Education Symposium

	Ron Perkinson Senior Education Specialist International Finance Corporation World Bank Group

Brief

Ron Perkinson is a New Zealander who has held positions at Chief Executive and Director level in large multinational service industries in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, spanning more than 20 years.

Ron was seconded to the International Finance Corporation in Yr 2000 to the role of Senior Education Specialist, to assist with the establishment of the Global Health & Education Group focusing on private education projects in developing economies. Ron is an educationalist who brings an international education business perspective to the IFC in a role that provides technical advice and assistance for private sector education projects involving K-12 schools; technical and vocational training; universities and higher education; ICT / education technology companies; plus distance education and e-learning projects in developing countries. In 2003 Ron was also invited to become a North American representative of the Global e-Forum and the International Roundtable on e-learning, an invitation-only group of 60 professionals selected to advance quality international e-learning case studies and best practices in the global higher education and corporate training sectors.

In 1989 and prior to joining the IFC Ron was appointed as Chief Executive of Multi Serve Education Trust in New Zealand. Multi Serve was the privatised outcome of the New Zealand government’s education services after the sweeping education reforms in New Zealand throughout the late 1980’s. Ron was responsible for the pioneering the successful development of Multi Serve in New Zealand and its international services in seven countries, in areas of education administration, project management, academic/ professional development, and information & communications technology services.

Ron left the teaching profession during the 1970’s to pursue a corporate career as Managing Director of the security and communications divisions of ADT (Inc) with over 1500 employees in New Zealand and Australia. He has also been both a chairman and director of a number of independent companies and has served on a variety of government working parties and committees in New Zealand to oversee or advise on public sector reforms.

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