Andy Marks

Professor Marks is a Vice-President at Western Sydney University leading major strategic initiatives with government, industry and the community. He has a PhD and first-class honours in political science and literature. Professor Marks writes regularly for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Daily Telegraph and is a panellist on ABC Sydney’s ‘political forum’. Professor Marks is the Executive Director of the Centre for Western Sydney, Chair of the Western Sydney Community Forum, and a Trustee of the Royal Botanical Gardens and Domain Trust. He is the founder of the CatalystWest forum and co-founder of the Launch Pad start-up incubator. Professor Marks was formerly a researcher in the social services sector, a Council member at the University of New England and an ARIA nominated musician.