Dr Erik Lithander joined the Australian National University in the newly-created role of Pro Vice-Chancellor (International and Outreach) in June 2012. Prior to joining ANU, Erik spent six years as Director of International Affairs at University College Dublin, Ireland’s largest university, and was previously the Associate Director (International Relations) at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

Originally from Sweden, Erik holds a Candidature in Political Science from Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium, a BSc (Honours) in Economics from the London School of Economics, and an MPhil and PhD from the University of Cambridge, where his research focus was on contemporary Latin American literature.

The Pro Vice-Chancellor (International & Outreach) provides leadership on international partnerships and international government relations, international students at ANU, national and international student recruitment and admissions, brand and reputation management and domestic institutional alliances.

The key ANU units which form part ofthis portfolio are the Division of International Operations and Student Recruitment (DIOSR), the ANU Marketing Office, the ANU North American Liaison Office in Washington DC, and the ANU Office of Strategic Communications and Public Affairs.

Ms. Janelle Entwistle has recently joined the ANU International Strategy, Alliances and Partnerships team after almost four years as Marketing and Development Manager for the ANU College of Business and Economics. She has over 8 years' experience in the Australian tertiary education sector in roles encompassing international and domestic student recruitment, the development and negotiation of student exchange, partnership and articulation agreements, and strategic marketing planning and execution.

Previous to her position at ANU Ms. Entwistle was General Manager for Netball Tasmania, and has held senior marketing and communications positions in a range of industries including mining and disability services.

She holds degrees in Social Science, Marketing and Management, and is particularly interested in the development of international strategy and partnerships for the University and the expansion and utilization of key international networks.

Dr. Jürg Brunnschweiler obtained his doctorate in Biology from the University of Zurich. He joined ETH Zurich in 2002, working first in the President's Staff and the Lecturers' Office, then in the office dealing with the European Union Framework Programmes. In 2009 he returned to the Office for Faculty Affairs, where he was responsible for faculty recruiting procedures at various Departments. In addition, he was contact person for academic career advancement and Secretary of the Tenure Committee. Since 1 October 2012, Dr. Brunnschweiler is the Director of Global Institutional Affairs.

Mr. Anders Hagström is the Director of Global Educational Affairs at ETH Zurich. His previous appointments included project manager of ETH Zurich's ICT development program, "ETH World", and various positions in the field of lifelong learning for engineers at Helsinki University of Technology, Cambridge University and European Federation of National Engineering Associations. Mr. Hagström is an active leader in engineering education and continuing professional development.

Professor Barry Halliwell is Deputy President (Research and Technology) at the National University of Singapore and is responsible for driving the University's research agenda. He is involved in planning and establishing research institutes, centres and programmes as well as in formulating policies and agreements relating to intellectual property rights. He oversees the NUS research institutes and centres, the NUS Institutional Review Board (IRB) and NUS Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) and enforcement of the NUS Research Integrity Code. His responsibilities also include overseeing the expansion and allocation of research funding. In particular, he helped to drive the development of the Life Sciences / Translational Medicine initiatives at NUS over the past ten years and is now driving initiatives in ageing research.

Professor Lily Kong is Vice-President (University and Global Relations) and concurrently, Vice-Provost (Academic Personnel) at NUS. Her previous appointments at NUS include Vice-Provost (Education), Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and Dean of the University Scholars Program. She was also the Acting Executive Vice-President (Academic Affairs) of Yale-NUS College. Professor Kong is a well respected university administrator, an award winning teacher, and an outstanding researcher with prestigious fellowships such as the Commonwealth Fellowship and the Fulbright Award as well as the Robert Stoddard Award for Distinguished Service to the Geography of Religion and Belief Systems Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers.

Associate Professor Peter Pang is Assistant Vice President (University and Global Relations) and Associate Professor of Mathematics at NUS.  He has served in various administrative capacities at the University, including as director of graduate studies in mathematics, and as director of the University Scholars Programme.  He was a former president of the Singapore Mathematical Society, and former member of the Developing Countries Strategy Group of the International Mathematical Union.  Assoc Prof Pang has published more than 50 research articles in international refereed journals, and served on organizing/steering committees of various international conferences.  In 2006, he received the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) from the President of the Republic of Singapore.

Dr. Li Yansong is the Vice President and the Director of the Office of International Relations at Beida. He is concurrently the Secretary-General of the Society for International Human Resources Development of Institutions of Higher Learning, China and the Chairman of the Board of the Society for Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese Students Education, Beijing. His previous appointments in Beida included various key positions in the Office of International Relations. Dr Li is an experienced administrator and researcher with a specialization in international relations, communication and development related issues.

