Professor Kent Anderson
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Global
University of Newcastle
Professor Kent Anderson is an international lawyer specialising in the Asia-Pacific. He is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Global, at the University of Newcastle.
Kent has an eclectic background, having been an academic in Australia, US and Japan; a marketing manager with a US regional airline in Alaska; a commercial lawyer in Hawaii; and most recently senior adviser for higher education to two Australian Ministers of Education.
Kent served on a number of boards including National Library of Australia, Ministerial Council for International Education, Higher Education Standards Panel, New Colombo Plan, Canberra Grammar School, and President of the Asian Studies Association of Australia.