Mark Bagshaw

Mark Bagshaw joined the National Quality Council in May 2007 as its Equity representative for people with a disability.

Mark is the Managing Director of the Innov8 Consulting Group that specialises in complex national and international structure, systems and process re-engineering projects across the government, business and community sectors.

Prior to that he worked for IBM Australia for over 25 years in a variety of technical, marketing, sales and management positions. His last role in IBM was Business Development Executive in IBM Australia and New Zealand. He commenced his IBM career in system engineering, ultimately as Country Large Systems Specialist. He moved into program management, with national responsibility for end-user and database solutions. He then moved into systems engineering management. He then led the Strategic Consulting team in IBM Consulting, followed by two years as Client Executive. He then assumed the role of International Marketing Manager for IBM Australasia, then established the IBM Accessibility Centre in Australasia.

For most of that time Mark has also undertaken a variety of community-oriented roles. His current roles include Co-founder and Chairman of the Ability Australia Foundation; Chairman of Humanitech; Vice-patron of Technical Aid for the Disabled; Judge for the NSW Premier�s Teacher Scholarships; Judge for the Australian Humanitarian Awards; Co-chair of the National VET Disability Advisory Taskforce, a member of the National Quality Council and others.

Previous roles have included Chairman of the Australian Quadriplegic Association; Coordinator of the Wheeling Free Movement; President of Sydney Community College; President of the Evening and Community Colleges Association of NSW; President of the Adult and Community Education Council; Chairman of the Australian National Training Authority Disability Forum; Chairman, IT Skills Hub Disabled and Mature Age Worker Employment Project; a member of the ANTA National Marketing Strategy Reference Group; a member of the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service Advisory Board; a member of the Australian Disability Consultative Council; Founding Member and Chairman of Leadership Action Australia; a Director of Televentures; a member of the Gold Medal Disability Access Strategy Steering Group; a judge of the Prime Minister�s Community-Business Partnership Awards; Chairman of the Federal Government Employers Roundtable for People with Disabilities; Co-chair of the Australian Disability Training Advisory Council; Chairman of the NSW Spinal Vocational Rehabilitation Project, and others.

His primary focus at present is to demonstrate to the world business community that addressing the issues faced by people who are economically disadvantaged in the world makes good business and economic sense as well as being right for our society. He is passionate about social reform and particularly about the crucial role that education performs in developing a just, healthy society. He is a frequent public speaker on these issues.

Mark has received a Paul Harris Fellowship from Rotary International, the 2002 Australian National Training Authority Board Award, an Australian Humanitarian Award and the Australian Centenary Medal. In September 2003 Mark was awarded an Honorary Doctorate (D.Univ.) by Griffith University.