Robin Buckham

Background

About Robin Buckham

Robin is a leadership/change management professional and a marketing specialist with an impressive track record in both the public and private sectors. As the former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Deakin University and General Manager of UniAdvice at the University of Wollongong (UOW), Robin has worked in tertiary education since 1997. Her successes include the establishment of new marketing and external relations operations, and consolidation of the market leadership of both Deakin and UOW in their respective states. Most recently Robin has been an interim executive at Bendigo Kangan TAFE and at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. As CEO at Family Business Australia, she professionalised the association, returning it to profitability. Prior to her public sector successes, Robin built a general management career in a tough commercial manufacturing environment, transforming an ailing steel business into a competitive logistics provider in the Australian and Asian markets. Currently, Robin is building a non executive director career. She is non executive director and Chair of Gippsland Ports, non executive director at the Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust, and non executive director at the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians. She is also an active consultant, principally in the tertiary sector through her association with PhillipsKPA.