  {"id":194,"date":"2020-02-05T02:24:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T02:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/?page_id=194"},"modified":"2023-10-27T00:46:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T00:46:28","slug":"past-leaders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/history-facts\/past-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Past leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As WAIT directors and Curtin Vice-Chancellors, these esteemed individuals have helped shape the direction of the developing institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Curtin has been fortunate to have been led by some very bold and progressive leaders over the course of its history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its earlier days as the Western Australian Institute of Technology, the day-to-day running of the organisation was the responsibility of the&nbsp;WAIT Director. Broader strategic direction was provided by the WAIT Council, led by a Chairperson who was generally a high-profile member of the external community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When WAIT transitioned to Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ the title of Director changed to&nbsp;Vice-Chancellor, in line with existing university traditions, and the position of&nbsp;Chair&nbsp;of Council changed to&nbsp;Chancellor.<\/p>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n    block-name=\"list-options\"\n    role=\"complementary\"\n    aria-label=\"List options\"\n    data-order=\"none\"\n    data-segment=\"all\">\n\n                        \n\n<a class=\"box\" href=\"\/about\/history-facts\/past-leaders\/wait-directors-curtin-vice-chancellors\/\" aria-label=\"WAIT Directors and Curtin Vice-Chancellors\"\n   target=\"_top\">\n    \n    <span class=\"inner\">\n            <span class=\"box__title\"><strong>WAIT Directors and Curtin Vice-Chancellors<\/strong><\/span>\n            <\/span>\n    <span class=\"ico ico-chevron ico--deep-blue\" style=\"--icon:url(https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/themes\/mimas\/src\/img\/icons\/ico-chevron.svg)\" aria-hidden='true'>\n                                <\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n\n\n                                \n\n<a class=\"box\" href=\"\/about\/history-facts\/past-leaders\/wait-chairs-curtin-chancellors\/\" aria-label=\"WAIT Chairs and Curtin Chancellors\"\n   target=\"_top\">\n    \n    <span class=\"inner\">\n            <span class=\"box__title\"><strong>WAIT Chairs and Curtin Chancellors<\/strong><\/span>\n            <\/span>\n    <span class=\"ico ico-chevron ico--deep-blue\" style=\"--icon:url(https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/themes\/mimas\/src\/img\/icons\/ico-chevron.svg)\" aria-hidden='true'>\n                                <\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n\n\n            <\/mimas-block>\n\n\n<p>As part of its&nbsp;<em>50 Years of Innovation<\/em>&nbsp;celebrations in 2017, Curtin interviewed a number of its former leaders about the challenges and opportunities they experienced in their leadership roles.<\/p>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"video-panel\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Video panel\"\n        data-variant=\"0\"\n        data-type=\"short\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n    \n\n    \n<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kxzR0Bz-2DI?mute=1\" target=\"_blank\" data-fancybox data-ratio=\"16:9\" data-options='{\"smallBtn\" : \"true\"}'>\n                \n        <div class=\"video__button\" data-variant=\"large\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Black-and-white-image-of-three-Curtin-community-members-aspect-ratio-2x1-1000x500-1.png\"\n                alt=\"Three people looking at camera and smiling - 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