Hesham Metwalli has extensive strategic and state-level experience in both higher education and K-12 education. He is a Senior Fellow at the Australian Graduate School of Leadership.

Hesham has contributed significantly to educational reforms across various regions. As a founding member of the Dubai School Inspections Bureau, he served as a Senior Inspector and spearheaded community partnership projects before advancing to Abu Dhabi, where he held the position of Director of Inspections and Education Quality with Tribal Group. His leadership in inspecting and managing inspections of over 350 schools across the UAE and the MENA region is widely recognised, as is his role in developing the inspection frameworks for both Abu Dhabi government schools and Dubai Schools. In addition to his inspection work, he managed a national project for the UAE Ministry of Education, training and preparing 700 education reform leaders in partnership with Pearson Education, the UK National College for Leadership, and Nottingham University. His diverse expertise also includes holding senior education leadership roles in Australia, further highlighting his influence in shaping educational quality and leadership across different contexts. He is a certified Lead Auditor from PwC, Efficacy Reviewer from Pearson Education and Leadership Facilitator from the National College for Leadership in the UK. He is also a certified University Reviewer from QAA the leading body of higher education quality management in the UK. He also completed the certification program for supervising doctoral studies with the University of Oxford.

Expertise 

• Strategic leadership
• Education reform
• School inspections and quality
• Inspection framework development
• Educational leadership