David A Battersby

Professor Battersby was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ballarat in 2006 and, in 2014, he became Foundation Vice-Chancellor of Federation University Australia completing his term of office in 2016. He took up his current appointment as an Adjunct Professor at Southern Cross University in 2017. His previous senior appointments have been at universities in Australia and New Zealand and he has undertaken consultancies for UNESCO, the OECD and various government agencies. He was foundation Chair of the Australian Regional Universities Network and the board of the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka and is currently on the board of directors of the Melbourne Institute of Technology.