Prior to joining Hull, he held a range of senior leadership roles at the University of Melbourne - as Head of University Services, as Registrar and Head of Student Services, and as General Manager of two of the faculties there - Engineering and before that Architecture, Building & Planning.
Active outside the University of Melbourne, he is a former President of the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement - a first-response, counselling and research not-for-profit organization; President of the Groningen Declaration Network, an international collaboration around student data technology; and Board Member of Youth Empowerment Against HIV/AIDS, an Australia-wide education and awareness project.
Prior to moving to Australia, Mr Robinson was Head of Public Affairs at Shelter, the National Campaign for Homeless People, and previously held public and parliamentary affairs roles at the National Union of Teachers and in the London, Brussels and Strasbourg offices of the European Parliament.