Vincent McNamara has for almost 30 years been a consultant, policy analyst, and senior advisor for a succession of high-level planning and evaluation projects in Cambodia. Before working in Cambodia, he was a senior executive within ministries in Papua New Guinea and Australia. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire in 1977 for his service to educational leadership. He has also been recognised as a Fellow by the Australian College of Education.

Martin Hayden is an Emeritus Professor of Higher Education at Southern Cross University, Australia. He has published extensively on higher education policy issues in Australia and Southeast Asia. Since 2005, he has been actively engaged as a higher education consultant across the Southeast Asian region, including Cambodia, working on projects funded by the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, the ASEAN Secretariat, the Belgian Government, the Australian Government, and various others.