Chief Financial Officer

Emily Townsend, CFO

Mrs Emily Townsend

Emily Townsend is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ experience in the Higher Education sector in Australia.

Emily has a deep understanding of Notre Dame, having commenced with the University in 2000 and was appointed to her current role of Chief Financial Officer in 2014.

As Chief Financial Officer, Emily provides strategic financial leadership to the University’s Executive and is responsible for the University's financial performance and sustainability overseeing Budget and Financial Planning, Business Partnering, Financial Transactional Services and Procurement Services. Within these areas lie critical business functions including, but not limited to, forecasting, financial reporting, accounts receivable and payable, projects accounting, and financial systems.

Emily is also a member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) and in May 2022 has been appointed as a Board member of St Patrick’s Community Support Centre.