Vice-Chancellor's Profile
Professor Renée Leon PSM
Vice-Chancellor and President
Professor Renée Leon is the University’s fifth Vice-Chancellor and President and commenced in the role on 1 September, 2021.
Prior to commencement as Vice-Chancellor, Professor Leon had extensive senior leadership experience in Commonwealth and State public administration, covering policy, program management and service delivery.
Professor Leon holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the Australian National University and a Master of Laws from the University of Cambridge, which she attended as a Menzies Foundation Law Scholar.
In 2013, she was awarded a Public Service Medal for outstanding service to public administration and law in leadership roles in the Australian Capital Territory and the Commonwealth.
She is a Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia and a member of Chief Executive Women Australia.
Professor Leon is honoured to lead Australia’s leading regional university at a time when the regions are playing an increasingly visible and important national role.