David Friedlander is recognised globally as a market-leading practitioner in corporate law and is currently Chairman of King & Wood Mallesons’ in Australia.  David regularly advises in securities offerings, has worked in high-profile shareholder activist campaigns and is a member of several key corporate law bodies. He is also a former Chairman of the Public Education Foundation, a former member of the Australian Takeovers Panel, a director of Sydney Dance Company and a panel member of Adara Partners.

BA, Dip Ed, University of Wollongong | MA, Macquarie University

Belinda Wall is Director, Employee Performance, Professional and Ethical Standards. Belinda has had broad and extensive experiences within Public Education which has positioned her as a leader within the education community.

Belinda has held various positions in a career spanning over 30 years. Belinda has been a classroom teacher, School Counsellor, District Guidance Officer, Deputy Principal, Principal, PSL and Director Educational Leadership of both Wollondilly Principal Network and Wollongong North Principal Network. Belinda has also held the position of president, Secondary Principal Council, Illawarra South-East.

Belinda was the recipient of an Australian Council for Educational Leadership (ACEL) award in June 2017 and was one of 12 inaugural recipients nationwide to receive a Commonwealth Bank Fellowship in recognition of the transformation of Woonona High School in developing a culture where teachers are active learners – reflecting on their practice, sharing their expertise and improving their teaching. In August 2018 Belinda was awarded an Australian Council for Educational Leadership Fellowship.

Belinda’s leadership and courageous decision-making, collaborative mentoring and coaching of Principals and school leadership teams has strengthened leadership capacity, building collective efficacy, school, and system improvement,

As a respected leader Belinda is known as demonstrating positive, professional, high expectations of teaching, learning and leading ensuring the success of public education is strengthened by every school being a great school led by high performing principals and staff.

Catherine has been in the business community for more than 25 years as a senior investment banker and as a non-executive director and chair in the education, arts, health, community, manufacturing, fast moving consumer goods, financial services, property and building materials sectors. She is the proud daughter, granddaughter and sister of school teachers.

Current roles include Chair of Australian Payments Plus and Non-Executive Director of Scentre Group Limited and The George Institute for Global Health. Catherine holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management (UNSW) and a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University.

Michael is a Senior Education Improvement Leader in the South East Victoria Region of the Department of Education (DE) in Victoria, and leads a network of schools in and around the suburb of Frankston in the Bayside Peninsula Area.

Michael had served a number of roles with Department including Director of the Frankston North Education Plan, Principal of Western Port Secondary College and as Assistant Principal and Leading Teacher at Western Port and Patterson River Secondary College.

Throughout his extensive career, a key focus for Michael has been addressing the impact of education in low socio-economic and disadvantaged communities, through individually tailored and whole-school cohort programs. He has also had an unrelenting focus on whole-school improvement and cultural change, to achieve positive results in academic, social and emotional outcomes.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree, a Diploma of Education and Masters in Education from Monash University, and a Certificate in Educational Leadership from Harvard University. He is also an inaugural Commonwealth Bank Teaching Fellow.

Myriam Boisbouvier-Wylie is the Honorary Consul General of France in Melbourne. She is the Founding President of the Bastille Day French Festival of Melbourne; a member of the advisory board of the French Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and an advisor to two Associations she created in 2012 and 2013, Melbourne Accueil and French Assist Melbourne. Myriam holds a degree in Business Law from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris and an MBA from Tulane University, USA. She has worked in investment banking in New York and had her own practice as a lawyer in Monaco, her country of birth. From 2003 till 2009, she was President of the Parents’ Association of the French School in Melbourne.

With her husband, she established The John and Myriam Wylie Foundation, which provides support to organisations in education, social inclusion, indigenous affairs, sport and wellbeing, and community interests in Australia. Myriam is also a member of the advisory board of Tanarra Philanthropic Advisors, which helps Australian charities to reach their full potential. In recognition of her work for the French Republic, Myriam has recently been appointed an Officier de la Legion d’Honneur, having previously been appointed a Chevalier of this award. She is also a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques. A resident of Australia since 1996, Myriam and her husband John live in Melbourne and have four sons.

Tim has over 40 years of experience in investment banking, stockbroking and the property industry. Tim is the Chairman of Morgans Holdings (Australia) Limited. He was appointed General Manager of the Girdis Group of Companies (Property Development and Investment) in 1974 before joining Morgans in 1986.

Tim is also the Chairman of Eagers Automotive Limited, a Trustee of the Australian Cancer Research Foundation, a Director of the Morgans Foundation, Director of Adney Limited, Director of the University of Queensland Endowment Foundation, and on the Queensland Brain Institute Advisory Board.

Tim was formerly the Deputy Chairman of Queensland Gas Limited and G.O.E CS Energy Limited, a member of the Senate of the University of Queensland, and a Non-Executive Director of Senex Energy Limited. Tim has a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Queensland, has completed the Advanced Management Program at the University of Hawaii and is a Member of the Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association. Outside of his work, Tim enjoys golf, rugby, and cricket.

Tony is Secretary of the Australian Government Department of Education, having previously held the position of Deputy Secretary of the Higher Education, Research and International Group.

Prior to commencing with the department, Tony was the Director General of the Department of Education, Queensland between April 2018 and September 2021. Tony previously held the role as Associate Secretary for Schools and Youth in the former Australian Government Department of Education and Training and has held senior executive positions within the Victorian public service.

In October 2013, Tony was made Honorary Fellow of the Australian Council for Education Leaders. In January 2014, he was awarded the Public Service Medal for outstanding public service in driving school policy and funding reform in Australia.

Tony is a registered primary school teacher with a major in early childhood education. He holds a Bachelor of Education from the Queensland University of Technology.