In addition to being the Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success (ACSES’s) Executive Director, Professor Shamit Saggar is a Visiting Professor at King’s College, London and an Emeritus Professor at the University of Essex. He has 37 years of experience in international academia, government, business, regulation and philanthropy, is a former Senior Advisor to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, and a Knowledge Exchange Fellow in the David Cameron administration. Shamit was previously Director of the UWA Public Policy Institute. He has held personal chairs, visiting professorships and senior management roles at Essex, Sussex, Liverpool and Queen Mary in the UK, and at UCLA, Yale and Toronto in North America. He has published six books, 70+ journal papers and book chapters, and 20+ policy reports. His research grant capture exceeds $70m.