at nchems he specialises in state coordination and governance of higher education and advising state governments on longterm strategies to improve the effectiveness of their education systems and linking education to the state s future economic competitiveness and quality of life prior to joining nchems in he was a senior staff member for years at the education commission of the states ecs one of the principal sources of policy advice on education reform for state governments on the international level he has served as examiner for organisation for economic cooperation and development oecd reviews of education policy in the dominican republic egypt estonia ireland korea latvia lithuania the russian federation and turkey he is currently a consultant to the world bank on governance of technicalengineering in india