Prominent alumni

Many of Monash University's alumni have achieved excellence in their chosen field; these pages profile some of our most prominent graduates.

*Alumni who have received a Monash University Distinguished Alumni Award

Business

• The Honourable Richard Alston (LLM 1983, MBA 1990)
  Company director, and former diplomat and politician
  

• Mrs Fiona Balfour (BA(Hons) 1980)
  Business consultant
  
  
• Mr Tony D'Aloisio (BA 1971, LLB(Hons) 1973)
  Chairman, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
  
  
• Ms Tracey Fellows (BEc 1987)
  Managing Director – Australia and New Zealand, Microsoft
  
  
• Ms Margaret Jackson AC (BEc 1973, HonLLD 2002)
  Company director
  
  
• Mr Michael Luscombe (BEc 1974)
  CEO, Woolworths Limited
  

• Mr Ian Macfarlane AC (BEc(Hons) 1968, MEc 1971, HonLLD 2007)*
  Economist and company director
  
  
• Ms Naomi Milgrom (BA 1973)
  CEO and executive chair, Sussan Group
  

• Mr Andrew Mohl (BEc(Hons) 1977)
  Company director and executive coach
  
  
• Mr Trevor O'Hoy (BEc 1976)*
  Businessman
  
  
• Ms Rameshwari Ramachandra (MBA 1993)
  Author and entrepreneur
  
  
• Mr Alan Ramadan (BSc 1984)
  Strategic consultant and mentor
  
  
• Mr Graeme Samuel AO (LLM 1977)
  Chairman, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
  

• Dr Anusorn Sangnimnuan (PhD 1985)
  President, Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Limited
  

• Ms Carol Schwartz AM (BA 1977, LLB 1978, MBA 1988)
  Businesswoman
  
  
• Dato' Dr Jannie Tay (BSc 1968, MSc 1971)*
  Managing Director, The Hour Glass
  

• Dato’ Dr Michael Yeoh (BEc 1977, BBus(Hons) 1996)
  CEO, Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI)

Education and research

• Dr Anthony Collins (BE 1971)
  President, Clarkson University, USA
  
  
• Professor Mick Dodson AM (BJuris 1974, LLB 1978)*
  Director, National Centre for Indigenous Studies
  Australian National University
  Australian of the Year 2009
  

• Professor Ho-Leung Fung (PhC 1967)
  Professor of pharmaceutical sciences
  University at Buffalo, USA
  
  
• Professor Ben Kiernan (BA(Hons) 1975, PhD 1983)
  Researcher in genocide studies
  
  
• Professor Pasuk Phongpaichit (BEc(Hons) 1969, MEc 1971)*
  Economist, author, anti-corruption campaigner
  

• Professor Valentino Stella (BPharm 1968, HonLLD 1997)
  University distinguished professor of pharmaceutical chemistry
  The University of Kansas, USA

Government and politics

• The Honourable Peter Costello MP (LLB(Hons) 1980, BA 1982)
  Former Treasurer
  Member for Higgins
  Parliament of Australia
  

• The Honourable Simon Crean MP (BEc 1970, LLB 1972)
  Minister for Trade
  Parliament of Australia
  
  
• Professor David de Kretser AC (MD 1969, HonLLD 2006)
  Governor of Victoria
  Medical researcher
  
  
• The Honourable Bill Shorten MP (BA 1989, LLB 1992)
  Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Services
  Parliament of Australia
  

• Ms Helen Silver (BEc(Hons) 1980, MEc 1988)
  Secretary, Department of Premier and Cabinet
  State of Victoria
  

• Mr Teo Ming Kian (BE(Mech)(Hons) 1975)*
  Government administrator and company director (Singapore)

The law

• The Honourable Chief Justice Diana Bryant (LLM 1999)
  Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia
  
  
• Mr Julian Burnside AO QC (BEc 1972, LLB 1973)*
  Barrister and author
  
  
• Mr Ian Gray (BA 1972, LLB 1973)
  Chief Magistrate, Magistrates' Court of Victoria
  
  
• Mr Simon Molesworth AM QC (BA 1975, LLB 1977)*
  Environmental lawyer
  
  
• The Honourable Chief Justice Marilyn Warren AC (BJuris 1973, LLB 1974, LLM 1984, LLD 2004)
  Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria

Media and the arts

• Mr Jon Faine (BA 1979, LLB 1981)
  Melbourne radio presenter
  

• Mr Richard Henderson (DipArtDes(FineArt) 1974)
  CEO and creative director, R-Co
  
  
• Mr Paul Jennings AM (TPTC 1962, BEd 1978)
  Children's book author
  
  
• Dr Don Watson (PhD 1977)
  Writer
  
  
• Mr David Williamson AO (BE 1965, HonDLitt 1990)
  Playwright

Medicine

• Tan Sri Dato' Dr Yahya Awang (MBBS 1974)
  Cardiothoracic surgeon
  

• Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop (PhC 1927)
  1907-1993
  Surgeon and World War II leader
  

• Dr Susan Lim (MBBS(Hons) 1979)*
  Surgeon
  

• Tan Sri Dato' Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman (MBBS 1968, HonMD 1997)*
  President, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur

Science

• Professor Tim Flannery (MSc 1981)*
  Writer, scientist and explorer
  Australian of the Year 2007

Social services

• Mr Tim Costello AO (BJuris 1976, LLB 1978, DipEd 1979)*
  CEO, World Vision Australia
  

• His Eminence Cardinal George Pell AC (MEd 1982)
  Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
  

• Dr Beth Wilson (BA 1975, LLB 1977)*
  Victorian Health Services Commissioner
  

Sport

• Mr John Bertrand AM (BE(Hons) 1970)
  World champion yachtsman, Australia II skipper, businessman
  
  
• Mr Paul McNamee AM (BSc 1976)*
  Sports administrator