Julie Cain is the Campus Principal – Senior School at Mount Waverley Secondary College. She has tutored pre-service teachers at university level, is on the Board of Directors of the Victorian Commercial Teachers Association (VCTA) and currently holds the position of President. She is an experienced VCE Business Management, Commerce and Humanities teacher. Julie spent many years assessing VCE Business Management exams, and is a regular presenter at teacher professional development sessions and the annual VCTA Comview Conference. She is also a regular contributor to the VCTA COMPAK teachers’ journal and develops assessment materials for a number of organisations.

Tony is an education consultant, having previously taught in independent, Catholic, government and Christian schools for over 40 years. He has been Deputy Principal and Head of Senior School at several schools. He has a passion for teaching and has been extensively involved with the VCTA where he has published articles, conducted professional development sessions for teachers, presented at student lectures, been a long-standing Board member of VCTA, and served as president. He has also served as President of the national body – Business Educators Australasia. Tony has consistently advocated for good curriculum in the middle secondary level, and has previously published in this field. With the advent of Economics & Business and Civics & Citizenship (law-related components) Australian Curriculum, Tony was involved in the formulation of a draft position paper for the VCTA and in responding to ACARA draft curriculum in the fields above.

Gillian Somers is an education consultant who has regularly presented professional development sessions for teachers and student revision lectures in the area of VCE Business Management. Gillian has been actively involved in consultation, auditing, reviewing and assessing for the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA). She edited the Business Management section of the VCTA journal COMPAK for many years and regularly contributed to the journal and the VCTA annual conference Comview. Previously, she was the Senior Business Management teacher and VET Coordinator at Trinity Grammar School, Kew. She is a member of the VCTA Advisory Committee for Business Management.