Professor Kerri-Lee Krause (PhD, GAICD PFHEA, FSRHE) is the former Vice-Chancellor and President of Avondale University and Honorary Professorial Fellow, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne. She holds the Australian Government Ministerial appointment of Chair, Higher Education Standards Panel and has wide experience in the field of tertiary education leadership, regulation and governance. 

An experienced senior executive in public and independent higher education, Professor Krause specialises in leading whole-of-university turnarounds with students and cultural transformation at the heart. She is internationally recognised for her higher education policy research on the contemporary student experience, the evolving nature of the tertiary education sector and implications for leadership, governance, quality and standards.