Director, People and Strategy, Early Childhood Management Services (ECMS), VIC 

Stuart has worked in the international development and education non-profit sectors for the last 12 years and has dedicated his career to working towards social justice.

The evidence around the correlation between a child’s experiences in their early years and children’s outcomes at school – and into adulthood – have led him to early childhood and place-based change as Director of People and Strategy at ECMS. In his role, which has a particular focus on transformational change, systems thinking is integral to how ECMS can influence the direction of the sector.  

“I value the authenticity of distributed leadership, where leaders from across a sector (or, better still, leaders across sectors…), opt into their role as custodians of the collective future.”