Professor Vin Massaro was educated at Morwell High School and Monash University, where he graduated with a BA and PhD. He is an Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Centre for the Study of Higher Education and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Vin has held several senior positions in educational management and policy in universities and government, and as a consultant and adviser in Australia and internationally. He has also been Chairman and a member of several company boards, and is currently the Independent Member of the Board of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists and recently served two terms on the Board of Northern Health, one of the Victorian Metropolitan Health Regions.

He has also been a Professorial Fellow in the LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management, and in the Australian Health Workforce Institute, a joint Institute of the universities of Melbourne and Queensland.

Vin is currently Managing Director of Massaro Consulting, specialising in higher education and health workforce.

His past roles have included Executive Dean of the School of International Development at Melbourne University Private, Chief Executive of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, inaugural Chief Executive of the Victorian State Board of Education, and Director of Administration and Registrar at Flinders University. He has held senior positions at Latrobe University, the Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences and the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee. He has also been a consultant on higher education to the OECD and an adviser to several governments.

Vin has an Honorary Fellowship of ATEM and has held several elected positions in the organisation, including as President (1989-1992), Vice-President in 1980 and 1988 and Victorian Branch President (1998-1999).

His research interests are in higher education policy and management, with particular emphasis on quality assurance and governance, and he has published widely on these topics.

Vin was a Founding Editor of the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, editing or co-editing it for the first twenty years; and he has been Editor of the OECD's Journal, Higher Education Management and Policy.

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