As Chief Executive at the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand, I am responsible for providing strong leadership, influence and the drive to lift the status of the teaching profession. 

My career began in a large IT company before leaving to run an e-learning and change management business for 15 years while raising my family. In the ten years before coming to the Teaching Council, I held senior roles within the education sector: leading policy conversations and large implementation teams with a focus to lift student achievement as Associate Deputy Secretary Student Achievement at the Ministry of Education and leading the teacher payroll recovery project as Associate Deputy Secretary Novopay. 

I combine my strategic thinking ability with my passion for bringing solutions that deliver. I have a Diploma in Te Reo Māori, a Masters in Public Sector Management, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management & Leadership from Oxford University.