Susan Pascoe AM
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Susan Pascoe AM
Chair, Community Directors Council
Current Positions
Chair, Community Directors Council
Previous Positions
Commissioner, Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission
CEO, Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)
Commissioner, Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission, 2009
Chair, Australian National Commission for UNESCO
Prior to becoming the inaugural Commissioner for the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), Susan Pascoe AM was a Commissioner at the State Services Authority in Victoria (2006-2011) focusing on regulatory reform. In this role she chaired the review of the regulation of the not-for-profit sector in 2007-08, co-chaired a review of the design and governance of regulatory bodies in Victoria in 2008-09, and chaired a review of Victoria's Indigenous Employment Strategy in 2008-09. She served as one of three Commissioners on the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission.
Ms Pascoe's earlier professional background was in education where she served as President of the Australian College of Educators, Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority and Chief Executive of the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria. She chaired the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, was a Patron for the Melbourne Parliament for the World's Religions, and served on the Board of Cabrini Health and the Senate of the Australian Catholic University.
Ms Pascoe is a Life Member of the Australian College of Educators, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Public Administration, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Ms Pascoe's earlier professional background was in education where she served as President of the Australian College of Educators, Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority and Chief Executive of the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria. She chaired the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, was a Patron for the Melbourne Parliament for the World's Religions, and served on the Board of Cabrini Health and the Senate of the Australian Catholic University.
Ms Pascoe is a Life Member of the Australian College of Educators, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Public Administration, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Areas of Expertise
Susan Pascoe Reflects on the ACNC Five Years On
Pro Bono News
September 27, 2017
Susan Pascoe Appointed Head of Newly Formed Community Directors Council
Pro Bono News
September 22, 2017
Are There Too Many Charities In Australia?
Huffington Post
February 22, 2016
Meet the boss: charity regulator Susan Pascoe
Sydney Morning Herald
May 23, 2015
Uncharitable cut? Aust’s not-for-profits regulator stands tough
The Mandarin
October 24, 2014
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