Jun 2024 to Present
Director: Compliance, Risk Management & Strategic Planning
CAQA Australian Higher Education Group (AHEG)
Leads the development and execution of strategies that ensure organisational integrity, robust risk mitigation and regulatory alignment across the higher-education and training sectors.
Key responsibilities
- Direct compliance, risk-management and strategic-planning functions across the higher-education group.
- Provide in-depth regulatory insight, quality-assurance frameworks and tailored governance solutions to clients.
- Champion ethical excellence and uphold the independence and integrity of advisory and audit services.
Selected achievements
- Established integrated compliance and risk frameworks supporting providers through registration, renewal and regulatory review.
Current
Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
Compliance and Quality Assurance (CAQA)
Sets the direction for how artificial intelligence is adopted across CAQA and the providers it advises, so that automation earns its place in a compliance system rather than quietly weakening it.
Key responsibilities
- Define the governance, assurance and ethical guardrails for AI used in assessment, audit and quality assurance.
- Advise providers on ISO/IEC 42001 (Artificial Intelligence Management Systems) and on evidencing AI use to regulators.
- Lead the design of AI-assisted tools for validation, resource development and audit preparation.
Selected achievements
- Built the assurance position that an AI-generated output is evidence only when a provider can show who checked it, against what, and when.
1999 to Present
Director & Senior Principal Consultant
Compliance and Quality Assurance (CAQA)
Directs CAQA, a well-established and internationally recognised consultancy serving thousands of organisations across the VET and higher-education sectors.
Key responsibilities
- Advise RTOs, TAFEs and higher-education providers on compliance across ASQA, VRQA, ESOS and CRICOS, the Higher Education Standards Framework, the AQTF, state funding and ISO frameworks.
- Lead quality assurance, audit readiness, rectification and continuous improvement.
- Oversee one of the sector's largest libraries of training and compliance resources.
Selected achievements
- Built CAQA into a nationally trusted brand in compliance, quality assurance and resource development.
- Directed delivery of tens of thousands of training and education products and many thousands of compliance projects.
2005 to Present
Principal Quality Auditor
Australian Higher Education Group (AHEG)
Leads comprehensive auditing, compliance and risk management across the education and corporate sectors.
Key responsibilities
- Plan, lead and report on quality, compliance and regulatory audits for RTOs, TAFEs, higher-education institutions and corporate entities.
- Deliver expert assessments, best-practice frameworks and continuous-improvement recommendations aligned with current standards.
Selected achievements
- Overseen many thousands of quality, compliance and regulatory audits across diverse industries and training packages.
2009 to Present
Director: Compliance, Resources, Risk Management & Quality Assurance
Career Calling International
Directs a global talent-development and compliance corporation supported by a team of legal and compliance experts across health, business, technology and community services.
Key responsibilities
- Lead compliance, resource development, risk management and quality assurance across the group.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams delivering products and projects to RTOs and providers nationally and internationally.
Selected achievements
- Group has developed tens of thousands of training products and completed thousands of compliance, risk and quality-assurance projects.
Jan 2026 to Present
United Nations Representative & Speaker
Africana Women Working Group (AWWG), UN ECOSOC
Represents the AWWG at the UN Economic and Social Council, advancing women's voices in global policy and connecting communities through dialogue and collaborative action.
Key responsibilities
- Engage global stakeholders on gender equity, cultural inclusion and sustainable development.
- Contribute to high-level policy conversations and international forums.
Jul 2025 to Present
Forbes Business Council Member
Forbes Business Council
Invited to join in recognition of leadership, influence and expertise across the education and compliance sectors, collaborating with global thought leaders to shape the future of business, compliance and education.
2013 to Present
Director & Registered Migration Agent
Khalsa Education and Migration Solutions
Registered with the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority; provides immigration assistance across employer-sponsored work-visa programs and skilled migration, integrated with corporate compliance and risk advisory.
Key responsibilities
- Advise on assessment, application and skills-assessment lodgement, corporate compliance and risk identification.
- Represent clients with the Department of Home Affairs and assessing bodies.
2011 to 2012
Business Systems Project Official
Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA)
Worked with senior management to define strategy and requirements for ASQA's core business systems supporting the registration and regulation of training organisations and the accreditation of courses.
Key responsibilities
- Worked across privacy, complaints, CRICOS, freedom of information, course accreditation and records management at an operational and strategic level.
- Direct project delivery from scope through implementation.