Glyn Davis
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Glyn Davis (born 1959) is an Australian academic who is currently the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.
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[edit] Early life
Born in Sydney, Davis was educated at Marist Brothers College, Kogarah and the University of New South Wales. He attended the Australian National University and completed a thesis on the political independence of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Davis spent nearly twenty years at Griffith University, initially as a lecturer in Public Policy in 1985 and eventually being appointed as a Professor in 1998.
[edit] Public service
Davis accepted senior government posts with the Queensland Wayne Goss Government as Commissioner for Public Sector Equity with the Public Sector Management Commission from 1990 to 1993, Director-General of the Office of the Cabinet 1995 to 1996 and Director-General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet to Premier Peter Beattie 1998-2002.
[edit] University administrator
Professor Glyn Davis became Vice Chancellor & President of Griffith University in 2002. He served at Griffith until December 2004. He started in January 2005 as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.
He is currently President of the Group of Eight, representing Australia’s leading research universities.
Professor Davis was Foundation Chair of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) which is headquartered at the University of Melbourne.
He is a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC).
[edit] Community
Since 2002 he has also been a director of Australia 21, a non profit organisation developing research networks on key issues affecting Australia's future.
