Annette Madvig
Principal
Annette leads Nous’ work in Early Childhood Education and Care and co-leads Nous’ evaluation offer. She has 25 years of experience in the design, management and evaluation of complex policy and programs in government and non-government settings, and in building capability in cross-cultural and cross-sector environments.
Annette is an exceptional leader with a proven ability to operate strategically in demanding environments, collaborate with stakeholders and lead productive teams to deliver high quality work for clients. She has a sharp eye for complexity that informs a practical approach to policy development, program design and nuanced evaluation recommendations in early childhood and schooling education, emergency recovery, human services, health and justice.
Influential work
- Leading the formative evaluation of Victoria’s generational kindergarten reforms, including Three-Year-Old kindergarten, Pre-Prep and Free Kinder, to understand their value for families and the state
- Assisted a leading early childhood provider to collaboratively develop a program theory for its leading kindergarten model, an operational model, implementation plan and evaluation plan
- Led research and consultations to formulate a compelling investment rationale and proposal for a multinational company’s philanthropic investment in careers education for Australian school students
- Facilitating Nous’ contribution to an action research study led by Learning Creates Australia to document emerging practice in schools and education institutions and understand the benefits of recognising the capabilities of senior secondary students, beyond their academic results
- Led multiple evaluations of emergency recovery programs in Victoria in partnership with Emergency Recovery Victoria, identifying lessons to continue strengthening recovery policy, program design and coordination
Outside of Nous
Annette’s previous career was in international development policy and practice, working for fifteen years with the Australian Agency for International Development/Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, non-government organisations and as an independent consultant.
She holds a Graduate Certification in Evaluation from the University of Melbourne, a Master of Public Policy from The Australian National University and a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) from the University of New South Wales. She is also a member of the Australian Evaluation Society.
In her spare time...
Annette loves to bushwalk, read, go to the theatre and travel.