Rod Jones, West Australian-based entrepreneur is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Navitas Limited. He has 30 years of educational administration experience. He held top positions within the Government and the private education sectors. Recently, Rod Jones was nominated as “2008 Australian Entrepreneur Of The Year Winner and 2008 Entrepreneur Of The Year for the Services category” ahead of 24 other regional winners from Australia.

About Navitas :

Navitas is the largest provider in pre-university and university pathway programs for students, teaching more than 12,000 students on campuses at 10 universities around the country. Navitas also provides English language, professional development & Corporate training and cultural adjustment programs to International students, professionals and migrants.

Rod Jones is one of the co-founders of Navitas and his contributions were very valuable in the expansion and development of the Navitas. Rod Jones first recognized opportunity in this sector by noticing the unfilled voids in international education services in Australia. He also acted as Deputy Director of the Tertiary Institutions Service Centre and the Secondary Education Authority. Navitas also raised its operations to Canada, Indonesia, Kenya, Singapore, Srilanka, United kingdom and Zambia by providing Educational programs over to 16,000 students on university campuses. Now more than 16oo people are working in Navitas seeking a healthy growth in financial sector. One final word about Rod Jones:

Ernst & Young Oceania Area Managing Partner and CEO Australia, James Millar, said ,” Rod Jones joins a remarkable alumni of Entrepreneur of the Year winners in Australia and from around the world”.