Christine Nixon AO, APM

Christine Nixon AO, APM was the 19th Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police leading 14,000 staff, operating across more than 500 locations, and overseeing an annual budget of $1.7 billion.
She joined Victoria Police in April 2001, after serving with the New South Wales Police from 1972 and became the first Female Assistant Commissioner in 1994.

Christine led the Victorian Bushfire Recovery and Reconstruction Agency after the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires.

Christine is a Fellow of ANZSOG, The Australian Institute of Police Management, The Australian Institute of Management, and a National Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia.

She was recently appointed a Vice Chancellors Professorial Fellow at Monash University.

Currently Christine is the Chair of Leadership Victoria, was the Chair of the Board of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
She was a Council member and Deputy Chancellor of Monash University from 2009- 2020, Chair of Monash College Pty Ltd 2011-2020 and Chair of Good Shepherd Microfinance 2011-2019

Christine has a long history of supporting women, children, and vulnerable communities.  Christine teaches and is a sought-after speaker on diversity, corruption, resilience, risk, crisis management and leadership.  Christine is the co-author with Jo Chandler “Fair Cop”, MUP 2011, and co-author with Amanda Sinclair “Women Leading” MUP 2017.