Selection panel

Louise Tuckwell (née Wright) is an alumna of the University of Queensland (BDSc 1984) where she was awarded a University Medal.

Louise worked as a dentist for a number of years in Australia and the UK. She completed the first year of an MBA at the University of Adelaide before putting her energy into bringing up a family of four children, while managing three international moves with a husband who was frequently travelling all over the world. She has worked on a voluntary basis in schools, churches and other community organisations; has been a founding member of four book groups in three countries; enjoys composting; and has recently taken up quilting as a hobby.

In 2015 Louise was awarded an honorary Doctorate degree from ANU and in 2022 was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia.

Graham Tuckwell is an alumnus of ANU (BEc (Hons) 1978 and LLB 1981).

Graham invented the concept of listing gold on the stock exchange – gold ETFs – and went on to build his company, ETF Securities Limited, into a leading issuer of Exchange Traded Products in Europe, the USA and Australia.  The European and USA businesses were sold in 2018 and the company was renamed ETFS Capital.  From its London base, it now invests its capital in start-up businesses in the ETF eco-sphere. Prior to establishing ETF Securities, Graham worked in corporate advisory and investment banking for 20 years in Australia and London, where he met his wife Louise. Before moving into investment banking, he worked as an economist in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in Canberra.

In 2015 Graham was awarded an honorary Doctorate degree from ANU and in 2022 was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia.

Professor Anthony Connolly is Dean of the ANU College of Law. He is the author of Cultural Difference on Trial: The Nature and Limits of Judicial Understanding (Routledge: 2010) and The Foundations of Australian Public Law: State, Power, Accountability (Cambridge University Press: 2017). He is the editor of Indigenous Rights (Routledge: 2009), Public Law in the Age of Statutes (with D. Stewart) (Federation Press: 2015), and Cultural Heritage Rights (Routledge: 2015). In addition, he has published a number of book chapters and journal articles on legal philosophy, indigenous rights, and public law.

Prior to entering academia, he was an Indigenous rights lawyer working with Indigenous communities in Western Australia on native title, cultural heritage protection, other human rights matters. His research, teaching, leadership and outreach activities as a Professor at the ANU continue to reflect his broader legal commitments and expertise.

Megan Robertson is an alumna of the University of Melbourne where she completed a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). She is the current Group Chief Research Officer at St Vincent’s Health Australia and Director of Research at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne.  She also works as a Senior Intensive Care Consultant at Epworth HealthCare (Richmond and Freemasons). She is on the boards of the Digital Health CRC, Opyl AI, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, FearLess (PTSD-ANZ), and Queen’s College (Univ of Melbourne), and the Tuckwell Scholarship Selection Panel at ANU. She also works with national bodies including the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare, AusBiotech, and the National Health and Medical Research Council. Previously, she held positions as the Director of Professional Affairs, CICM, as the Executive Director of Research at Epworth HealthCare, and as the Co-Director of the Intensive Care Unit at Epworth Freemasons.

Associate Professor Krisztina Valter trained at the Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary (MD, cum laude), subsequently; became an ophthalmic specialist and Fellow of the Hungarian Ophthalmologist Society (summa cum laude), received her PhD at the University of Sydney, Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning at the ANU and is a Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (UK). She is the Head of Anatomy Discipline, and Chair of the Medical Science Theme in the School of Medicine and Psychology, ANU. 

She has been teaching anatomy and neuroscience to undergraduate and postgraduate medical students for over 20 years and received numerous awards for teaching excellence including a recognition from the Office of Teaching and Learning in 2012. She designed and co-convenes of the Exquisite Corpse: Insight into the Human Body, a transdisciplinary art-anatomy course that received the VC’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2020. She has been appointed to convene the Bachelor of Health Science Program in the School of Medicine and Psychology in 2023. She is a member of a number of scientific and educational communities, including the Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists (ANZACA), where she serves as Vice President since 2021. She has a strong interest in Medical Humanities and medical education research.

She is a senior research fellow in the Clear Vision Research Group in the John Curtin School of Medical Research ANU with an interest in non-invasive therapeutic approaches in treating ophthalmic conditions. She has been the recipient of a number of research grants and has over 100 peer-reviewed publications in both vision and educational research.

Dr Katerina Kormusheva is a Lecturer of Marketing, Management and Employability. She is also Program Leader of the College of Business and Economics’ Internships courses. Katerina’s research interests include pricing models and marketing of services, consumer behaviour, strategic management, innovation, marketing in agricultural technology, and sustainable agriculture. Her research has been published in top-ranked management journals including Journal of Service Management.

Stephen Minns is an alumna of the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce.

He is a corporate partner in the Melbourne office of King & Wood Mallesons, an international law firm, where he works on public and private mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance.  He has worked in both the Sydney and Melbourne offices and from 2013 to 2019, he was the Australian Chairman of the firm.  He also spends part of his time involved in the international operations of King & Wood Mallesons in China, Hong Kong and Singapore.  Prior to becoming a lawyer, Stephen was an investment banker.

Professor Lachlan Blackhall is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) and former Entrepreneurial Fellow and Head, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program at The Australian National University. Previously, Professor Blackhall led the development of world-first capabilities to monitor, optimise and control residential solar generation and battery storage, as well as the development of virtual power plant technology to aggregate energy storage to deliver services to energy networks, markets and utilities. Professor Blackhall holds a BE, BSc and a PhD in engineering and applied mathematics, is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a Fellow of both the Institution of Engineers Australia (IEAust) and the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE).