This is a list of chancellors, vice-chancellors and presidents of RMIT University (RMIT).

From its foundation in 1887 until 1991, RMIT was a private institute. During this time its chief academic officer was known as its Principal and its chief executive officer was known as its President—who also chaired its Council of Directors. The roles of Principal and President were merged into the single position of Vice-Chancellor and President when RMIT was made a public university in 1992 (by an act of the Parliament of Victoria).Parliament of Victoria (1992), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Act 1992 (repealed), section 1, Australasian Legal Information Institute (online), retrieved 22 September 2012

Its Council of Directors was replaced by a Chancellery of Deputy and Pro- Vice-Chancellors and vice-presidents which is headed by the Vice-Chancellor and President. A board of governors known as the Council of RMIT was also created in 1992 which is chaired by the Chancellor of RMIT (a role also created in 1992) as its Governor-in-Council. The Council consists of the Chancellery, the Chair of the Academic Board and elected members drawn from as and beyond the university community.

The council is responsible for the "general direction and superintendence of the University". Power over all the academic and administrative affairs of RMIT is then passed to the Vice-Chancellor and President by the Council in accordance with the current Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Act of 2010.Parliament of Victoria (1992), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Act 2010, Section 1, Australasian Legal Information Institute (online), retrieved 22 September 2012Statute 3.3 – The Vice-Chancellor and President, section 3, RMIT University, retrieved 23 September 2012 The Vice-Chancellor is therefore responsible for the "conduct of the University's affairs in all matters".

The Vietnamese branch of RMIT also has its own Pro Vice-Chancellor and General Director, which is a role equal to that of the President of RMIT Australia but subordinate to the role of Vice-Chancellor of RMIT.

The current Chancellor of RMIT is Peggy O'Neal, AO. The current Vice-Chancellor of RMIT and the President of RMIT Australia is Professor Alec Cameron.Vice-Chancellor and President. RMIT University. Retrieved 7 September 2021 The current Pro Vice-Chancellor and General Director of RMIT Vietnam is Professor Claire Macken.RMIT University Vietnam welcomes new leader. RMIT University Vietnam. Retrieved 29 November 2022

RMIT Australia

Chancellor

Council President (1887–1991)

1887–1889 Francis Ormond, MLC (founder) 1889–1899 William Kernot (brother of 1920 President Wilfred Kernot) 1900 Joseph Nixon 1901Frederick Bromley, MLA 1902 C. S. Paterson 1903 Calder Edkins Oliver 1904 James Robb 1905 Thomas Smith 1906 William Embling, MLC 1907 James Smith 1908 Robert Solly, MLA 1909 Stephen Barker, JP 1910 John Lemmon, MLA 1911 Sir Samuel Gillott, MLA 1912 Thomas Bride 1913 Walter Hirst Haigh 1914 William Shearing Busby 1915 A. G. Proudfoot 1916 H. Burgess 1917 R. Fiddes-Brown 1918 Charles Gray, JP 1919 Arthur Hogg Merrin 1920 Wilfred Kernot, MIME (brother of 1889–1899 President William Kernot) 1921 David Avery 1922 Sir David Hennessy, KB 1923 Daniel White 1924 James Alexander Smith 1925 E. F. Russell 1926 Victor L. Ginn 1927 G. A. Curtis 1928 J. H. Bradshaw 1929 Capt. Charles Harold Peters, MC 1930 F. W. Trotter 1931 Stanley Rodda (also served as Principal between 1913 and 1927) 1932 A. E. Kane 1933 Harry Goldman 1934 J. Ash 1935 James Stanley Rogers 1936 Harry R. Balfour 1937 Percy Clarey, MLC 1938 Donald Cameron 1939 G. R. Holland 1940 Albert Monk 1941 Charlie Crofts 1942 E. Fred Ryall, JP 1943 Andrew Campbell Ahlston 1944–1945 Henry A.L. Allibon 1946 Lt-Col. James G. Gillespie 1947 Capt. W.B. Nelson 1948 E. L. Morton 1949 P. L. Henderson 1950 C. W. N. Sexton 1951 F. Peter Johns 1952 Eric Oswald Hercus 1953 James Ross 1954–1955 Niel Bannatyne Lewis 1956–1958 Leighton F. Irwin, CMG 1959–1960 Brig. Sir Bernard Evans, DSO, ED 1961 Sir Lewis Burne, CBE 1962 F. G. B. May 1963–1964 W. G. Smallman, JP 1965–1966 L. H. "Tod" Waite 1967–1968 John William Wood 1969 L. E. Anderson 1970 George Brown 1971–1972 Clyde James Griffiths, OBE 1973–1974 R. H. Scott 1975–1976 Ian Permezel 1977–1978 Evan Walker, MLC, AO 1979–1980 John Dempster Lawson 1981–1982 Austin Asche, AC, QC 1983–1984 R. G. Wallace 1985–1987 D. Race

Chancellor of RMIT (1992–present) 1992–1994 Ivan Deveson, AO 1995–1998 Sam Smorgon, AO 1999–2003 Donald Mercer 2003–2010 R. Dennis Gibson, AO 2011–2021 Ziggy Switkowski, AO 2022–present Peggy O'Neal, AO

Vice-Chancellor and President

Principals (1887–1991) 1887–1913 Frederick Campbell 1913–1927 Stanley Rodda (also served as president in 1931) 1927–1952 Frank Ellis, MBE 1952–1963 Ronald Mackay 1967–1976 Percival Jackson, CMG, CBE 1977–1978 Peter Whitton 1979–1988 Brian Smith, AO 1989–1991 David Beanland, AO

Vice-Chancellor and President of RMIT (1992–present) 1992–2000 David Beanland, AO 2000–2004 Ruth Dunkin 2005–2014 Margaret Gardner, AO 2015–2021 Martin G. Bean, CBE 2022–present Alec Cameron

RMIT Vietnam

President (2002–2019) 2002–2008 Michael Mann 2009–2011 Merilyn Liddell, AM 2012–2014 Joyce Kirk 2014–2019 Gael McDonald

Chairman (2019–2022) 2019–2022 Peter Coloe

Pro Vice-Chancellor and General Director (2022–present) 2022–present Claire Macken

See also RMIT University RMIT University Vietnam List of alumni and faculty of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

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