Universities Australia, Australia. Anne-Marie Lansdown has joined Universities Australia as Deputy Chief Executive. For the last two years, Anne-Marie has been Chief of Staff to Australia’s Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel. Prior to that she was Universities Australia’s Policy Director, Research and Innovation, and was promoted to Deputy Chief Executive and leader of policy in 2014. She worked for 15 years as a senior executive in the Department of Industry and has been involved in policy and planning for the Education Investment Fund, the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council and Australia’s first National Broadband Strategy. She also has experience working with the United Nations and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.