The ANU Executive Leadership Team is headed by our Interim Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Rebekah Brown. Rebekah and her team develop and implement strategies, policies and procedures to support ANU to meet its strategic goals and operational needs.
Learn more about the leadership team and the portfolios they oversee below.
Executive structure
Professor Rebekah Brown
Professor Rebekah Brown commenced as Interim Vice-Chancellor and President of The Australian National University (ANU) in September 2025. She continues to serve as ANU Provost and Senior Vice-…
Reporting business units
Professor Joan Leach
Professor Leach is a leading global expert in science communication specialising in public engagement with controversial and frontier science and the ethics of science communication. While remaining…
Reporting business units
Professor Stuart Wyithe
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) is responsible for the development and implementation of strategies, policies and systems to achieve the University's strategic goals in research…
Reporting business units
Professor Peter Yu
Peter Yu is a Yawuru man from Broome in the Kimberley with over 40 years’ experience in Indigenous development and advocacy at the state, national and international level and is the inaugural Vice-…
Reporting business units
Brooke Disney
Brooke Disney is Interim Vice-President (Advancement) at the Australian National University and a member of the University Executive. She provides executive leadership for the University’s…
Reporting business units
Michael Schwager
Michael Schwager is the University's Chief Operating Officer, commencing in March 2026, on secondment from the Australian Public Service.Over the previous seven years, as Director General of…
Reporting business units
Michael Lonergan
As the Chief Financial Officer of the Australian National University (ANU), Michael Lonergan leads the Finance and Business Services division and the finance function for the University to deliver…
Reporting business units
Kate Witenden
The Chief People Officer leads the People & Culture Division ensuring the delivery of optimal people solutions that align with the University’s vision and purpose. People & Culture is…
Reporting business units
Sajid Hassan
Sajid Hassan has been appointed to the role of Interim Chief Information Officer (CIO) at The Australian National University (ANU). In this capacity, he leads the stewardship of ANU technology…