Dr Jarrod Hingston is the Acting CEO of ACER UAE. Since February 2025, he has been leading the organizations work in supporting schools and education systems across the Middle East with world-class assessment programs and expert consultancy. With nearly 20 years of experience in student assessment, policy development, and large-scale project delivery, Dr. Hingston has played a key role in shaping education systems in both the Middle East and Australia. From 2010 to 2015, he was National Assessment Manager at the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), responsible for the External Measurement of Student Achievement (EMSA) and early years national assessments. In 2013, Dr Hingston also given responsibility for heading the Student Assessment and Examinations Division at the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), overseeing government school examinations and reporting, national assessment programs, and the implementation and analysis of major international assessments, including PISA, TIMSS and PIRLS. Dr Hingstons substantive role at ACER is Director of School and Early Childhood Education Services at ACER's head office in Melbourne. He oversees 30 of ACER's programs and projects including the Progressive Achievement Tests (PAT), International Schools Assessments (ISA), Before joining ACER in 2017, he worked at the Victorian Department of Education and Training as a policy advisor, supporting the transition of Victorian schools to online national and classroom assessments.