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Dr Stephen Brown

The Brown Collective, Australia

E. stephen@thebrowncollective.com.au

Dr Stephen Brown has more than 30 years of education experience in Australia
and internationally. He was the Regional Director of Hume Region in Victoria for
four years and acted in the position of Deputy Secretary, Office of Government
School Education (OGSE). Dr Brown was Executive Director of the Literacy and
Numeracy Secretariat in the Victorian Department of Education and Early
Childhood Development and a member of the departmental leadership team.
Stephen was the inaugural Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Queensland
Education Leadership Institute (QELi) Ltd from December 2010 to April 2016.
Currently Dr Brown undertakes a portfolio career nationally and internationally as
an academic; consultant, international advisor to governments, schooling sectors
and business; board roles and director of a global services company. Dr Brown has
a Doctorate of Education from the University of Southern Queensland and a
Master of Arts from the University of London. He was awarded the Australian
Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) Nganakarra Award in 2007 and a
presidential citation from the same organisation in 2009. Dr Brown is also a
National and State fellow of ACEL. In 2009, he was nominated for membership of
the Global Education Leaders Program ??a coalition of leading system thinkers.
Stephen was identified as a participant in the Victorian Leadership Development

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