BIOGRAPHY ADRIAN CAMM

Dr. Adrian Camm is the Principal of Westbourne Grammar and Managing Director of the school Board. Adrian has worked with schools and organizations around the world and has had the chance to present his innovation for the future of learning to leading innovators and thinkers in business and industry including Dr. Edward de Bono, Daniel Dennett and one of USA’s top ten entrepreneurs and inventors Raymond Kurzweil.

As a strategist and transformation expert, he holds a PhD from Deakin University, a Master of Education (Leadership), and is an alumni of the Saïd Business School at Oxford University. Adrian is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has sat as a Director on not-for-profit Boards.

He believes in harnessing the power of the collective to achieve extraordinary outcomes, and under his guidance, Westbourne is navigating the most exciting era of growth in its almost 160 year history.

Adrian has a long history of success and has been recognized with many awards and acknowledgements from organizations like Google and the Australian Institute of Physics. He was named Australian School Principal of the Year at the 2025 Australian Education Awards, received a Fellowship from the Australian Council of Educational Leaders in 2024 for outstanding leadership, was named Australian Leader of the Year in 2012 by the Australian Council for Computers in Education & the Australian Computer Society, was named Outstanding Secondary Teacher of the Year in 2010 at the Victorian Education Excellence Awards, and was awarded Best National Achievement - The Minister’s Award for Excellence in ICT at the Australian Awards for Teaching excellence in 2009.

He regularly features on The Educators Hotlist and has been named one of Australia's most influential leaders and educators.