Celia Hammond is a practising lawyer, with previous experience as a legal academic, university executive and politician.
Ms Hammond was the third vice chancellor of The University of Notre Dame Australia from August 2008 to January 2019, succeeding Dr Peter Tannock who served as vice chancellor for 16 years. She commenced her employment at Notre Dame in 1998, as one of five foundation academic staff members in the Fremantle School of Law. Prior to that, Ms Hammond was a legal practitioner in private practice in WA, and as an academic lawyer at other universities.
Ms Hammond then became a member of the House of Representatives from 2019 to 2022, representing the Division of Curtin in Western Australia.
She graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) and a Masters in Law. In 2017, Ms Hammond was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Portland.
