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Dr Roderick Crouch

Dr Roderick Crouch is a highly experienced international school leader, and is known for his leadership and innovation, particularly in school improvement. His leadership career has included being Principal or CEO of top independent schools in Australia, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Mexico and Central America, including 17 years leading IB world schools. Roderick has started and lead schools throughout the world in both the ‘not for profit’ and ‘for profit’ sector. Most recently he was a global head for an international schools group – a role which required him to support and stabilize schools in different countries that had found themselves in difficulty or between leaders.

Roderick was educated in Australia and has presented at education conferences on change management, improving pedagogical practice, school leadership, and middle schools. He has trained and mentored principals and leadership teams both formally and informally, and has been a regular contributor to a variety of professional publications. Dr Crouch has been a director of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in two different countries. He has considerable experience with different school accreditations and authorization including Council of International Schools (CIS), Cognia, and International Baccalaureate (IB), and is renowned as a strategic thinker, mentor and problem solver.

Fran Reddan

As a consultant for The 5Rs Partnership, Fran (BA (Hons), Dip Ed., B Ed St., M Ed.St, FACE, FACEL, AFILM, GAICD) advises schools in strategy, leadership, innovation and school reputation.

Fran is a distinguished educator with experience spanning more than 30 years, including teaching at primary, secondary and tertiary levels.

She was previously Principal of Mentone Girls’ Grammar School (Melbourne, Australia), where she successfully served the pursuit of excellence and innovation in education for over 14 years.

Fran is well known for her innovative and high-impact improvement projects and for her astute skills and understanding of the relational quality of a school with its complexity in stakeholder management.

She is recognised as an outstanding educator and is noted on the ‘Educator Hotlist’ (2018) and recorded in Who’s Who for her contribution to education.

She is an accredited school reviewer and is conversant with Australian and international quality (CIS) benchmarks. Fran is also bilingual (English/French), an asset for many of our international school clients.

Fran is a graduate of the Institute of Company Directors, and her extensive work with Boards has focussed on governance, strategic planning, and leading strategic planning processes. She has served as President of the Alliance of Girls’ Schools Australasia, the peak advocacy group for girls’ education.

Fran enjoys investing in the next generation and her contribution as a director includes service on the Boards of a university residential college, a charitable trust, an educational board serving the teaching profession, and as an advisor for a not-for-profit supporting student wellbeing.