Professor Alec Cameron

Professor Alec Cameron

Vice-Chancellor and President

BSc BE (Hons) Syd, DPhil Oxon, MS (MgmtTech) Polytech Univ NY, AMP Harvard, FAICD

Professor Alec Cameron has been Vice-Chancellor and President of RMIT University since January 2022.

Prior to joining RMIT, he was Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive at Aston University in the UK since 2016.

Professor Cameron is a Rhodes Scholar (1986) with a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Oxford in Robotics (1989). He is also a graduate of the University of Sydney with Bachelors’ degrees in Science and Electrical Engineering.

His early career involved executive roles at Sun Microsystems and Telstra, and he was the inaugural Dean of the Australian School of Business, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Resources and Infrastructure) University New South Wales (2003-12) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), University of Western Australia (2013-16). In 2022, Alec was appointed Director of AARNET, Australia's national research and education network.

The Vice-Chancellor works with the leadership team, staff and students at RMIT to deliver an enhanced education experience for nearly 100,000 students in Australia and internationally.

Alec is smiling towards the camera against a solid white background. Alec is wearing a light blue shirt and a necktie with a geometric pattern, underneath a navy blue blazer. Professor Alec Cameron, Vice-Chancellor and President
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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 - 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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