Sophie O'Connor

• Delivered a university education strategy to improve market position by making the education offer more attractive and streamlining resources to support the revised offer
• Developed a framework to assess Australia’s science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) performance that assessed Australia’s STEM skill demand, supply and utilisation
• Designed a framework for allocation of roles and responsibilities within the Australian federation, built on a comprehensive literature review and initial application to two policy case studies
• Developed a whole-of-organisation business case for a large financial services transformation and led key projects through to full implementation to realise identified benefits
• Identified resource allocation options for the human services portfolio that identified a spectrum of funding approaches and the ability of these approaches to enable more client-centred and outcomes focused approaches to service delivery.

Sophie holds a Graduate Diploma in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne.

Sophie has a keen interest in languages and travel. In between holidays she enjoys cooking, hiking and pilates.