Peter Coaldrake

Professor Peter Coaldrake AO was appointed as Chair of the Queensland Performing Arts Trust in October 2017 and is currently a Commissioner of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), and Board member of the Queensland Community Foundation.

He was Vice-Chancellor and CEO of QUT from April 2003 to December 2017 and served as Chair of Universities Australia, the peak body representing Australia’s universities, between 2009 and 2011.

He has previously chaired Jobs Queensland (2018-2020), the Queensland Heritage Council (2011-2016), Queensland’s sesquicentenary celebrations (2007-2009) and Screen Queensland (2009-2011).

A dual Fulbright scholar, Professor Coaldrake is the author or editor of a number of books including, most recently, as co-author with Dr Lawrence Stedman, of “Raising the Stakes - Gambling with the Future of Universities” (UQP, 2016 revised edition).

In 2017 Professor Coaldrake was named as a recipient of a Queensland Great Award by the Premier of Queensland.