Rowena Coutts
Chair
Board of Directors
Ballarat Health Services
Australia
Biography
Chair Rowena Coutts LLB BJuris Director since 2013 Term of appointment: 01/07/2016 - 30/06/2019 Rowena has been a member of Board of Directors since December 2013, and was appointed Interim Chair in March 2016 and Chair in July 2016. Rowena currently consults to organisations providing governance, legal and policy advice and she is a partner in the family primary production business. She is a current and past board member of a number of Foundations, responsible for the distribution of funds supporting education. Rowena is a former Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Ballarat/Federation University Australia, retiring in 2014, with responsibility for Corporate Services including Finance, Legal, Governance, HR, Technology Park, Commercial, International Education and PR. In addition, she served as Secretary to the University Council from 1996-2014. She is also a former Chair and member of Board of Directors, Ballarat Clarendon College. Rowena commenced her career as a lawyer. Rowena has over 10 years experience in senior executive management, 20 years experience in public sector governance, 28 years as a practicing lawyer and 18 years of community service to (school) education.
Research Interest
Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics
