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Dr Brown holds a Doctor of Education from the University of Southern Queensland,
and a Master of Arts from the University of London. He was awarded the Australian
Council for Educational Leaders Nganakarrawa Award in 2007 and a presidential
citation from the same organisation in 2009.

In 2009, Dr Brown was nominated for membership of the Global Education Leaders
Program—a coalition of leading system thinkers. He was identified as a participant in
the Victorian Leadership Development Centre’s 2009 program for future Deputy
Secretaries and Secretaries in the Victorian Public Sector. In 2013, Dr Brown was
awarded by ACEL (Qld) the prestigious Miller-Grassie Award. In 2016, Stephen was
appointed to the Scottish College of Educational Leadership’s International Advisory
Board and the Northern Territory’s Charles Darwin University and Department of
Education’s Board of Management for the Centre for School Leadership as an external
expert advisor.

Dr Brown is also a Scholar-Practitioner Fellow at the Asia Centre for Leadership and
Change (AOLC) Hong Kong University of Education, Board Director at Stuartholme
School Brisbane, National and State Fellow of ACEL, a Fellow of the Australian Institute
of Managers and Leaders (FIML) and in 2014 graduated from the Australian Institute of
Company Directors program (GAICD).

Currently Stephen is undertaking a portfolio career with a combination of roles and
positions. These include advisor to businesses and government on education;
directorship of a global professional services company; consultancies and academic
and board appointments.

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