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Hon John Dawkins AO
John Dawkins is the Chair of the Australian Qualifications Framework Council, which advises the Australian Ministerial Council on Tertiary Education and Employment on the maintenance and development of the Australian Qualifications Framework. He is also the Chair of the National Quality Council which sets standards for vocational education and training providers in Australia.
John Dawkins served for 18 years in the Australian Federal Government House of Representatives for the Australian Labor Party. From 1983 to 1994, he served under Prime Ministers RJ Hawke and PJ Keating as Finance Minister; Trade Minister; Employment, Education and Training Minister; and finally as Treasurer. In his various capacities Mr Dawkins attended Ministerial meetings at the OECD, UNESCO, the IMF, The World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and was the Founding Chairman of the Cairns Group of Agricultural Exporting Countries. He was Chairman of the OECD Ministerial Council in 1993 and in 1988 chaired a Ministerial conference on Education and the Economy which repositioned OECD perspectives on education and training.
Since leaving politics in 1994, Mr Dawkins has advised Australian universities, State and foreign governments on education and training issues. He chairs the Board of Governors of the Institute for International Trade at Adelaide University. He has served on the boards of a number of listed and unlisted companies. He has worked with The World Bank on Education reform projects in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia, with UNESCO in Saudi Arabia and the OECD in Ireland. He is a participant in various international conferences covering business, economic and political issues and travels frequently to Asia.
Mr Dawkins graduated in Agriculture from Roseworthy College and Economics from the University of Western Australia. He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of the University by the University of South Australia, Ballarat University and the Queensland University of Technology. He was made an Officer in the Order of Australia in May 2000.
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Professor Høj was educated at the University of Copenhagen, majoring in biochemistry and chemistry. He has a Master of Science in biochemistry and genetics, a PhD in photosynthesis and has been awarded fellowships from Denmark and Australia for post-doctoral studies in biochemistry. He holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Copenhagen.
Since arriving in Australia in 1987, Professor Høj has also worked as a lecturer and senior lecturer in biochemistry at La Trobe University, and as Professor of Viticultural Science and Oenology at the University of Adelaide.
In 1992 he was awarded the Boehringer-Mannheim Medal by the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and in 2003 he received a Centenary Medal for his service to Australian society through wine research and science.
Professor Høj is a board member of Universities Australia and Business SA and a member of the National Research Infrastructure Committee, the Higher Education Research Reference Group and the Australian Qualifications Framework Council.
He is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.
He has served as a private member of the Prime Minister’s Science Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) from 1999-2004, and as an ex-officio member from 2006-2007. He is also a former member of the Australian Institute of Marine Science Council, the Cooperative Research Centres Committee, and the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy Committee.
Professor Stephen Parker is the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Canberra, a position he took up on 1 March 2007. He was previously the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Monash University in Melbourne. Prior to taking up senior management positions Stephen was a legal academic. He has lectured at University College Cardiff, the Australian National University, Griffith University and Monash University. He was Dean of Law at Monash from 1999 to 2003.
Stephen chairs the Board of Senior Secondary Studies in the ACT. He is a member of the board of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government and the Australian Qualifications Framework Council.
Stephen moved to Australia from the UK in 1988, having mixed lecturing and legal practice over the previous decade. He graduated with Honours in Law from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Wales. He is admitted to legal practice in England and Wales, the ACT and Queensland.
Stephen has published books, monographs and articles on the court system, legal ethics, family law and children's rights. He is also the co-author of a textbook called Law in Context, which is designed to introduce law students to the way that other disciplines view law. He has held various major research grants in relation to projects on lawyers' tactics, lawyers' values, discretionary rules, family law, judicial independence and reform of civil procedure.
Professor John Wood is the Executive General Manager, University Programs at Navitas with overall responsibility for the growth and the academic outcomes of the group’s 30 university pathway colleges and managed university campuses in 10 countries.
Previously he was Deputy Vice‐Chancellor at Edith Cowan University and had University wide responsibility for Students, International, Research, Teaching and Learning, Marketing, Development, Professional Engagement and Commercial activities. Prior to his appointment at ECU, Professor Wood was the Foundation Dean of the College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, Perth, Western Australia where he was also the Deputy Vice‐Chancellor (Academic).
