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PROFESSOR MARGARET SEARES
Margaret Seares holds the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor at The University of Western Australia.
She holds a PhD from UWA in Music, with her specialty being keyboard music of the 18th century.From 1991-95 she was Head of the School of Music, and Deputy Chair of the Academic Board at UWA, and from 1994-95 she was a member of the University Senate, the governing body of the university.
In 1995, she accepted a two-year secondment to the position of the CEO with the Western Australian Department for the Arts (now the Ministry for Culture and the Arts).
In 1997, Margaret was appointed to a four-year term as Chair of the Australia council, the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory agency.In addition to membership of the Australia Council, she was a member of the Foreign Minister's Australia International Cultural Council and a Director of the Australia Business Arts Foundation.Margaret currently sits on a number of national boards for culture and arts.
In 2003, Professor Seares was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in recognition of her contribution to the arts and education in Australia.
Margaret addressed LunchBox Lunch List at 'The Making of Me' on 5 April 2006.