Luke Ritchie
Luke’s career in education spans more than 20 years, leading some of Australia’s most prominent schools including Canberra Girls Grammar School, Prince Alfred College, Annesley College, and as the current Principal at St Andrew’s School. He holds a Master of Leadership and Management from Deakin University and has completed the Principal’s Leadership Academy through the Harvard Business School. Strategic leadership, active listening, student-focused communication and impressive global networks are hallmarks of Luke’s professional impact. As a leader, Luke is passionate about quality personalised learning, driving progressive experiential learning outcomes and building capacity in his community.
As an avid adventurer Luke, his wife and four children have explored ‘every corner’ of Australia from the tip of Cape York in far-north QLD, to the Oodnadatta Track in outback SA to the top of the Dampier Peninsula in northern WA. Luke’s happy places are hiking in the bush, having a campfire with his kids in the forest, or building sandcastles on one of SA’s majestic beaches with family and friends.