University of Sydney where he was involved in the development of the $2 million Dow Sustainability Program, funded by the US-based Dow Chemical Company Foundation, to bring together academic and policy experts from Australia and the US to develop action-oriented solutions to a range of sustainability challenges concerning energy, water, food and biodiversity that are technologically innovative, commercially scalable and politically viable. In July 2009, Hill was appointed by the Australian Government to head the Australian Carbon Trust. The University of Adelaide announced on 9 April 2010 that Hill had been appointed Chancellor of the University. He completed the second of two two-year terms on 25 July 2014. On 11 June 2012, Hill was named a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for "eminent service to the Parliament of Australia, particularly through the development of policy reform in the portfolios of the environment and defence, and to Australia's international relations through senior diplomatic representation to the United Nations." Hill is an advisory board member of United Against Nuclear Iran and the Counter Extremism Project. In 2018 it was reported that Hill was a member of the high-level group established to explore reforming the Commonwealth, with an emphasis on the rules of succession for the title of Head of the Commonwealth. References External links 1946 births Alumni of the London School of Economics Chancellors of the University of Adelaide Companions of the Order of Australia Delegates to the Australian Constitutional Convention 1998 20th-century Australian politicians Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia Living people Members of the Cabinet of Australia Members of the Australian Senate Members of the Australian Senate for South Australia Permanent Representatives of Australia to the United Nations Recipients of the Centenary Medal University of Adelaide faculty Adelaide Law School alumni University of Sydney faculty Defence ministers of Australia 21st-century Australian politicians Government ministers of Australia