Stephen Conway is the Managing Director of the TAFE SA Adelaide South Institute. 

With a background in Engineering, Stephen has been in the TAFE SA system for twenty five years.  During that period he has been the Director of both metropolitan and regional Institutes at the time when there were 10 separate TAFE Institutes in South Australia.

As well as his Institute leadership roles, Stephen has taken responsibility across the system in the areas of; Marketing, International  as well as Industrial Relations. 

Stephen was recently appointed as Chair of TAFE Directors Australia, having served as a Board Member for several years.

Stephen holds formal qualifications in organisational development, vocational education and training as well as corporate governance.  His Master’s Thesis was based on professional development needs of educators/administrators and teaching and learning processes are of particular interest to him.  Stephen was the recipient of an Australian Fellowship and has undertaken international research around flexible learning.

Working as part of a commercially focussed Executive Team for TAFE SA, Stephen is looking forward to the challenges facing the system through the latest South Australian Vet Reform Agenda – Skills For All.