Professor Greg Craven is one of Australia’s foremost education leaders and legal scholars, with a long and distinguished history of contributions to higher education, law, policy and the Catholic Church.

Educated at St Kevin’s College and the University of Melbourne, Professor Craven has held leadership, research and teaching positions at the University of Melbourne, Monash University, Curtin University, the Victorian Parliament, University of Notre Dame Australia and Australian Catholic University.

An expert in public law, Professor Craven has researched and written on constitutional law, government, public policy, constitutional history and federalism. Professor Craven was the Vice Chancellor and President of Australian Catholic University for 13 years. Under his leadership, the university embedded a culture of performance and service excellence, continuing a legacy of Catholic intellectual tradition, faith and reason.

Professor Craven has a long history of service to the community, having served on many public bodies including the Truth, Justice and Healing Commission, the National School Resourcing Board and the Teacher Education Expert Standing Committee of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership.

He previously served as a Commissioner of the National Catholic Education Commission.

In recognition of his contributions to higher education, law, policy and the Church, Professor Craven was made an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia, and appointed by Pope Francis as a Consultant to the Holy See’s Congregation for Catholic Education and as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Gregory the Great.