Mark Tennant (Panel Chairperson), Dean, University Graduate School, University of Technology, Sydney
Mark Tennant has had experience as a Dean in three different capacities at the University of Technology, Sydney: in the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building; and most recently in the University Graduate School. Throughout his career he has balanced achievements in research (the basis for his promotion to a Personal Chair) and teaching and learning (he has received the UTS Award for Excellence in Teaching), as well as academic management. Professor Tennant has acted as an advisor on curriculum development and quality matters to several overseas universities, including the University of British Columbia, Hokkaido University, Syracuse University and the University of Warwick. He has also published several papers and articles on aspects of quality in higher education.

Robyn Harris Audit Director, AUQA
Robyn joined the staff of the Australian Universities Quality Agency in January 2002 and aside from audit related activities, takes primary responsibility for the Agency’s publications and training. Prior to joining AUQA, Robyn was Academic Audit Officer and then Acting Director at the New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit based in Wellington. She joined the AAU at the commencement of the Unit’s second cycle audits in 1999 and was directly involved in audits of seven of the eight universities. Previously, she worked at the University of Otago in the positions of Research Assistant and Research Fellow and is co-author of a number of publications in the fields of neurobiology and medical ethics. Robyn is a graduate of the University of Canterbury and holds an MA (first class) in Psychology.

Fun Ting Chan SPACE, University of Hong Kong

Anne Johns Director, Membership & Education, CPA Australia
Qualifications: Bachelor of Business (Accounting), Swinburne University of Technology 1974 Master of Commerce (Finance), Melbourne University 1984 FCPA (Fellow Certified Practising Accountant) Role: Director Education & Membership CPA Australia - the largest professional body in Australia with 96,000 members. Current Responsibilities: • Education Business Unit Leader responsible for 25 staff • Supervise development and delivery of professional postgraduate distance education, CPA Program (25,000 candidates), and Public Practice Program. • Leadership of new life long learning project to refocus education and training at CPA Australia. • Accreditation and quality assurance of Australian University business commerce and accounting degree courses offered in Australia and offshore (for CPA Australia membership). • Assessment of overseas accounting qualifications for immigration and membership purposes. • Mutual recognition of overseas professional body qualifications. • Research and policy development in all matters relevant to CPA Australia with regard to education and membership. • Technical adviser to CPA Australia National Education Committee and National Accreditation Sub-Committee. • International education strategy • Active member of several education associations and university committees. Previous employment includes: • Senior Lecturer in Accounting & Finance at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne • Policy development in the Department of Management & Budget, Victorian State Government • Tutor in Accounting at Monash University, Melbourne • Accounting research at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Sue Johnston Head of the Coffs Harbour Campus, Southern Cross University
Professor Sue Johnston has extensive and varied experience within Australian higher education. After working as a pharmacist and a secondary school science teacher, she moved into an academic position in 1984 with Brisbane College of Advanced Education which then became Queensland University of Technology. In 1994, Sue moved to the University of Canberra as Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for the Enhancement of Learning, Teaching and Scholarship, and in 1998 she joined the University of New England as Professor and Director of the Teaching and Learning Centre. Here she was responsible for 55 staff covering academic skills support for students and academic staff development, multimedia, video-conferencing, online teaching, as well as all of UNE’s extensive distance education operations. She also spent an eight month period acting as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic). In January 2001, Sue joined the University of Tasmania as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) which was an executive role with primary responsibility for teaching and learning support, strategic development, policy and QA. In this role, she was directly responsible for the Library, the Cradle Coast Campus at Burnie, the Graduate School and the Flexible Education Unit. The University of Tasmania was audited by AUQA in 2005 and Sue played a major role in assisting the University in its preparations for the audit. She was made an Emeritus Professor by the University of Tasmania in 2006. Sue was a member of the Australian Universities Teaching Committee from 2000 to 2005 and in 2004 worked with Professors Gus Guthrie and Roger King to review the National Protocols for Higher Education Approval Processes. In 2005 Sue moved to PhillipsKPA as a Senior Consultant where she undertook a number of reviews for universities as well as national projects which included a study of credit transfer between vocational and higher education, the development of new National Protocols for Higher Education Approval Processes and the National Guidelines to implement those Protocols. She has extensive audit experience. She was on the panel for UNSW – one of the first AUQA audits which was used to test out the new processes. She has chaired the audits of Edith Cowan University and the Victorian Office of Higher Education. She was a member of the panels for Griffith University and the University of Melbourne. Sue has also been called upon to conduct a number of trial audits for universities, including Charles Sturt, Sunshine Coast, Newcastle, James Cook and UTS. Sue joined Southern Cross University as Head of the Coffs Harbour Campus in March 2007.