O U R T E A M
Our Team
Educators and operators who moved into management. Not consultants who arrived from outside the sector.
Leadership
Jae Fraser
Owner and Approved Provider
Early childhood teacher. Ran operations for Australia’s largest publicly listed childcare provider across Australia and Singapore before opening his own service in 2014.
More about JaeDrew Heslehurst
Executive Director
Commercial and strategic direction across both organisations. Co-founder of The Fraser Foundation.
Rebecca Gunn
Business Manager
Runs the consulting practice. Writes every service health check personally, between client work.
More about RebeccaMelanie Excell
Operations Manager
B.Ed. Abecedarian 3a coach and Children’s Rights Queensland Community Ambassador. In the sector since 2002.
Regional management
Stacey Lovett
Regional Manager
Jeannette Manu Ettles
Regional Manager
Lauren Higgins
Regional Manager
Your service is allocated a named Regional Manager. Not a rotating account contact.
Quality and operations
Jen Haydock
Quality Practice Manager
Former Department of Education Early Childhood Officer and Lead, Quality, Pedagogy and Practice. She has assessed services from the regulator’s side of the table.
Melissa Black
Operations Support Manager
Shaun Duff
Marketing Manager
Anne Blom
Office Manager
The support office
Behind every Regional Manager is a team you will never have to manage.
Stacey Q
Administrative Support
Kate
Enrolments Officer
Alison
Operations Support Officer
Monique
Administrative Support
Nikki
Administrative Support
Jell
Social Media & Marketing
They handle enrolments, rostering support, compliance administration and family communications, so your Centre Manager is not doing all of it between room shifts.