– | Professor Stephen Garton, BA Sydney PhD UNSW, FAHA FASSA FRAHS – Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor |
| 2011– | Professor Shane Houston, PhD Curtin – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy & Services) |