Million dollar fundraiser

The University of Adelaide’s first chief engagement officer is Ms Kate Robertson, a highly respected leader in development and alumni relations in higher education in Britain. Currently director of Campaign and Alumni Relations Office at the University of Nottingham, Robertson has extensive development experience including appointments at the University of Liverpool, the Royal Academy of Arts and the English National Opera. She led the Nottingham Campaign, which has so far raised over UK£90 million ($133 million) and a gift of UK£12 million ($18 million), the largest corporate gift for higher education in the UK outside Oxford and Cambridge. She will commence in September.