CQUniversity Annual Report - Central Queensland University

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OUR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
REPORTING TO THE SHAREHOLDER
CMS provides a written report to each University Council meeting in
accordance with the requirements of the Shareholder. In addition, the
Chief Executive Offi cer and the Chief Financial Offi cer attend at least
one Council meeting per annum to present the CMS Five-Year Strategic
Direction and associated plans.
OTHER BODIES (NOT
CONTROLLED ENTITIES)
HORTICAL PTY LTD
This venture was initiated as a joint venture between CQUniversity and
Colour Vision Systems (CVS) to commercialise their respective interests in
non-invasive fruit sorting technology. To this end, CQUniversity and CVS
granted HortiCal a licence on the intellectual property relating to the use
of near infrared spectroscopy. HortiCal’s business is to support research
and development and to commercialise the intellectual property it holds.
RAIL INNOVATION AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
This company was established to hold the intellectual property
generated by the previous co-operative research centre, the CRC for
Railway Engineering and Technologies, which closed in 2007.
OUR COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2012
Council
Vice-Chancellor and
President
Chancellor’s Committee
Vice-Chancellor’s
Advisory Committee
Academic Board
Audit, Compliance and
Risk Committee
Appeals Committee
Ceremonial and Honorary
Awards Committee
Education Committee e
of Academic Board
Planning and Resources
Committee
Executive Committee e
of Academic Board
Research Committee e
of Academic Board
Research Higher
Degrees Committee