Peter Rogers is Chair of the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) Leadership Advisory Board at Monash University. He is a member of Rotary’s Regional Board for South Pacific, and Emeritus Chairman of the Monash University Engineering and Information Technology Foundation. He is a former Councillor of the Graduate Union at University of Melbourne, former Chairman of the Australian Rotary Health District D9800 Committee and a past President of the Rotary Club of Melbourne.

Mr Rogers graduated in chemical engineering from Monash University, M App Sc from University of Melbourne, and received his PhD from Monash University in 1974. He is a Fellow of Engineers Australia. Early in his career, Mr Rogers worked at ICI Australia (now AstraZeneca and Orica).

In 1984, Mr Rogers was appointed to ICI PLC headquarters in London. He was a Director of ICI’s subsidiary and associated companies, including ICI Bangladesh and ICI Bangladesh Trading Company. Between 1985 and 2000, Peter was a Director of the London-based board of Employment Conditions Abroad Ltd. He later established the International Consultants Centre, a consulting company he led for more than 25 years. 

In 2009, Mr Rogers was appointed Chairman of Monash University Engineering and Information Technology Foundation Board. Peter was elected to the Board of Hepburn Wind in 2011; during his tenure $10m capital fundraising, construction and commissioning was carried out. The project received many awards including the Victorian Premier’s Award, World Wind Energy Award and Banksia Award. 

Mr Rogers’ awards include the Monash Distinguished Service Medal in 2008, Rotary Paul Harris Fellow twice in 2008 and 2019, UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering medal in 2013, and an Honorary Doctor of Laws by Monash University in 2014. He was recognised as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) on the King’s Birthday in 2023.