Dr. Xia Hongwei is Director of the Office of International Relations of Peking University and the Deputy Director of the Peking University Center for International Higher Education. He received his Bachelor degree in Political Science from the University of International Relations in 1989, and went on to further his postgraduate studies at Peking University and was awarded the Master and Ph.D in International & Intercultural Studies in 1994 and 2009 respectively.

From 1995 to 1997, Dr. Xia was invited as an exchange scholar in the Department of Communication Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States, engaging in the study of cross-cultural communication. In June 2005, he was again invited as a visiting scholar sponsored by DAAD to conduct research on the China-Germany Educational Exchange in the late 19th century at Freie Universiti Berlin. In the summer of 2007, Dr. Xia visited the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University as a visiting fellow focusing on the research of cultural interactions between China and US in early 20th century.

Dr. Xia has published several theses in academic journals about Sino-Foreign Higher Education Exchange, and edited books on the Internationalization of Universities, and conducted some research projects on Student Mobility of China's National Association of Research on Study Abroad. His main research areas include: Sino-Western Cultural Exchange in late Qing Dynasty, Cross-cultural Conflict and Communication, Internationalization of Higher Education and International Communication and Management between Universities.

Professor Pradeep Chhibber is the Director of the Institute of International Studies at UC Berkeley. He is concurrently the Indo-American Endowed Chair and Class of 1959 Chair as well as a professor at the Department of Political Science at UC Berkeley. Professor Chhibber has published extensively on issues related to party systems, electoral politics, and the politics of India.

Professor Robert Price is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Professor of Political Science. His research interests include comparative politics and African affairs. He has authored several books with an impressive list of publications. Professor Price specializes in the politics of contemporary South Africa. He is a knowledgeable expert in his field and well-regarded by his students.

A former opera singer, Dr. Jennifer Barnes became associate professor at the Royal Academy of Music, full professor at the Royal College of Music, then Dean at Trinity College of Music.

In the 1990's she instigated a research partnership between Imperial College, Manchester University and the Royal College of Music, utilizing early findings in neuroscience to enhance performance in musicians and dancers.

In 2005, she became Group Director of Global Education for BP. Working with colleagues across the globe, was successful in establishing a $250m annual investment in the university sector. She advised colleagues in over 25 countries on partnerships with governments, academic institutions, NGOs and businesses.

In 2008, she was elected the 4th President of Murray Edwards College, founded as New Hall, in the University of Cambridge. In 2010, she was appointed Pro Vice Chancellor for International Strategy, developing policy and strategy for the University's international engagements.

Dr. Toby Wilkinson took up his appointment as Head of the International Strategy Office at the University of Cambridge in July 2011. He works closely with the Vice-Chancellor and the Pro Vice-Chancellor for International Strategy to support the schools, faculties and departments in their international engagements, and to develop the University's strategic engagements overseas, particularly research collaborations with the EU, USA, India, China and Brazil.

Prior to joining the International Strategy Office, Dr. Wilkinson served for 4 years as Chairman of the Cambridge Colleges Development Group, coordinating the external relations and fundraising functions of Cambridge's 31 colleges in the context of the University's institution-wide £1 billion campaign.

Dr. Wilkinson is also an acknowledged expert on ancient Egyptian civilisation and one of the leading Egyptologists of his generation. He is a Fellow of Clare College Cambridge.

Professor Thomas Bjørnholm is Pro-rector since September 1, 2010 and Director of Nano-Science

Center at the University of Copenhagen since 2001, Professor Bjørnholm obtained his Ph.D. in materials chemistry in 1990. In 1992 he became affiliated with the Chemistry Department at the University of Copenhagen as Associate Professor, in 2000 as Research Professor and in 2005 as full Professor. In 1997 he was a visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin and since 2003 he has been the chairman of the Copenhagen Graduate School for Nanoscience and Nanotecnology.

Professor Bjørnholm's main research interest lie within the area of organic electronics, single molecule science, nanochemistry and bionantechnology and he has published more than 140 papers in scientific journals and books including several contributions to high impact journals as Science and Nature, and given more than 150 invited talks at conferences and research institutions.

Professor Bjørnholm is elected member of the Danish Natural Science Academy, the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences, the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters, the Danish Natural Science Research Council, the Danish Technology Board, and he has received several research awards including the Ole Rømer Fond Prize, the Ellen & Niels Bjerrum Prize and gold medal, and the Direktør Ib Henriksen Prize.

Mr Steen Ulrich is currently the Head of the Rector’s Office (Chief of Staff) at the University of Copenhagen. He has held previous positions as a political advisor in the European Parliament and as a European Affairs consultant with the Confederation of Danish Industry. Mr Ulrich has also undertaken an internship with the Prime Minister’s Office in Denmark. He has a MSc in Political Science and MA in European Affairs.

