Mr Allan Tait

Vice-Principal (Commercialisation) & CEO, UMEE Ltd The University of Melbourne Victoria 3010 Australia Phone: +61 3 8344 3068 Fax: +61 3 9347 5888 Email: a.tait@ umee.unimelb.edu.au

Allan Tait was appointed Vice-Principal (Commercialisation) in early 2006. He joined UMEE in March 2000 as Chief Financial Officer. In June 2005 he was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer to lead the integration of the private university into the University of Melbourne .

From 1997 to 2000 he was CFO and then CEO of Gadens Lawyers (Melbourne), a top ten national legal firm. Mr Tait led Gadens' mergers with Purves Clarke Richards and Allan Moore & Co, and established Gadens' position in the rapidly changing professional services sector. Prior to joining Gadens, he was a partner in the corporate finance group at Price Waterhouse, specialising in privatisation and mergers and acquisitions. He was also the finance director of the local investment banking subsidiary of the Toronto Dominion Bank.

Mr Tait is a chartered accountant and a member of the institutes in both Australia and the UK . He has a degree in economics from the University of Birmingham ( England ).

Staff and Contact Details
205-211 Grattan Street, Parkville, VIC 3052

Executive Assistant
Ms Bronwyn Weir
Phone: +61 3 8344 3069
Fax:  +61 3 9347 5888
Email: b.weir@ umee.unimelb.edu.au