Yesterday, QELi’s Chair, Dr Donna Pendergast, announced that after a thorough and exhaustive recruitment process, the Board has appointed Mr Neil McDonald as QELi’s new CEO.

Dr Pendergast highlighted that, Neil brings over 30 years of Queensland State Education experience to the table, of which, over 20 years have been in leadership positions. Neil has been the acting CEO at QELi for the past 14 months and has built on QELi’s past successes by significantly increasing QELi’s leadership programs whilst at the same time, making them more affordable. The Board looks forward to growing QELi under Neil’s stewardship.

“I’m excited to be a part of the continued growth of QELi. We look forward to further collaboration with not only our schools and sectors, but our other educational institutes and associations, as we strive to support the development of leaders in our schools and others sectors.” Neil said.

QELi is a not-for-profit organisation that develops leadership capabilities in education leaders, with a strong focus on improved student outcomes. Supporting education leaders and attracting participants from across Australia and internationally, QELi is the cross-sectoral industry-leader, owned jointly by: the Queensland Department of Education and Training; Queensland Catholic Education Commission; and Independent Schools Queensland.

This article was originally sourced from QELi.