MARY METCALFE
Executive Director
Mary Metcalfe worked in teacher education from 1982 to 1994. She was elected to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature in 1994 and was appointed as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education from 1994 to 1999. She was appointed as MEC for Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and Land from 1999 to 2004 then joined the University of the Witwatersrand as the Head of the School of Education before being appointed as the Director General of Higher Education and Training in 2009. She joined the Development Bank of Southern Africa in 2011 where she worked across the sector developing the ideas that led to the formation of PILO. She is currently a Professor of Practice in the School of Public Management, Governance and Public Policy at the University of Johannesburg, and is a Commissioner in the third National Planning Commission.
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