Melbourne Institute Advisory Board

The Melbourne Institute Advisory Board for 2008 includes the following members:

Chairperson

• Mr Tony Cole, Business Leader for Investment Consulting in Asia Pacific, Mercer (Australia) Pty Ltd

Emeritus Chairman

• Dr Peter Jonson, Professional Director and Economist

Members

• Professor Margaret Abernethy, Dean, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, The University of Melbourne
• Ms Carol Austin, Investment Services Director, Contango Asset Management
• Mr Gary Banks, Chairman, Productivity Commission
• Professor Max Corden, Professorial Fellow, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
• Ms Rachel Derham, Business Manager, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
• Mr Bill Evans, General Manager, Economics, Westpac Banking Corporation
• Ms Jane Halton, Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing
• Dr Jeff Harmer, Secretary, Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• Mr Grant Hehir, Secretary, Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance
• Dr Christopher Kent, Head, Economic Research Department, Reserve Bank of Australia
• Professor Guay Lim, Professorial Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
• Professor Kostas Mavromaras, Professorial Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
• Adjunct Professor Alison McClelland, Executive Director, Strategic Policy, Research and Communications Division, Department of Planning and Community Development
• Mr Tony Nicholson, Executive Director, Brotherhood of St Laurence
• Ms Lisa Paul, Secretary, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
• Professor Peter Rathjen, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), The University of Melbourne
• Mr Phil Ruthven, Chairman, IBISWorld
• Professor Anthony Scott, Professorial Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
• Professor Stephen Sedgwick, Director, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
• Dr Elizabeth Webster, Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
• Professor Mark Wooden, Deputy Director and Professorial Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne