Professor John Mattick

Professor Mattick was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in March 2022. He is a member of both the Audit and Risk Management Committees.

John is a Professor in the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science at UNSW Sydney. From 2018 to 2010, he was Chief Executive of Genomics England, which was established by the UK government to foster the use of genetic information in healthcare. He was Director of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney from 2012 to 2018, where he established high throughput NATA accredited DNA sequencing and genome analysis facilities. 

John was a member of the Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC) of the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) from 1997 to 2003, an advisor to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Inquiry into the Protection of Human Genetic Information and Gene Patenting & Human Health, and the AHEC Committee to Revise the Ethical Guidelines on Assisted Reproductive Technology.

John is a Fellow of the Australian Academies of Science, Technology & Engineering, and Health & Medical Sciences, and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2001 for services to scientific research in the fields of molecular biology, genetics and biotechnology.