Executive Officer, Blake Dawson
Sydney Area, Australia
Executive Officer, Blake Dawson
Sydney Area, Australia
Education Policy (teacher quality, performance-related pay for teachers, indigenous education, literacy and numeracy)
Indigenous Affairs Policy (education, law and order, governance)
Performance-Related Pay (teachers, law firms)
(Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry)
November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
Blake Dawson is a leading commercial law firm. I am the senior aide to the Managing Partner (CEO) and the Executive Team (Deputy CEO, CFO and Head of HR).
(Public Policy industry)
February 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 9 months)
CIS is a non profit, non partisan, privately funded think tank. I managed the Indigenous Affairs Research Program and researched, wrote and spoke on policy issues facing indigenous communities. My work covered teacher quality, school attendance, literacy and numeracy, governance, and law and order.
(Government Administration industry)
February 2005 — February 2006 (1 year 1 month)
The Attorney-General’s Department is the central policy agency for Australia’s justice system and national security. I undertook graduate rotations in family law (international), security law (surveillance and telecommunications interception) and information law (privacy).
Master of Public Policy , 2005 — 2008
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) , 1998 — 2004
I studied history on exchange at Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen in Germany in 2000.
Bachelor of Laws , 1998 — 2004
I studied law on exchange at the Université Jean Moulin (Lyon III) in France.
Ambassador, Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (since 2008)
Visiting Fellow, Centre for Independent Studies (since 2007)