Carmen Basilicata
Executive Director, Quality Assessment and Compliance, Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA)
As the Executive Director of Quality Assessment and Compliance for the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), Carmen oversees the efficient and effective operation of ASQA’s assessment and compliance functions. Carmen commenced in this role in August 2021 after returning from maternity leave with her second child. She initially joined ASQA in 2019 as the Manager Legal Services before taking on a Project Lead role focused on advancing ASQA’s reform agenda and implementing the recommendations of the Rapid Review into ASQA’s internal regulatory practices and processes. Specifically, Carmen led projects on ASQA’s audit practice and the establishment of Quality Assessment and Compliance teams. She has had an extensive career over the last 15 years in administrative law, regulation, reform and leading change. Prior to ASQA Carmen held a range of roles in Comcare and the Australian Taxation Office. She has led strategic pieces of work across these Federal Government agencies, specifically in relation to compliance, evidence based decision making, dispute resolution, litigation and best practice. Carmen has a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Justice and Society, a Bachelor of Laws, a Diploma of Legal Practice, a Diploma of Languages, an Accreditation in Mediation and a Certificate IV in Government (Project Management).