Emeritus Professor Stephen Duckett AM

Emeritus Professor Stephen Duckett AM

BEc (ANU), MHA, DSc, PhD (UNSW), DBA (Bath), DipEd(Tert) (DDIAE), DipLegStud (La Trobe), FASSA FAHMS FAICD
Appointed by the RMIT Council
Term Concludes 30.06.2025

Emeritus Professor Stephen Duckett AM has held senior health care leadership positions in Australia and Canada, including as Secretary of what is now the Commonwealth Department of Health, and Director of Acute Health in the Victorian public service. He is currently Director of the Health Program at Grattan Institute.

He was Dean of Health Sciences and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) at La Trobe University (1996-2006) and completed a Doctor of Business Administration in Higher Education Management at the University of Bath during that time.

Professor Duckett has a PhD and DSc from the University of New South Wales and is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Professor Duckett is currently Chair of the Board of Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network and a member of the Board of the Brotherhood of St Laurence.

Council Committee Membership

  • Nominations, Remuneration and People Committee

 

Stephen is smiling towards the camera against a solid white background. Stephen is wearing a white shirt and dark necktie underneath a patterned waistcoat. Emeritus Professor Stephen Duckett AM, Deputy Chancellor
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RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.

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