Leigh Tabrett is a graduate of the University of Queensland, and has undertaken further studies at the University of Melbourne and at the former Brisbane College of Advanced Education.
Leigh has worked as a teacher of German and French, and in university administration at Griffith University. Leigh joined the State Government in 1990 as the first Director of the Office of Higher Education and was employed in that role for more than ten years – a period of significant expansion of the State's higher education facilities.
Leigh has served as an advisor to both State and Commonwealth Governments, particularly in the areas of higher education quality assurance and access and equity issues.
Between 2002 and 2005, Leigh worked as Assistant Director-General (Education) with responsibility for the Department's international programs, where she led the expansion of the Department's promotion and marketing of university and school education overseas.
In March 2005 Leigh was appointed Deputy Director-General of Arts Queensland. Leigh has a long-standing and diverse interest in the arts, and is pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to the success of arts and cultural activities in Queensland.
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