Governor
BSc(Hons) UWA PhD QU FATSE FAusIMM FAICD
Dr Clark is Chancellor of Monash University, Australia. She was the founding Head of the Australian Space Agency. She is a member of Bank of America Australia’s Advisory Board and a member of the Global Advisory Council of Bank of America Corporation in the US.
She is Chair of MITRE Australia, a not-for-profit subsidiary of MITRE Corporation, which manages six US federally funded research and development centres.
Earlier roles include a non-executive director of Rio Tinto, a non-executive director of CSL Limited, CEO of CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and Vice President Technology at BHP. She served on the Board of CARE Australia, involved in development and aid in the Indo-pacific region.
Dr Clark holds a BSc from the University of Western Australia and a PhD from Queen’s University, Canada. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
In 2014, she received the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for services to Australia in innovation and science. Dr Clark is married with two children and serves as an active Surf Lifesaver for NSW.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.