Martin James
Director, Innovation and People
(Australia New Zealand)
Martin is an experienced educational leader, facilitator and researcher. Martin has spent most of his career leading and supporting schools before making the shift to working in the social innovation space a decade ago. While education is his background, his understanding of systems change and transformation sees him working across the education, health and social care spaces in Aotearoa, Bermuda and Australia.
Before joining Innovation Unit, Martin was an executive member at the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) where he had oversight of the teacher quality, improvement and innovation portfolio.Martin has also spent time in Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia as a consultant working with government organisations on a range of education reforms.