QCAA Organisational Structure as at 18 August 2021
Finance Unit Manager – Liam Hayes
Policy Unit Caroline Thomson
Manager
Assessment Services Unit Monica See
Manager
Application Services Unit Andrew Messer
Manager
Key Indicators:
Ceasing Units
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Rider
Strategy, Planning and Corporate Support Division
Alison Smith Executive Director
Business Operations Unit
Samantha Durham Manager
Assessment, Reporting and ICT Systems Division
Claude Jones Executive Director (Chief Information Officer)
Business Support Unit Lynne Carpenter
Manager
Curriculum Services Division Jacqui Wilton
Executive Director
K-10 Curriculum and Assessment Branch
Kathy Tully Director Office of the
Executive Director
Operations and Finance Branch
Liam Hayes Director
Human Resources Unit Joanne Grasso
A/Manager
Finance Unit Manager
Procurement Unit Sarah Wilkinson
Manager
Communications Unit James Lamb
Manager
Publishing Unit Bree Chesher
Manager
Office of the Executive Director
Senior Curriculum and Assessment Branch
Theo Clark A/Director
Senior Assessment and Certification Support
Branch Leanne Rolph
Director
Senior Curriculum Unit Manager
Quality Assurance Unit Alison Welch
Manager
International Education Unit
Jane Gado Manager
Vocational Education and Training Unit
Mark Maddox Manager Strategic Engagement
Branch John McGuire
Director
Office of the Executive Director
External Assessment Branch Robyn Simpson
Director
Analysis and Reporting Branch
Karen Wilson A/Director
ICT Branch Terry Dwan
Director
External Assessment Implementation Unit
Sophie Johnson Manager
Access Arrangements and
Reasonable Adjustments (AARA) Unit Tim Roberts
Manager
Assessment Operations Unit
Jeff Smith Manager (Review after full implementation of NAPLAN online – end
2022) Measurement Unit
Brian Nott Director
Performance Information and Monitoring Unit
Manager
Performance Analytics Unit Leah McCart
Manager
Certification Unit Paula Starr
A/Manager
ICT Infrastructure Unit Bruce Scott
Manager
NAPLAN Online Unit until October 2022
Sharon Chapman Manager Professional Learning
Programs Unit Shannyn McSweeney
Manager
Policy and Resource Development
Unit Christopher Brown
A/ Manager (7-10 Policy and Resource Development)
And Joanne Gordon
Manager
(K-6 Policy and Resource Development)
Learning Areas Unit
Evan Winter A/Manager – Mathematics
David Madden Manager – Science
Lyn Sherington Manager Humanities and Social
Science Lisa Bottomley Manager – English /
Languages Kay York Manager – Health and PE/
Technology Angela Pratt Manager – The Arts
ICT Project Unit Mike Maclean
Director
NAPLAN Unit (including NAPLAN
On-line to October 2022) Tim Kelly A/Manager
Legal Unit Baden Appleyard
General Counsel
Payroll Unit Michael Rolfe
A/Manager
