New appointments bolster governance in Catholic education
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- 22 Mar 2023
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Australia’s largest system of Catholic schools has announced a suite of senior leadership appointments to support its transition to a new national governance structure.
The new appointments by Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) include Human Resources Director, Kym Bakaric, and six Board Chairs and CEOs who will oversee EREA’s new subsidiary companies.
Dr Stephen Brown has also been appointed as Executive Chair of the EREA Ltd Board until January 2024, an evolution of his interim appointment in 2022 due to Stephen’s already significant contribution to EREA.
Bakaric, a highly experienced HR professional, with more than 20 years of experience and a passion for education and organisational development, has held various senior HR roles at Victoria University and was most recently at the helm as Executive Director of People and Culture, where she was principal advisor to the CEO and executive group.
During this time, Bakaric also supported staff through the extraordinary changes and challenges that resulted from the pandemic. She joined EREA in November 2022 and is already embedding herself in the organisation, with plans in place to strengthen the ways in which EREA supports, encourages and develops its national network.
Interim Executive Director Ray Paxton said Bakaric would work to “nourish relationships within the EREA network”.
“Creating a new HR Director role was central to our commitment to bolster EREA’s service offering and ensure that our entire network gets access to the most highly qualified, specialised expertise possible,” Paxton said. Read More…
