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Chief Executive Officer

Dr Peter Hill

Peter HillDr Peter Hill is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority.

In his previous role, Peter was a Senior Advisor to the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority and an educational consultant on projects in Australia, Canada, the Middle East, the United Kingdom and the USA. From 2004 to 2007, Peter was Secretary General of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority where he played a key role in developing and implementing changes in curriculum, assessment and certification in a major reform.

Peter began his career in education as a geography teacher in London, before moving to Australia in 1970. Since then he has held positions across the globe including Teacher and Research Officer, Superintendent of Research and Assistant Director (Planning) in Western Australia, Chairperson and Chief Executive of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Board, Chief General Manager of the Department of School Education in Victoria, Professor of Education, The University of Melbourne and Director of Research and Development, National Centre on Education and the Economy, Washington D.C.

Peter has been a Board Member of the Australian Council for Educational Research, the Australian Research Council, a Trustee of the National Centre on Education and the Economy, USA and Chair of the Board of Directors, Australian Principals Centre.

General Manager Assessment and Reporting

Mr Peter Adams

Peter Adams is General Manager, Assessment and Reporting at ACARA. Peter has responsibility for the National Assessment Program (NAP) which includes NAPLAN and the Sample Assessments in Science Literacy, ICT Literacy and Civics and Citizenship. Peter is also responsible for ACARA’s performance data reporting including the My School website, the Australian National Report on Schooling (ANR) and the provision of data for key performance measurement programs such as the COAG Reform Council reporting.
 
Peter project directed the introduction of the NAPLAN commencing in 2008. Peter was also responsible for project directing the scope and specification of the Schools Data and Reporting System – which became the My School website.
 
Peter’s previous roles included: General Manager positions at Curriculum Corporation (now Education Services Australia) and ACER; Director Assessment and Testing for Pearson plc; Manager VCE Examinations; and Faculty Manager at The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Victoria. Peter also taught for eighteen years in the Victorian school system in the areas of commerce, humanities and the fine arts.

 

General Manager, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer

Ms Deborrah Lambourne

Debborah LambourneDeborrah is a senior executive with experience as Chief Operations Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and most recently was Director Financial Strategy & Planning and General Manager Project Management Office at the University of Sydney.

Deborrah has a strong track record in strategic planning, implementing change management initiatives to achieve greater organisational effectiveness and a return on investment.

She has worked in the higher education, financial services and consumer finance sectors.

 

Deputy CEO and GM Curriculum

Mr Robert Randall

Rob RandallRobert Randall has recently been appointed as General Manager, Curriculum with the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. He was previously General Manager of the Interim National Curriculum Board.

Prior to taking up this new position with ACARA, Robert was Director of Curriculum K-12 with the NSW Department of Education and Training. In this position Robert was responsible for leading and coordinating the development of curriculum policy and the provision of teacher professional learning and curriculum support materials for NSW public schools K-12.

From 1996 to 2001 Robert was Director, Curriculum, with the NSW Board of Studies, where he was responsible for the management of the Higher School Certificate syllabus review program and a range of K-10 syllabus development projects.

Robert began his career as a teacher of mathematics in Perth before holding a range of positions within and beyond schools in Western Australia. These included Head Teacher, Mathematics, Project Leader, Monitoring Standards in Education, Senior Curriculum Advisor (Curriculum Policy) and Manager, Assessment and Reporting with the Education Department and Principal Consultant with the Interim Curriculum Council of Western Australia.