Professor John Cordery has a PhD in Industrial/Organisational Psychology from the University of Sheffield. He completed undergraduate and Masters degrees in Psychology at the Universities of Otago and Canterbury in his native New Zealand. Professor Cordery was appointed the Provost at Curtin University in July 2015, and became interim Vice-Chancellor in July 2020, while the international search for a new Vice-Chancellor is undertaken.
Professor Cordery was previously Professor in Management & Organisations within the UWA Business School, and held various leadership roles at the University during this time.