Professor Wood graduated with first class honours in Economics from the University of Western Australia and won an Australia‐wide scholarship to Oxford University, where he completed a Doctorate in Economics. He has taught at universities throughout the world, including, New England, Western Australia, Curtin University of Technology, various Oxford Colleges, the American International University of Europe and in Stanford’s British programme.
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Ken Boston, AO
Dr Ken Boston AO most recently held the position of Chief Executive of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in England from 2002 until 2008.
Prior to this, he was Director-General of Education and Training NSW and Managing Director of TAFE NSW from 1997 until 2002; Director-General of School Education NSW from 1991 until 2002; Director-General of Education in South Australia from 1988 until1991; and General Manager of Education Planning and Policy in Victoria from 1987 until1988.
He is a Fellow of the Australian College of Education (FACE) and formerly a President of the Australian College of Education. He was the Foundation Chair of the Curriculum Corporation; Chair of the Australian Education Council Committee for the Hobart Declaration on the National Goals of Schooling (1981); and Member of the Board of the Australian Council for Education Research (ACER).
He is currently a member of the Commonwealth Review of the Funding for Schooling and a member of the Australian Qualifications Framework Council.
He holds a PhD (Melbourne) and a Master of Arts.
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Kim Bannikoff
Kim Bannikoff works as a consultant specialising in advising institutions involved in tertiary education on how to work effectively and efficiently in the current environment. He also works on strategic programs for systemic reform and the design of training products and services relevant to the needs of industry and leadership and management in tertiary education delivery.
Kim has wide experience in education and training as a senior public servant and CEO with the Victorian, Queensland and Commonwealth governments and with the former Australian National Training Authority (ANTA). Kim began his career in education as a teacher in Victorian technical schools and then worked in TAFE colleges as a teacher and an administrator.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Diploma of Education.
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Megan Lilly
Megan Lilly is the Director - Education and Training and is responsible for the development of all education and training public policy on behalf of the Australian Industry Group. Prior to this she was Chief Executive Officer of Business Services Training Australia, the national industry advisory board for the business services and related industry sectors. Before joining the national board she held several senior management positions in various Victorian TAFE institutes.
Ms Lilly is currently Chair of Manufacturing Skills Australia, member of the National Quality Council and chair of the Framework Implementation Action Group. Ms Lilly is also a member of the Australian Qualifications Framework Council, the Victorian Skills Commission, a board member of TVET Australia and a member of the Australian College of Education. She has a Masters in Educational Policy & Administration.
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Pat Forward
Pat Forward was elected to the position of Federal TAFE Secretary of the Australian Education Union (AEU) in January 2004. She previously held the position of Federal TAFE President for six years, and was at the same time Vice President TAFE in the Victorian Branch of the AEU. She has taught in Victorian TAFE Colleges, at university and in schools. She is an advocate of the public TAFE system in Australia, and is committed to maintaining and extending the status of the profession of TAFE teaching, for all TAFE teachers.
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George McLean is the Executive Director of the Student Pathways Division in Skills Victoria, where he has responsibility for student pathways and qualification policy. An experienced bureaucrat, he has a particular interest in issues of equity and access to education, training and employment.
In his current position, he directs strategic projects and policy development to develop and maintain the relevance and utility of the Victorian VET system in providing skill formation pathways and transitions to sustainable employment and strong career paths; and working with other government youth services on increasing the numbers of young people gaining qualifications, including those who are disengaged from learning.
George previously served as the Director of the Interdepartmental Policy Unit of Youth Transition where he led the development of a policy framework, encompassing Victoria's school, VET and higher education sectors, to increase the proportion of young people in Victoria making a successful transition to the labour market and moving into “strong career paths” by the age of 24. In this role, he developed strong knowledge of and insight into the VET systems and qualification arrangements in a range of OECD jurisdictions.
He has held senior positions relating to VET policy and research and quality assurance and resourcing in Skills Victoria and its predecessors. He is a former member of the Australian National Training Authority's National Training Quality Council, National Research and Evaluation Committee and National Training Statistics Committee.
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Karen Chalmers
Karen Chalmers is Manager of Policy and International with the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. Karen has a strong background in education, having taught in several New Zealand secondary schools for 17 years, latterly as Deputy Principal and Acting Principal of an integrated school.
Karen has also been involved in early childhood education in the Playcentre Association and has served on the Board of Trustees of an area school as a parent representative. Three years ago she was appointed Manager of the International Unit of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. Karen holds a Masters of Educational Administration and is currently working towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Management.
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