About Duane Vickery

Duane Vickery is a highly respected and sought after Indigenous and South Sea Islander educator, coach, facilitator, trainer and mentor in the field of community engagement, leadership and governance. Duane has worked in the public and private sectors for over twenty years and has developed an excellent reputation for his passion, commitment and desire to see others excel and reach their full potential by working alongside others to build their capacity through a ‘strengths-based’ approach.

Duane is a graduate of the Australian Rural Leadership Program (ARLP Course 10, 2004) and effectively utilises his well-established leadership skills and networks to assist in the development of others. He successfully completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) course in 2003 and is a certified Cross Cultural Facilitator.

Duane is currently Managing Director of Education Training & Management Perspectives Pty Ltd (ETMP), a consultancy company specialising in leadership development and governance facilitation, education, training and research. He is an adjunct lecturer in Multicultural Studies at Avondale College, NSW and is a former Director of Worawa Aboriginal College in Victoria.

Duane graduated from Avondale College with a Diploma of Teaching (1991) and Bachelor of Education (1993), before going on to complete a Masters in Professional Studies (Aboriginal Education) from the University of New England (1996). Duane successfully completed the Certificate IV in Indigenous Leadership and a Certificate IV Business (Governance) with the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre (AILC). In May 2013 Duane was awarded the Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation bursary to study at the Harvard University, Boston USA, where he successfully completed the executive education program ‘The Art and Practice of Leadership Development’.