Professor Margot Hillel OAM

Emeritus Professor Margot Hillel OAM has a professional background in academia including in academic governance. She was Chair of Academic Board at Australian Catholic University for 10 years and a member of the ACU Senate, both elected and ex officio – the senior most governing body of the University – as well as chairing the promotions panels for Levels A-D. She has been a long-term external member of the Academic Board of Catholic Theological College and on the promotions panel of the University of Divinity. Outside academia she has Board experience including chairing the National Board of Directors of the Children’s Book Council of Australia, and chair of the Boards of Impact for Women, an organisation supporting women escaping from domestic violence and that of Cambodian Kids Can that provides education for disadvantaged girls and young women in Cambodia. Margot was awarded an OAM in 2000 for her services to young people’s literature.