Frances Kelly is the New Zealand Ministry of Education's Counsellor for Education. Based in Brussels, she is responsible for representing New Zealand education in Europe, and for helping New Zealand institutions understand priorities, developments and opportunities in Europe. She also represents New Zealand on a range of OECD education bodies, and currently chairs the Governing Body of the OECD's Centre for Education Research and Innovation. Frances has worked for the Ministry of Education for the past 10 years. Prior to that she worked in teacher education, after beginning her career as a secondary school teacher

Frances Kelly presented during the 3c - Regional trading blocs: competing for students and knowledge in a new era of globalisation session.