
Professor Harding is the former Vice-Chancellor and President of James Cook University from 2007-22. She is a former Chair of the peak body, Universities Australia, and has served as Chair or member on many review, advisory, accrediting or governing Boards or Committees relevant to higher education, research and economic development in Australia and abroad. Her interests and activities have extended well beyond the higher education sector through her engagement on the Boards of both for-profit and non-profit organisations.