Mr Hanna is an experienced Board member and senior bureaucrat. He was Director, Business Strategy for Monash University from 2012 until September 2020 where he led a small team providing strategic support and financial advice in relation to the University's major investment decisions. In the 15 years prior to joining Monash University, Mr Hanna held a variety of senior management positions in the Victorian Government, these positions focused mainly around economic development policy, international policy and operations and innovation policy. Earlier, Mr Hanna spent 15 years in the Commonwealth Government, including three years on the personal staff of then Prime Minister, Bob Hawke. He has experience in strategy development and delivery, innovation, governance and stakeholder engagement and management. He sits or has sat on the finance and risk committees of Docklands Studios Melbourne, the Hudson Institute of medical Research and Unimutual Ltd giving him varied experience on both commercial and not for profit Board with particular focus on strategy, governance and financial accountability. He is also Chairman of Docklands Studios Melbourne Pty Ltd (DSM), and President of Film Victoria.
