Owen Peter Coaldrake

Owen Peter (Peter) Coaldrake AO (born 1951) is a noted Australian academic and higher education administrator.

Peter Coaldrake was born and educated in Queensland, and holds a BA Honours Degree from James Cook University and a PhD Degree from Griffith University.

Professor Coaldrake has wide experience in public and higher education administration in Australia.

He was previously appointed by Queensland Premier Wayne Goss to be CEO of the Public Sector Management Commission.

He is currently Vice-Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology and Chair of Universities Australia.

Peter Coaldrake is the chair of the Queensland Heritage Council.

• Officer of the Order of Australia 2011, for "distinguished service to higher education".

• Office of the Governor-General and Australian Government Honours website Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine.

• Coaldrake, O.P. 1989 Working the System, Government in Queensland (University of Queensland Press)
• Coaldrake, O.P. and Stedman, L. 1998. On the Brink. Australia's Universities Confronting their Future. (University of Queensland Press)
• Coaldrake, O.P. and Stedman, L. Academic Work in the Twenty-First Century (DETYA, Occasional Paper Series 99-4).