Contributors
Asia-Pacific
Professor Di Yerbury
Vice-Chancellor, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Australia
Emeritus Professor Di Yerbury is a Professor of Management, who became Australiašs first woman Vice-Chancellor in 1987 when she joined Macquarie University, where her appointment has been extended for a fourth term.
During her career, Professor Yerbury has served on many committees and boards of education, government, business and arts organisations and has conducted reviews of personnel management and industrial relations for governments in Australia and overseas.
She holds several prominent positions in the international field, including as President of Golden Key International Honour Society; until recently as the long-serving President of IDP Education Australia (the company which supports educational exports); and as Founding President of the Asia Pacific Higher Education Research Network. She is also Vice-President of the AVCC.
A recipient of Honorary Doctorates from Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto and the University of Western Sydney, Professor Yerbury was awarded the AO for services to tertiary education, including international education, and the arts; and in 2002 was named NSW Telstra Business Woman of the Year.
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