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Centre’s 2009 program for future Deputy Secretaries in the Victorian Public Sector.

In August 2013, Dr Brown was awarded by ACEL (Qld) the prestigious Miller-Grassie
Award for outstanding leadership in education. He is a national Fellow of ACEL (FACEL),
a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (FAIM) and in 2014 graduated from
the Australian Institute of Company Directors program (GAICD). Currently Dr Brown
undertakes a number of significant national and international roles:

1. International Advisory Board Member –
Scottish College of Educational Leadership (SECL).

2. Scholar-Practitioner Fellow — Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change
(APCLC), The Education University of Hong Kong.

3. Executive Chair, National School Leadership Initative (NESLI).

In 2016 Stephen established the global professional services company, ‘The Brown
Collective’ – a company that specialises in providing customised responses to enhance
individual, team and organisational performance. The Collective is a professional
community of world experts in the school sector connected by common values and a
strong ethical base. Dr Brown has an international and national reputation as an
outstanding CEO and leader, having completed his doctoral studies in organisational
redesign in the public sector. Dr Brown has undertaken consultancies in a range of
settings and contexts within Australia and internationally including Indonesia, Vanuatu,
the Philippines, Nauru, Scotland, Bhutan, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and China.
He is a highly regarded expert in the areas of leadership development, organisational
renewal and redesign, strategy, change management and capability development. As
the author of research papers on public sector change, leadership and organisational
redesign, Dr Brown is frequently invited to address national and international
conferences on leadership, organisational change and school improvement.

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