Tish Creenaune is a Senior Manager at IPPG. Tish is a highly regarded and experienced public sector executive in the education and training, innovation, communities and social policy fields as a policy planner and strategic project manager leading change projects and reform. She has worked closely with senior officers in government agencies and Government Ministers in leading the implementation of government policy and delivered on social, innovation, community and educational outcomes.

As Director, Tish led the establishment and scaling of the highly-acclaimed Catalyst Lab Innovation Program in the NSW Department of Education, an initiative stemming from the Education for a Changing World program. She saw a demand for a new, high-quality approach to education to give young people the enduring skills needed to shape their future and harness the opportunities it presents. Using her advanced stakeholder engagement skills across government and industry, she developed a top performing, multidisciplinary team comprised of educators, project managers, innovation experts from industry to collaborate on complex innovation projects.

Her leadership combined cutting-edge approaches to harnessing innovation in the public-sector, and culminated in two world-class teacher-led innovations progressing to prototype. She led the commissioning of comprehensive research and insights into the future of education in NSW leading to the publication of Future Frontiers: Education for and AI World, edited by Leslie Loble, Tish Creenaune and Jacki Hayes, MUP, 2017.

Tish brings her diverse experience and skill set to the IPPG team - a skill set that has been well-honed through successful Directorships delivering impact in national and state government policy, Women’s policy, strategy development and delivery, project management and operations, She has a proven track record in developing high performing teams, leadership development, coaching and mentoring, and professional development.

• Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies: Reading and ESL, University of Wollongong
• Diploma in Teaching (Primary), University of Wollongong
• Graduate, ANZSOG Executive Fellows Program
• Graduate, AICD Governance for Directors in the Public Service Program
• Graduate, NSW Leadership Academy Program

In IPPG Tish leads the Professional Development and Learning team managing short course and enterprise learning business and the Operations team.

Tish Creenaune

TEACHING AND SUPERVISION