Dr Tim Hawkes OAM completed his secondary education in England and his first degree (BEd. Hons) at Durham University. After teaching in England for five years, and securing a British Army Officer’s commission in the Reserves, Dr Hawkes returned to Australia in 1981 to teach. After teaching in Sydney for 9 years, Dr Hawkes became the Principal of St Leonard’s College in Melbourne in 1990 where he served as a heads representative on the governing board of the International Baccalaureate Organisation and was the founding chair of the Association of Heads of Independent Co-educational Schools of Victoria. In 1998, Dr Hawkes became Headmaster of one of Australia’s most well-known schools, The King’s School in Sydney, a position he held until 2017.
