Board Members & Leadership Team

Board Members
Mr Peter Barnes 
BCom, MBA (Melb) Chairman
Chairman, Ansell (since 2005), Director (since 2001)
Director, News Corporation; Deputy Chairman, Metcash Limited  
Appointed: 2010 Chairman: 2010 
 
Mr Ross Barker 
BSci (Hons), MBA 1980 (Melb)
Managing Director, Australian Foundation Investment Company 
Non-Executive Director, Baker Medical Research Institute
Appointed: 2011 
 
MR TONY BURGESS
MBA (Harvard), BComm (Hons) (University of Melbourne)
Chairman, The Melbourne Foundation for Business and Economics
Member, CPA Australia; Fellow, Financial Services Institute of Australasia.
Director Diversified United Investment Ltd; Vice Chair, St Vincent’s Institute Foundation.
Appointed 2013
 
Mr Chee Meng Cheong
BMech Eng, MBA (Melb)
Chief Distribution Officer Global Life Asia Pacific, Zurich Life Insurance Company Limited, Hong Kong 
Appointed: 2010 
 
PROFESSOR GLYN DAVIS
PhD (ANU), BA (Hons) (UNSW)
Vice-Chancellor & Principal, University of Melbourne
Chair, Universities Australia
Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences in Australia
Companion in the Order of Australia
Director, Melbourne Theatre Company, Grattan Institute, LH Martin Institute, Asialink
Appointed: 2013
 
Professor Zeger Degraeve
PhD (Chicago), MBA (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), BSc (Ghent) 
Dean, Melbourne Business School
Co-Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne
Professor of Decision Sciences 
Appointed: 2011
 
Associate Professor Douglas J. Dow
PhD (Melbourne), MBA (Western Ontario), BSc (Queen's)
Associate Professor (Business Strategy)
Member, MBS Centre for the Practice of International Trade
Member of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of International Business Studies
Appointed: 2011
 
Dr Jackie Fairley
BSc, BVSc Hons, MBA (Melb)
CEO, Starpharma Holdings Limited
Appointed: 2010
 
Ms Annette Kimmitt
BBus (Monash) MAICD FICA
Managing Partner, Financial Accounting Advisory Services Group/Assurance Practice, Ernst & Young 
Board member: United Nations Principles of Social Investment Secretariat 
Director: Committee for Melbourne; Victoria University Foundation; Grattan Institute. 
Appointed: 2011

PROFESSOR PAUL KOFMAN
PhD (Erasmus), M Econ (Erasmus)
Co-Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne
Appointed: 2013
 
Mr Graeme Liebelt
BEcon Hons (Adel), MAICD FAIM FAATSA 
Member: Business Council of Australia. Fellow: Australian Institute of Management, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.
Appointed: 2008 
 
Mr Scott Tanner
MBA (Melb), B.App Sci (Math) RMIT
CEO, Bank of Melbourne
Appointed: 2011
 
Mr Frank Zipfinger
LLB LLM (Syd) BEc (Macquarie) MBA (Melb)
Chairman: Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Director: Galileo Japan Trust; Member: Australian Institute of Company Directors 
Appointed: 2009
  
Mr Ari Mervis
Managing Director of SABMiller Asia Pacific
CEO of Carlton & United Breweries
Appointed: 2012
  
Mr David Peever
Managing Director of Rio Tinto
Appointed: 2012
 
 
MBS Leadership
 
pROFESSOR Zeger Degraeve
Dean, Melbourne Business School
Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics
PROFESSOR Paul Dainty
Deputy Dean, Executive Education
 
PROFESSOR Jim Frederickson
Deputy Dean, MBS
PROFESSOR nasser spear
Deputy Dean, MBS

Laura Bell
Associate Dean, Academic Programs
 
Marc Flipo
Chief Operating Officer
 
SARAH SEEDSMAN
Associate Dean, External Relations