Professor Emeritus Brian J. Caldwell is Managing Director at Educational Transformations Pty Ltd in Melbourne and Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne. He is Deputy Chair, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). From 1998 to 2004 he was Dean of Education at the University of Melbourne, where he was also Head of Education Policy and Management (1995-1998). He has also been Head of Teacher Education (1988-1989) and Dean of Education (1989-1990) at the University of Tasmania. His major interests lie in leadership, governance, policy, finance, the arts and the management of transformational change in schools and school systems. He has given numerous presentations and held visiting academic appointment nationally and internationally, and is widely published. He was Chair of the Advisory Board of the Asia Education Foundation from 1998 to 2004. He was a director and then Deputy Chair of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) from 2003 to 2011.
