Andrew James Parfitt is the 5th Vice-Chancellor and President of the

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. He was appointed to the role in November 2021. He was previously the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the University of Newcastle from 2012 to 2016, and Provost of the University of Technology Sydney from 2017 to 2021.

Education

Parfitt graduated with a BE (Electrical and Electronic) and

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(Electrical and Electronic Engineering) from the

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Career

Parfitt was previously the CEO of CRC Satellite Systems and General Manager of

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space programs. In 2004, he was appointed as the Director of the Institute for Telecommunications Research at the

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. He has held adjunct academic positions at the

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and

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. In December 2012, Parfitt was appointed as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the University of Newcastle. He remained in the role until 2016, when he was appointed as the next provost of the

. Parfitt was the

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from 2013 to 2019. Parfitt was the Provost and Senior Vice-President of the University of Technology Sydney from 2017 to 2021. In November 2021, he was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Technology Sydney.

Honours

Parfitt was a ministerial appointment to the Australian government's Space Industry Innovation Council from 2010 to 2012. He is a Senior Member of the

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(IEEE) and a Fellow of

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(EA). He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering in 2021.

References

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