Annamarie Lawrence
Senior Consultant, Tribal Group
Based in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Annamarie is a Senior Consultant for Tribal Group, a UK-based global education consultancy. Her global experience includes supporting Bahrain Government by establishing work-integrated teaching and learning models for employers and higher education to work closer together. In the UK, she supported the international expansion of an awarding body looking at international markets for its apprenticeship model. In Sweden, Annamarie supported skills and talent strategy in the steel and pharmaceutical industry, and in New Zealand, she worked for the New Zealand Government contributing to education and skills anticipation on regional economic development strategy in partnership with key employers. Annamarie’s technical and strategic experience has been utilized in her contributions to national policy offering support for an integrated policy that supports both education and labor market interventions. Her policy experience includes contributing to national innovation policy, national research policy, apprenticeships policy, and leading a policy initiative to govern professional standards for applied learning practitioners. In addition to policy documentation, Annamarie has contributed with thought leadership through her British Council publications and book chapters on international education policy, EdTech policy gap for industry 4.0, policy impact assessments, and the integration of skill policy on the labor market. Annamarie holds a Master’s Degree in Human Capital Development from Gothenburg University, Sweden, and a Senior Fellowship from the UK Higher Education Academy. In addition, Annamarie holds credentials in education policy, quality assurance in education, work integrated learning, policy impact assessments, and Theory of Change models.