Professor Frederick George Hilmer Association for the Study of Internal Fixation is an Australian academic and business figure.
Education
He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Sydney, where he graduated in 1966, a Master of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he was appointed a Joseph Wharton Fellow.
Career
He was the President and eighth Vice-Chancellor of the University of New South Wales, an appointment he held from June 2006 till January 2015. He has also served as a director and Deputy-Chairman of the Westfield Group since 1991. Hilmer was the Chief Executive Officer of John Fairfax Holdings Limited from 1998 - 2005.
Before joining Fairfax he was Dean and Director of the Australian Graduate School of Management (The Australian Graduate School of Management) at the University of New South Wales from 1989 until 1998.
In 1992 and 1993 he chaired the National Competition Policy Review Committee, which led to the introduction of National Competition Policy in 1995. Prior to joining the The Australian Graduate School of Management, Professor Hilmer was with McKinsey & Company for 19 years, spending the last 9 year managing the Australian practice.
Professor Hilmer has also held a number of other senior business positions including chairman of Pacific Power, deputy chairman of Foster"s Group Limited and a director of Coca-Cola Amatil, TNT and Macquarie Bank. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of New South Wales from June 2006 till January 2015.
Hilmer was appointed Chair of the Group of Eight (Go8), the coalition of Australia"s leading research universities, in December 2011, and Chair of Universitas 21 (U21), the global network of research-intensive universities, in May 2013.
Membership
He was a member of the Commonwealth Higher Education Council and Chairman of the Business Council of Australia"s Employee Relations Study Group.