About NCVER
The NCVER board
Peter Shergold
Chair
Appointed: July 2009
Qualifications: BA (First Class), MA, PhD
Experience: Macquarie Group Foundation Professor, Centre for Social Impact and Senior Visiting Fellow of the Singapore Civil Service College; a CEO in the Australian Public service for two decades, most recently as Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Awarded the Order of Australia (AM) in 1996 and Companion in the Order of Australia (AC) in 2007. Board member of AMP and Corrs Chambers Westgarth.
Rod Camm
Director
Appointed: July 2009
Qualifications: Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management), Executive Masters of Public Administration, Associate Diploma (Industrial Relations)
Experience: Associate Director General, Skills Queensland, Board Member of TVET Ltd and the Queensland Overseas Foundation and member of the Premier’s Employment Taskforce: previously Chief Executive Officer, Construction Skills Queensland
Pat Forward
Director
Appointed: March 2011
Qualifications: BA, DipEd
Experience: Federal TAFE Secretary of the Australian Education Union (AEU) in January 2004. 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. Taught in Victorian TAFE Colleges, at university and in schools.
Craig Fowler
Director
Appointed: March 2011
Qualifications: BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, MBA
Experience: Craig Fowler is currently the Deputy Chief Executive, Planning, Policy and Innovation at the Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology, South Australia: previously a Principal in Tax with Ernst and Young; Business manager for CRC (Cochlear Implant Program); university academic (co-ordinator of Biotechnology at Flinders University).
Helen Garnett
Director
Appointed: June 2010
Qualifications: BSc (Hons), PhD, PSM, FTSE, FAICD
Experience: Formerly Vice-Chancellor of Charles Darwin University; Executive Director of the Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO); Emeritus Professor of the University of Wollongong; Head of the Department of Biology at the University of Wollongong and Foundation Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Robert Griew
Director
Appointed: March 2011
Experience: Robert Griew is currently an Associate Secretary in the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and conjoint Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of NSW: previously with the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development; Secretary of the NT Department of Health and Community Services; CEO of the AIDS Council of NSW; worked as a consultant advising on organisational development and public health.
John Hart
Director
Appointed: June 2008
Experience: Chief Executive Officer of Restaurant and Catering Australia. Previously: Executive Officer of Tourism Training NSW; Studied at the Ecole Hotelliere Lausanne, Switzerland with over 27 years hospitality experience including working for Pacific Hotel Corporation and teaching at Regency College of TAFE SA.
Tom Karmel
Managing Director
Appointed: August 2002
Qualifications: BA (Hons), MEc, PhD
Experience: Managing Director, National Centre for Vocational Education Research; previously Assistant Secretary, Information and Analysis Branch, Higher Education Division, Department of Education, Science and Training; Assistant Secretary, Economic Analysis Branch.
Robyn Tudor
Director
Appointed: November 2008
Qualifications: EdD, MEd, RCP UK, DipArtEd, TCert
Experience: Director Learning and Teaching Enhancement College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales; previously 30 years experience as a creative practitioner, teacher, lecturer, educational and special projects officer and senior manager working in the Creative Industries including Course Design and development Coordinator on the AGSM Open Learning Program, UNSW and Academic Project Officer, Instructional Designer and Curriculum Developer, TAFE NSW.
