Professor Helen Bartlett commenced as the third Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) on 17 August 2020. She has had an international career in higher education, having held various leadership roles in universities across Australia, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Prior to joining USC, Professor Bartlett was Vice-Chancellor and President of Federation University Australia from 2017 to 2020, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Monash University Malaysia from 2013 to 2017, and Pro Vice-Chancellor and President of Monash University’s Gippsland Campus from 2008 to 2012. She became an Emeritus Professor of Monash University in 2017 and of Federation University Australia in 2021.

A research specialist in health and aged care, Professor Bartlett’s career includes inaugural Director at the Australasian Centre on Ageing at the University of Queensland, the Oxford Centre for Health Care Research and Development and the Oxford Dementia Centre at Oxford Brookes University.

Professor Bartlett holds a Bachelor of Arts, a Master of Science (Public Policy) and a PhD from the University of Bath. She is an expert member of the Australian Government Council for International Education, past Chair of the Regional Universities Network (2019-2021) and served as a member of the Australian Government’s National Priorities and Industry Linkage Fund Working Group in 2020. She currently serves on the Boards of the Thompson Institute and the Sunshine Coast Lightning Pty Ltd.