Mr. Loren Griffith is the Director of International Strategy at Oxford University and part of the University's administrative leadership team. He and the International Strategy team are responsible for developing a coherent corporate strategy to promote Oxford's international relations, global profile and international competitiveness. The team's portfolio is broad and includes such issues as Oxford's approach to:

• international student recruitment and funding
• integration of international academic staff and students
• international educational experiences for all students
• international collaborations (research and education)promoting deeper engagement with key countries/regions

Prior to joining Oxford, Mr. Griffith was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company for seven years. As a member of the London, Boston, Delhi, New York, and Los Angeles offices, he served clients in health care, including health systems and pharmaceutical companies, and in secondary and higher education. He also worked for United States President Barack Obama's transition team and for the California State Senate. He holds a law degree (J.D.) with distinction from Stanford University, a Master's in Public Affairs (MPA) from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School, and a B.A. in Ethics, Politics & Economics, magna cum laude, from Yale University. 

Executive Vice President Matsumoto is Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. He has been a Special Adviser to the President and Vice President and became Executive Vice President in April 2009.  Professor Matsumoto received his Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees all from the University of Tokyo in Mechanical Engineering respectively in 1972, 1974 and 1977.  He became a lecturer in 1977, an Associate Professor in 1978 and full professor of Mechanical Engineering in 1992. He served as Vice Dean of the School of Engineering from 2004 to 2006 and Dean of the School from 2006 to 2008.  Professor Matsumoto's most recent scientific interest is fluids engineering, molecular dynamics, rarefied gas dynamics, multiphase flows and medical application of fluid engineering. His research work and papers have received awards numerous times. He recently received the following awards; Calvin W. Rice Lecture Award in 2005 from ASME, the JSME Medal for Outstanding Paper, Fluids Engineering Award from JSME, the JACM Award for Computational Mechanics in 2007, APACM Award for Computational Mechanics in 2010, Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award in 2010 from ASME and the JSME Medal for Outstanding Paper in 2011. He served as President of the Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics in 2004, President of the Visualization Society of Japan in 2007 and President of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2010.

Professor Kiichi Fujiwara is Professor of International Politics at the University of Tokyo, teaching courses on international relations and international conflict at the Faculty of Law, Graduate Schools of Law and Politics, and the Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo.

A graduate of the University of Tokyo (B.A. and M.A.), Professor Fujiwara studied as a Fulbright student at Yale University, before he returned to Japan at the Institute of Social Science (ISS).  He first joined the faculty at Chiba University, and then returned to ISS for seven years before moving into his present position.  He has held positions at the University of the Philippines, Johns Hopkins University, and was selected as a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center at Washington D.C.

Professor Fujiwara is better known for his writings on international affairs, including Remembering the War, 2001; A Democratic Empire, 2002; Is There Really a Just War? 2003; Peace for Realists, 2004 (winner of the Ishibashi Tanzan award, 2005), International Politics, 2007; and War Unleashed, 2007.  Professor Fujiwara is a regular commentator on international affairs and Japanese foreign policy on Japanese TV networks such as NHK and TBS, along with the BBC World Service, CNN, and NPR.

Ms. Linda Koch Lorimer is the Vice President at Yale. Since 1993, Ms Lorimer has served as the senior counselor to the Yale President and as the leader of major strategic initiatives for the University. For five years she was responsible for Yale's efforts to contribute to the revitalization of the city of New Haven. In recent years, she has developed an ambitious strategy and numerous programs for internationalizing Yale. She is currently guiding Yale's use of digital technology to disseminate the University's intellectual treasury much more extensively in this country and around the world. She assumed oversight of Yale's sustainability initiative in 2009, to underscore Yale's aspirations to be a model of best practice for universities worldwide. Ms. Lorimer also serves as Secretary of the Yale Corporation, and she is the officer responsible for Yale's public relations, alumni affairs, safety and security, corporate governance, and licensing. Ms Lorimer was awarded the Order of Merit by the Government of Argentina for advancing international education (2003), the Sandra Day O'Connor Award by the American Bar Association for board excellence (2008), and the Yale Medal for conspicuous service to Yale (2008). Ms. Lorimer has received four honorary degrees for her efforts to advance women.

Mr. Don Filer is Executive Director of the Office of International Affairs.  He was appointed to his present position in December 2004. He was previously responsible for managing support for the Yale Corporation, the Visitor Center, and the Office of Licensing Programs.  Prior to moving to Yale, Mr. Filer served in a number of capacities at Connecticut College from 1991 to 2000 including Vice President for Community and Public Affairs, Secretary of the College, and Acting Vice President for Development.  He worked for former U.S. Representative Bruce A. Morrison of New Haven from 1985 to 1991.