running for the Australian Greens. After politics After a period as President of the University of Wollongong campus in Dubai, Martin took the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) at Victoria University in Melbourne in January 2005. His major contributions were to transform Victoria University's international operations and to create Victoria University International (VUI) as a unit of the University. In March 2008 Martin became Deputy Vice Chancellor (Strategy and Planning) at Curtin University of Technology in Perth. In April 2009 he took up the position of Senior Consultant with the Slade Group in Melbourne. In June 2010, Martin joined the Southern Cross University Graduate College of Management in the role of Professor of Business Research and director of the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program and left in November 2010. Martin was appointed to the Chief Executive of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) on 1 January 2011. In June 2022, Martin was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to the people and Parliament of Australia, to charitable organisations, and to regional sport and education". References 1948 births 20th-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian politicians Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Australian rugby league referees Living people Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Cunningham Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Macarthur Officers of the Order of Australia People from Wollongong Speakers of the Australian House of Representatives Victoria University, Melbourne University of Wollongong alumni