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The Go8 Board, which consists of the vice-chancellors (presidents) of its eight member universities, meets five times a year. In 2012 the Board will meet on 23 February, 23 May, 26 July, 3 October and 22 November.

The Chair of the Board rotates among member universities.

The current Chair of the Board is Professor Fred Hilmer AO, Vice-Chancellor, The University of New South Wales.
Link to Professor Hilmer's biography

Professor Ed Byrne AO, Vice-Chancellor of Monash University, will be Deputy Chair with particular responsibilities for liaison with Universities Australia. Link to Professor Byrne's biography

Go8 Board (Vice-Chancellors) :

The University of New South Wales Professor Fred Hilmer AO Professor Fred Hilmer was appointed Vice-Chancellor and President of The University of New South Wales in June 2006. Prior to taking up this position, he was CEO at John Fairfax Holdings Limited from 1998 - 2005. Before joining Fairfax he was Dean and Director of the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) at The University of NSW. He holds a degree in law from The University of Sydney, an LLM from The University of Pennsylvania, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of Finance. Professor Hilmer was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1998 for his service to management education, competition policy, and workplace reform. Link to Professor Hilmer's biography	Monash University Professor Ed Byrne AO Professor Ed Byrne is a pioneering neuroscientist, who has had a distinguished career in medicine, scientific research and academic management. Professor Byrne commenced as Vice-Chancellor at Monash University in July 2009. Prior to taking up this position, he was Vice Provost (Health) at University College London from 2007 to 2009 and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University between 2003 and 2007. He holds a first class Honours degree from The University of Tasmania and a Doctor of Science from The University of Melbourne. Professor Byrne was admitted as an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2006. Link to Professor Byrne's biography
The University of Melbourne Professor Glyn Davis AC Professor Glyn Davis was the Go8 Chair (2005-2007). He became Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Melbourne on 10 January 2005. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with first-class honours in political science from the University of New South Wales and was awarded his Doctorate of Philosophy from The Australian National University. He co-chaired Australia's National Ideas Summit with the Prime Minister in April 2008. Link to Professor Davis's biography	The Australian National University Professor Ian Young Professor Ian Young was appointed Vice-Chancellor of The Australian National University in March 2011, having previously been Vice-Chancellor of Swinburne University of Technology for 7 years (2003 to 2011). He was Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Adelaide from 1999 to 2003. For part of this time he simultaneously held the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor (International). Professor Young has held the positions of Chair of Education Australia Ltd and Director of IDP Education Pty Ltd. From 2009 to 2011, he was a Member of the Australian Qualifications Framework Council. Link to Professor Young's biography
The University of Queensland Professor Deborah Terry Professor Terry is the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Queensland (UQ). She joined UQ’s School of Psychology in 1990 and was appointed UQ’s inaugural Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) in 2008. Her primary research interests are in the areas of attitudes, social influence, persuasion, group processes, and intergroup relations. Professor Terry is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society, previous chair of the Australian Research Council's College of Experts in the social, behavioural and economic sciences, past President of the Society for Australasian Social Psychology, and she currently holds editorial positions with the British Journal of Psychology and the European Journal of Social Psychology. Link to Professor Terry's biography	The University of Sydney Dr Michael Spence Dr Michael Spence graduated from The University of Sydney with First Class Honours in English, Italian and Law in 1985. At Oxford University, Dr Spence obtained his PhD and continued to develop his career there over the next 20 years. He became a Fellow of St Catherine and also obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Theology from the University of Oxford. Among his many achievements at Oxford, Dr Spence oversaw significant growth of research activity and funding in the Social Sciences, and the strengthening of links between the social science departments, and between them and the University more broadly. He became Vice-Chancellor of The University of Sydney in July 2008. Link to Dr Spence's biography
The University of Western Australia Professor Paul Johnson Prior to his appointment as Vice-Chancellor of The University of Western Australia in 2012. Professor Paul Johnson served as Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University in Victoria for four years. Before moving to Australia, Professor Johnson served three years as Deputy Director of the London School of Economics. Professor Johnson received his doctorate from Oxford University in 1982. He has been an expert adviser on pension reform and the economics of demographic change to the World Bank, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, the British Government and the House of Lords. He is a director of UniSuper and a member of the Advisory Council of the Australian Research Council. His research has focused on two areas: the economic and social development of Britain since 1850, and the economic impact of population ageing. Link to Professor Johnson's biography	The University of Adelaide Professor James McWha Professor McWha began his Vice-Chancellorship of The University of Adelaide on 5 August 2002. He came to Adelaide following a highly successful term of office as Vice-Chancellor and President of Massey University in New Zealand from 1996-2002, where he was also Chairman of the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee in 2001-2002. A native of Northern Ireland, Professor McWha graduated with BSc and BAgr (with Honours in Agricultural Botany) from the Queen's University of Belfast in 1969 and 1970. He received his PhD from Glasgow University in 1973, prior to taking up an appointment at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Link to Professor McWha's biography