Professor Linda Kristjanson is Non-Executive Director of Seek Ltd., Education Australia Ltd. and MinEx CRC Ltd., President of the National Stroke Foundation, and trustee of the Bethlehem Griffith Research Foundation. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. Linda served as Vice-Chancellor and President of Swinburne University of Technology from 2011 to 2020 and, upon her retirement, was awarded an Emeritus Professorship. She was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2017, acknowledged for her distinguished service to tertiary education through leadership and governance roles, strategic and innovative university reforms, and contributions to cancer research, palliative care and women.
