Prof Andrew Peele was previously Director of the Australian Synchrotron, having joined the organisation as Head of Science in 2011. He is a Professor of Physics at La Trobe University, where he previously led the X-ray Science group. He was a node leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science and is a Principal Investigator in the ARC Centre for Advanced Molecular Imaging. Prior to undertaking his PhD studies at the University of Melbourne, Andrew was a qualified lawyer and practised as a solicitor. He is current President of the Australian Institute of Physics and President, Asia-Oceania Forum for Synchrotron Radiation Research.