Professor Chris PilgrimSenior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer

In his previous role as Pro Vice-Chancellor Education and Quality, Chris was responsible for strategic leadership across the education portfolio in relation to quality assurance and standards, course accreditation and academic policy.  

Chris has held a variety of education leadership positions at Swinburne, including previous roles as Dean, Chair of Academic Senate, Academic Registrar and member of University Council.  

Chris has an academic background in computer science with a PhD in human-computer interaction and has contributed broadly to the national information technology discipline, including a previous position on the executive of the Australian Council of Deans of ICT and as a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society.