Board

Professor Brooks recently established the Australian Health Workforce Institute at The University of Melbourne. He recently stepped down as Executive Dean of Health Sciences at UQ where he developed his interests in the continuum of health education, inter-professional practice and the importance of creating sustainable health system. He is a rheumatologist with a major research interest in the treatment and epidemiology of rheumatic diseases. He is a recognised international expert in this area. He has a major interest in medical research, in particular, the linking of basic and clinical research, internationalisation and development of postgraduate training and health workforce and inter-professional learning. He was the Foundation Professor of Rheumatology at the Royal North Shore Hospital and the University of Sydney and has held posts as Executive Dean of Health Sciences at the University of Queensland; Associate Professor in Medicine at Flinders University of South Australia and Professor of Medicine, University of New South Wales at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney.

 

 

Professor Terry received a BA and PhD (1989) from the Australian National University, and joined the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland first as postdoctoral research fellow in 1990 and then as a lecturer in 1991. She was Deputy Head of School from 1997 to 1999, and, after serving as Professor of Social Psychology and Head of School from 2000 to 2005, was appointed Executive Dean, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences in January 2006. In February 2007, Professor Terry accepted an appointment to a half-time role as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning), and in January 2008, Professor Terry was appointed as the inaugural Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning). The position was re-titled Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) from 1 January 2009.

Mika is the Director of Operations for the Faculty of Health Sciences at The University of Queensland. Mika initially joined the university as a lawyer specialising in research collaborations and intellectual property. He became the Faculty Executive Officer of the Faculty in 1997 and since that time has played a major role in numerous initiatives which have extended the university’s scope of operations by advocating innovative models for engagement.

David has enjoyed a 30-year career spanning legal practice, investment banking, corporate banking and corporate advice across Australasia. After commencing his career in legal practice and as corporate legal counsel, David moved to Queensland-based merchant bank, Graham and Company, as Director, Corporate Advisory. This proved invaluable experience for his next move to Citibank, where he spent nearly 20 years in a variety of Corporate and Investment Bank relationship coverage and senior management roles based in Brisbane, Sydney, Singapore and Hong Kong. His last role with Citibank was head of Corporate and Investment Bank client coverage for South East Asia based in Singapore. After almost 10 years abroad, David left Citibank in late 2008 and returned home to Brisbane. His current focus is non-executive directorships, corporate advisory, and launching an innovative Australian-based venture debt fund on behalf of a US corporation. He was appointed to the board of PrimEd, a leading Australian provider of e-learning services, in July 2010.