Kim Little is the inaugural Chief Executive of the Office for Early Childhood Development.
She is tasked with leading the design and implementation of landmark reforms in early childhood in South Australia, to increase the number of children starting school developmentally on track.
With expertise in education and social policy, Kim was most recently the lead Deputy Secretary for the implementation of the Victorian Government’s ambitious Education State kindergarten reforms. This included the introduction of universal 3-year-old kindergarten and successful programs to lift the quality of kindergarten-offering services.
Kim has held leadership roles in the areas of early childhood, higher education and skills, with a focus on policy matters, market design and intervention. She has also worked as a philosopher at Monash University and a corporate lawyer.
Kim grew up in rural Queensland and Papua New Guinea and is married to a South Australian.