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.