Artibus Innovation is overseen by a Board of Directors which sets and guides the strategic direction of the organisation. The Board ensures effective governance against the organisation’s contractual and social obligations.
Artibus Innovation’s services are guided and delivered under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer and its management team.
Nick McShane
Nick has an excellent understanding of the licensing and regulatory implications for skills development and the need to ensure robust stakeholder engagement of industry regulators through his extensive work relating to licensing and regulation. He has been involved in a number of national projects that have sought to improve the interface between the national VET system and industry regulators – this included co-authoring the seminal report 'A Licence to Skill' for ANTA that resulted in a range of changes to how industry regulators were involved in training package review and development.
Nick has also been involved in a range of national projects that has provided him with a sound understanding of a range of industry sectors. This included advising a Council of Australian Government’s (COAG) Skills Recognition Steering Committee and Skills Recognition Taskforce on a major COAG initiative to achieve full and effective mutual recognition of occupational licenses. Nick has also advised the COAG National Licensing Steering Committee and National Licensing Taskforce on the establishment of a National Occupational Licensing System (NOLS).
Jeremy Rose, Managing Director
Jeremy is the Managing Director of Artibus Innovation and played a key role in the development of the construction and property services training packages. Jeremy has 20 years’ experience in the Vocational Education and Training and industry workforce development sectors.
Frances Lamb, Industry Lead
Frances is an accomplished Policy Lead at Artibus Innovation, with an extensive career spanning over three decades in education design and policy implementation. Her impressive background includes expertise in policy development and specialised program management within the Department of Education and Training (Victoria). Additionally, Frances has held pivotal roles as a training package specialist, manager of curriculum and learning services and quality assurance positions with the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority. This breadth of experience equips Frances with a wealth of knowledge and skills that she leverages to drive impactful initiatives in her current role.
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Martin Draper
Martin is an experienced Educational Consultant and Senior Researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the education sector in developing nations. Skilled in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and wider education policy research, development and reform, market research (qualitative and quantitative), competency framework development, qualifications development, assessment and quality assurance, he has over 25 years’ experience in the design of education systems and the development of frameworks to enable these. He is passionate about improving the working lives of individuals around the world and will work closely with you to design a bespoke solution that fits your country and organisation’s needs.
Lesley O'Dwyer
Building strong relationships is Lesley O’Dwyer’s speciality. As one of our most experienced Project Managers, she is adept at understanding and managing clients’ needs and overseeing projects to ensure delivery meets the complete expectations of our clients. For the past five years, she has focussed on the project management for the delivery of educational reform projects in developing nations, working across the Pacific, Asia, Australia and Africa. Her project management experience coupled with her intimate knowledge of the education sector make her an asset to any TVET International project.
Simon Casford
Simon is a solution focused and highly skilled education management consultant with over a decade’s experience in the education management industry, including as Head of Strategy for The Skills Organisation and General Manager of Skills International, Head of Manukau Institute of Technology’s Business School, and Chief Executive of Learn Plus and Professional IQ College in New Zealand. He is experienced in all aspects of education management and reform from education, industry and organisation research, policy development, and workforce capability planning. Simon is passionate about ensuring education sets our young people up for success across all aspects of the education system. He will work closely with your organisation to ensure your work programme is a success.
Bridget Dennis
Bridget is an experienced senior leader who is passionate about making a difference in the lives of those around her. Bridget brings over 20 years’ experience working internationally with the past eight years focussed on the education sector where she was Senior Vice President and Director – International for Skills Consulting Group. Having worked across the Pacific, New Zealand, Australia, Asia, USA, the Middle East and Africa, she believes in the transformative power of education and the importance of creating a system to equip our young people and those amid their working lives, with the skills and competence required by industry.