Hon. Noel Scott

Noel Scott is one of our New Zealand's best-known education experts. A former school teacher and Inspector of schools, he has worked closely on many of the education initiatives and reforms of the past two decades. He is best remembered by many as the Minister for Sport and Recreation and Associate Minister for Education during the Labour government of 1984 - 1990. He has forged many close relationships with all sectors of the international development community and has worked on projects throughout the Pacific, Indonesia and Asia.

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Chris Knol

Chris is an experienced development assistance practitioner and international project manager with extensive experience across the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific. He has participated and worked within all functions of the development assistance cycle, ranging from a team member to team leader as well as implemented a series of large loan and technical assistance projects for the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UNDP, Pacific Island Forum, AusAID, and NZAID.

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Martin Eadie

Prior to his current consulting role as Deputy Team Leader and Communications and Strategy Manager for the Polytechnic of Bahrain, Martin Eadie was Executive Director of ITP New Zealand. Previously Martin had been the Group Manager for Tertiary Education at NZQA since 2001 and before this he spent five years as the General Manager of the Seafood Industry Training Organisation during which time he was also chair of the NZ Industry Training Federation.

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Brigid Thorns

Brigid has joined the Projects International team as Project Co-ordinator. Orginally from Cape Town, South Africa, Brigid trained in Opthalmic Dispensing in Cambridge, before practising as a Dispensing Optician in the UK and New Zealand. Moving into a career in project management was an easy one for Brigid who learnt early on that actively building relationships with your clients is the key to be able to deliver the outcomes they are looking for.

Mitzi Austin

Mitzi is an education specialist with extensive experience in the secondary and tertiary sectors, and in administration at national level. She has facilitated curriculum and professional development in the Cook Islands and also managed their Teacher Education and Support Project on behalf of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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Kevin Brett

A resident of Australia, Kevin has been working in international education since 1985. His experience in project management includes design and implementation of education and development programs, transnational education delivery and student mobility initiatives. He also has considerable experience in marketing, business development and student recruitment both in Australia and offshore. His current prime interest is quality assurance in international higher education.

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Kate Colbert

One of New Zealand's best known faces of NZQA, Kate was Group Manager, Secondary Education and NCEA Implementation at NZQA prior to her current work as a consultant in capability frameworks for incursion response with Biosecurity New Zealand. Working with any education system can be daunting and Kate has the experience and expertise to navigate these systems, providing expertise to ensure process is improved and capacity built.

Grant Davidson

Grant is recognised internationally for his expertise in the development of programmes in adventure education and recreation. He is a published and recognised international expert in risk management theory and its application to provide safe outcomes in adventure education. He has been instrumental in the development of training and qualification systems in recreation contexts.

Matthew Howell
Currently living in Geneva, Matthew has worked extensively with the initiation of grants, projects, and other development interventions, as well as extensive experience in tendering, procurement and management of projects. Matthew has considerable expertise with managing the performance of contractors, monitoring the progress of projects and managing the risks, impact and the review/evaluation processes for development interventions.