Marc Ratcliffe
Marc is the founder of the organisation and has been involved in Vocational Education for almost 20 years. His commitment to innovative teaching practice and a genuine love for engaging learning has enabled him to transform MRWED into one of Australia’s largest providers of trainer training. He has been delivering Certificate IV courses since 1997, (which includes the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and its predecessors). Further to this, he has delivered training to more than 5000 students in areas as diverse as business management, health and safety, marketing, team building and training and development. This experience includes conducting over 250 Certificate IV courses in the last 10 years. He is a Registered Teacher and has completed a Master in Education specialising in Adult and Workplace Education. Marc won a personal accolade in 2009 by being named as one of the Top 10 Young Trainers in the World by US Training Magazine.

Stephen Murphy
For more than 10 years Stephen has trained, and developed training programs for the corporate sector. He brings an extensive history of sales based training as well as customer service, process & systems training. Stephen spent the bulk of his 10 years in corporate training as the Queensland state trainer for several organisations, before moving into a National Management role. Stephen is a very dynamic, engaging speaker with the ability to break down complex information in a relevant easy to understand session. He has also recently moved into the development & delivering of online training solutions in multiple platforms and is MRWED’s Lead Trainer.

Jason Ash
Jason has over 8 years of experience training and assessing in corporate environments specialising in sales, communication, coaching and management courses. During this time Jason has also developed online training programs and has been involved in the development of training material to meet client focuses and increase profitability. Since moving to Brisbane to extend his training career, Jason has completed both a certificate IV in training and assessment and a Diploma of Training and Assessment through the MRWED program and is excited about sharing that experience with others. Jason won MRWED Trainer of the Year for 2010, as voted by our students. Congratulations Jason!

Steven Fox
Steve comes to MRWED from and Outdoor Education background, but he is equally effective in traditional learning environments. He has more than 13 years of experience in instruction and facilitation and his career has involved roles in team-building, leadership development, planning and organising, event management, and training program design. In his spare time he is involved in the mentoring and coaching young people at risk via experiential learning in outdoor environments.

Vijay Naidoo
Vijay is an accomplished Learning and Development practitioner with substantive experience in health and education sectors and has specialist expertise in quality management systems and continuous improvement in learning. Vijay has worked in both the Higher Education sector and within Vocational Education and Training and brings an enthusiastic and participant-centred approach to the organisation. She has held numerous Quality Improvement and Accreditation positions within the NSW Health system facilitating state benchmarking projects and developing and delivering in house training programs. A very rewarding 5 year stint as the Subject Coordinator and Lecturer in Quality Management in Health in a postgraduate program at Wollongong University enabled Vijay to hone in her natural Learning Leader talents.  She has a “can do” attitude, energy and passion for nurturing and supporting individuals, organisations and communities to perform at their best.

Tim Dufton
Tim's extensive training experiences are complemented by his Bachelor of Arts degree and Masters Degree in Adult Education and Training. As the owner of The Business College of Australia, Tim acquired an intimate knowledge of business processes and the quality systems employed by Australia's VET industry. In his role as the MRWED Manager of Learning Support, Tim coordinates MRWED's popular correspondence programs and one-on-one coaching support to MRWED students.

Anthony Josephs
Anthony brings over 20 years of Training and Facilitation experience from all over the globe to the MRWED team. He has a passion to develop confident and highly effective participants and his high energy style inspires candidates to work at their best. He balances his MRWED commitments with community work encouraging resilience and confidence in a faith-based context.

Maree Davidson
Maree has 23 years experience working in a range of community service and learning and development roles. She began her career as a youth worker coordinating a support service for homeless young people in Melbourne. She has since worked in metropolitan and regional settings managing projects, developing teams and promoting partnerships for the development of social and affordable housing. Most recently however, she has focused her passion for learning and development of the VET sector, acquiring a broader range of skills to offer as a workforce development consultant. She has a proven track record managing teams, project management and community engagement and manages to combine her busy schedule with a part time role with CANH, the South Australian peak body for Community Centres and Neighbourhood Houses. Her role is to develop training programs and other initiatives aimed at building the sector's workforce capacity. Additionally, she is the service excellence project officer for Indigenous services.

Damian Noud
Damian has more than 20 years of experience training and assessing at universities and private colleges. Through his roles as a Director of Studies and then Principal at NSW and QLD private training organisations, Damian has had substantial practical management experience in Australia's VET sector. After completing an Honours degree in Economics, he obtained a Masters of Business Administration in addition to relevant vocational qualifications in Training and Assessment. Damian relies upon his extensive experience in the VET industry in his current role as MRWED's Quality and Strategic Development Manager. In addition to this role, Damian led the development of MRWED Online and has delivered in excess of 500 days of face-to-face instruction in trainer training.

Col Fullerton
Col has been involved in training for 20 years. This has involved delivering training in customer service, project management, team building and computer technology, to name but a few. Most recently he delivered the Unisys "Train the Trainer" program both locally and internationally for almost 15 years. This work took him to diverse marketplaces such as Singapore, China, Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand and the United States. Col has been with MRWED since January 2001 and has delivered over 100 courses. Col has numerous international qualifications in training and development as well as possessing Australian qualifications in Assessment and Workplace Training.

Katie Seabrook
Katie comes to MRWED from the Australian Defence Force where she was a part of the Royal Australian Medical Corps. As part of this role Katie delivered training to new and existing Medical trainees. Katie is a vibrant and passionate training professional with over 10 years experience developing and delivering comprehensive training programs in dynamic, international environments.

Katie has achieved various levels of education. This includes the Graduate Certificate of Management, Diploma of Training and Assessment, Diploma of Retail Management and Certificate IV of Training and Assessment (TAE40110).  Katie is currently working on completing her MBA and Diploma of Paramedical Science (Ambulance).

To compliment these qualifications Katie has delivered training in Retail, Management, Business, Health and Training industries through organisations such as McDonald’s Australia, Sumo Salad and the Australian Defence Force.
Katie was awarded Top young retailer-corporate division and Victorian Government young retailer of the year 2005.