Chancellor

Paul McClintock AO

Paul McClintock is Chancellor of The University of Notre Dame Australia and Chairman of Icon Group and Metlifecare Limited. He is a Director of O’Connell Street Associates.

His former positions include Chairman of St Vincent’s Health Australia, I-MED Network, Broadspectrum, NSW Ports, Sydney Health Partners, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, Myer Holdings, Medibank Private Limited, Thales Australia, the COAG Reform Council, the Expert Panel of the Low Emissions Technology Demonstration Fund, Intoll Management Limited, Symbion Health, Affinity Health, Ashton Mining, Plutonic Resources and the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research.

Paul’s early career included law, banking and government. From July 2000 to March 2003 he served as the Secretary to Cabinet and Head of the Cabinet Policy Unit reporting directly to the Prime Minister as Chairman of Cabinet with responsibility for supervising Cabinet processes and acting as the Prime Minister’s most senior personal adviser on strategic directions in policy formulation.

A career covering a wide range of industries, including health, mining, financial services, infrastructure, defence and retailing, working in the private, public and not for profit sectors, gives Paul an ongoing interest in a diversity of issues affecting business, the economy, and the role of faith-based institutions in society.

Mr McClintock graduated in Arts and Law from the University of Sydney and is an honorary fellow of the Faculty of Medicine of that University, and a Life Governor of the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. He is an Honorary Life Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia and was made an officer in the Order of Australia in 2009.