Nadia Starr

Chief Executive Officer, SAQA

Nadia Starr is Chief Executive Officer of SAQA.

SAQA is the South African Qualifications Authority, which oversees the National Qualifications Framework. Starr was previously CEO of the Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority.

In the job

  1. INSETA announced Starr as its new CEO from 1 February 2019, after more than nine years at the organisation. Source

  2. The Minister of Basic Education named the SAQA CEO as a member of the seventh Umalusi Council. Source

Career before

  1. Head of quality assurance and then learning division, INSETA
  2. from 2019Chief executive officer, INSETA

Education

Master of Education

Sources

  1. gov.za
  2. fanews.co.za
  3. theorg.com

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