Matthew Brown

Dr Matthew Brown has worked in Higher Education in academic and professional roles for 30 years, both in Australia and Europe. He is committed to advancing the understanding of the national and international benefits that world class research-intensive universities can deliver and in developing policy and advocacy solutions that support this.

He is currently the Deputy Chief Executive of the Group of Eight Universities representing Australia’s leading research-intensive universities taking up the role in May 2016. Before this Dr Brown worked at the Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN) in research policy and as the Director of Australia’s first Doctoral Training Centre (in Mathematics and Statistics).

Dr Brown’s background includes a PhD in Pure Mathematics from a Group of Eight university - Adelaide University - and research positions at the Adelaide University, and Ghent University, Belgium.