![Linda Kristjanson](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bn-di-person/Linda%20Kristjanson.png?itok=1jvko0JR)
Professor Kristjanson is experience in the education sector with an academic career spanning four decades across Australia, Canada and the United States. Linda was Vice-Chancellor and President of Swinburne University of Technology from May 2011 until her retirement in August 2020. Linda is Chairperson of the Board of the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre and a Non-Executive Director of Education Australia Limited. In 2002, Linda was named the Australian Telstra Business Woman of the Year for her entrepreneurial work in health and science and, in 2017.