Anne Martin (Panel Chairperson), Consultant
Anne Martin provides expert consulting services with a strong focus on quality development and assessment to clients in the higher education sector, including universities, private providers and government agencies. She works both in Australia and overseas. Anne has had an international career in senior level positions in the university sector, managing portfolios covering the development and delivery of higher education programs and policies, academic planning, organisational development and academic quality assurance. Prior to her retirement in 2003, she held appointments as Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Academic) at Deakin University; University Dean for Academic Planning and Programs and Acting Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the City University of New York; Foundation Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of South Australia; and Head of the School of General Education at the South Australian Institute of Technology. Anne has served on numerous institutional and government committees, including the Victorian Higher Education Advisory Committee and the Tasmanian Higher Education Expert Group. In addition to her service as an Honorary Auditor for the Australian Universities Quality Agency, she is on the national auditor registers in Saudi Arabia and Oman. She has had extensive experience in conducting accreditation and quality audits and assisting institutions to prepare for them, as well as in advising institutions and government agencies on the development and implementation of related policies and procedures. She holds qualifications from Wellesley College (BA) and the University of Wisconsin (MA, PhD).

Jeanette Baird Audit Director, AUQA
Dr Jeanette Baird has a background in higher education and public sector management. She joined AUQA in February 2005 after several years with the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, and prior to that, the Australian National Audit Office. From 1993 to 1998 she was General Manager, Research and Graduate Studies, at Swinburne University of Technology and participated in the implementation of the University's quality management system. Previous employers include the University of Melbourne and the Melbourne Business School, the University of Tasmania and the Victorian Department of Human Services. Jeanette has an MBA and in 2004 completed her PhD on discourses of governance among members of Australian university governing boards. Her research interests include critical discourse analysis, accountability and performance monitoring in public organisations. In her leisure time, Jeanette enjoys going to the beach, opera, and planning various yet-to-be-written novels set in nineteenth century Australia.

John Finlay-Jones Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Edith Cowan University
John Finlay-Jones is a BSc (Hons) and PhD graduate from the University of Western Australia, and held appointments as Tutor (1972) and Senior Tutor (1976-77). He was appointed to Flinders University from 1977, initially as a Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology and Clinical Immunology, and for the period 1998-2003 was Head of the Faculty of Health Sciences, and Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in the School of Medicine. His teaching involvement included courses in medicine, science, and biotechnology, with research activities including analysis of the harmful effects of sunlight, particularly ultraviolet light, on the skin and especially the immune system, and its relationship to skin cancer. This work had links with industry including the evaluation and development of sunscreen formulations. Other major projects addressed mechanisms of inflammatory responses in infection and diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, for which industry links included the evaluation of potential anti-inflammatory compounds, including tea tree oil. In July 2003 he was appointed as the Assistant Director in the Telethon Institute of Child Health Research in Western Australia, and an Adjunct Professor of the University of Western Australia (being also an Emeritus Professor of Flinders University from that date). His current appointment (from April 2008) is as Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. He has been Treasurer (1989) and President (1990) of the Australian Society for Medical Research, Honorary Secretary (1986-1992) and President (1996-1998) of the Australian Society for Microbiology, and President (1999 - 2001) of the Australian Institute of Biology. He has held appointments to committees of the National Health and Medical Research Council (Research Committee, and Fellowships Committee) and of the Australian National Council on AIDS, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases and its predecessors. He has been a member of the Medical Schools Accreditation Committee of the Australian Medical Council.

Kevin McConkey Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), University of Newcastle
Kevin McConkey is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia. He is a member of the New South Wales Higher Education Advisory Committee. His BA(Hons) and PhD are from the University of Queensland, and he has held previous academic positions in the USA (University of Pennsylvania) and Canada (Concordia University), as well as in Australia (Macquarie University, University of New South Wales). He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, the Australian Psychological Society, the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has held various positions in professional and scientific societies, including Vice-President, Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies, President, Australian Psychological Society, and Chair, National Committee for Psychology, Australian Academy of Science.

Ken Milne Director Graduate Research School, Massey University, NZ
Ken Milne graduated from Massey University with an MAgrSc degree in 1965. He joined the staff of the Department of Microbiology and Genetics at Massey University in 1969 as a Lecturer in Plant Pathology, after completing a PhD degree in Plant Virology at the University of California Davis. He was appointed as Professor of Plant Health in 1978. Ken is currently Director of Graduate Studies in the College of Science at Massey University, teaches in the BSc and BApplSc degrees and is an experienced supervisor of graduate students. He chairs the Doctoral Research Committee which administers the PhD programme at Massey University, and has served on various University Committees and Boards, including the University Council and its Equal Opportunities, and Finance Committees. External to Massey University Ken has been a member of research committees for the fruit, nursery and vegetable industries. He currently chairs the New Zealand Agrichemical Education Trust and the Manawatu Tree Trust. Ken was foundation President of the New Zealand Society for Horticultural Science and is a Fellow of that Society as well as an Associate of Honour of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture.