Prominent alumni

Many Monash University alumni have achieved excellence in their chosen field. Here we profile some of our most prominent graduates – each has made their mark in Australia and around the world in different areas including:

Business

The Honourable Richard Alston - Company director, former diplomat and politician

Mrs Fiona Balfour - Business consultant

The Honourable Peter Costello, AC - Managing director and partner, BKK Partners

Mr Tony D'Aloisio - Former Chairman, Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Ms Tracey Fellows - Area Vice-President Asia Pacific, Microsoft

Ms Margaret Jackson, AC - Company director

Mr Michael Luscombe - CEO, Woolworths Limited

Mr Ian Macfarlane, AC - Economist and company director

Ms Naomi Milgrom, AO - CEO and executive chair, Sussan Group

Mr Andrew Mohl - Company director and executive coach

Mr Trevor O'Hoy - Company director

Ms Rameshwari Ramachandra - Author and entrepreneur

Mr Alan Ramadan - Strategic consultant and mentor

Mr Graeme Samuel, AC - Former Chairman, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Dr Anusorn Sangnimnuan - President, Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Limited

Ms Carol Schwartz, AM - Businesswoman

Dato' Dr Jannie Tay - Executive vice-chairman, The Hour Glass

Dato’ Dr Michael Yeoh - CEO, Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute

Education and research

Dr Anthony Collins - President, Clarkson University, US

Professor Mick Dodson, AM - Director, National Centre for Indigenous Studies

Professor Ho-Leung Fung - Professor, University at Buffalo, US

Professor Ben Kiernan - Researcher in genocide studies

Professor Pasuk Phongpaichit - Economist, author, anti-corruption campaigner

Professor Valentino Stella - Professor, The University of Kansas, US

Politics and government

The Honourable Simon Crean, MP - Minister, Parliament of Australia

Professor David de Kretser, AC - Medical researcher

The Honourable Bill Shorten, MP - Minister, Parliament of Australia

Ms Helen Silver - Secretary, Department of Premier and Cabinet, State of Victoria

Mr Teo Ming Kian - Government administrator and company director

The Law

The Honourable Chief Justice Diana Bryant, AO - Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia

Mr Julian Burnside, AO, QC - Barrister and author

Mr Ian Gray - Chief Magistrate, Magistrates' Court of Victoria

Mr Simon Molesworth, AM, QC - Environmental lawyer

The Honourable Chief Judge Michael Rozenes, AO, QC - Chief Judge of the County Court of Victoria

The Honourable Chief Justice Marilyn Warren, AC  - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria

Media and the Arts

Mr Jon Faine - Melbourne radio presenter

Mr Richard Henderson - CEO and creative director, R-Co

Mr Paul Jennings, AM - Children's author

Dr Don Watson - Author

Mr David Williamson, AO - Playwright

Medicine

Tan Sri Dato' Dr Yahya Awang - Cardiothoracic surgeon

Professor Gabor Kovacs, AM - Reproductive expert

Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop - Surgeon and World War II leader, 1907-1993

Dr Susan Lim - Surgeon

Professor Patrick McGorry, AO - Mental health expert

Tan Sri Dato' Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman - President, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur

Science

Dr Greg Ayers - Director, Bureau of Meteorology

Professor Tim Flannery - Writer, scientist and explorer

Social services

Mr Tim Costello, AO - CEO, World Vision Australia

His Eminence Cardinal George Pell, AC - Catholic Archbishop of Sydney

Dr Beth Wilson - Victorian Health Services Commissioner

Sport

Mr John Bertrand, AM - World champion yachtsman, Australia II skipper, businessman

Mr Paul McNamee, AM - Sports administrator