Robert has recently completed two terms as Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), first taking up that role in November 2012.
Robert began his career as a teacher of mathematics in Perth before holding a range of positions within and beyond schools in Western Australia. In 1996 Robert was appointed Director, Curriculum, with the NSW Board of Studies, and in 2001 took up the position of Director of Curriculum K–12 with the NSW Department of Education and Training.