Professor Alex Zelinsky AO is Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Newcastle.
Prior to joining the University in 2018, he was Australia’s Chief Defence Scientist and leader of Defence Science and Technology within the Department of Defence.
Alex’s previous roles include Group Executive for Information Sciences at CSIRO, and Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Seeing Machines, a computer vision technology company now listed on the London Stock Exchange. The company was a start-up from the Australian National University, where he was a Professor of Systems Engineering.
Alex Zelinsky holds a Bachelor of Mathematical Sciences (Honours), a Doctor of Philosophy and an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Wollongong. He is an Officer in the Order of Australia, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Institute of Engineers Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Service as a director
Appointed to HMRI Board 19th November 2018
Other current directorships in public and significant companies and institutions
Director and Chair:
- NUservices Pty Ltd
- UniProjects (New South Wales Vice-Chancellor’s Committee)
Director:
- Convenor (NSW Vice-Chancellor’s Committee)
Member:
- AHEIA (Australian Higher Education Industrial Association)
- AKBC Australian Korean Business Council
- AARNet
- CCLHD Central Coast Clinical School
- City of Newcastle Strategy and Innovation Advisory Committee
- Committee for the Hunter
- EAL (Education Australia Limited)
- International Education Board (Study NSW)
- JSB UNCIE Joint Strategic Board
- NSW Regional Health Partners Governing Board
- NSW Innovation and Productivity Council
- NUW Alliance Board
- UFIT Steering Group
- Unisuper – attend Annual General meeting
