Leading through Complexity: Balancing Compliance, Culture, and Trust
Mini-Workshop
Friday, January 22, 2027 | 2:50-6:15PM
Examine how school leaders can navigate complex operational and leadership challenges while balancing compliance, organizational culture, and relationship-building to strengthen institutional trust.
Facilitator
Elena Stamatelou
Head of Governance, Risk and Compliance
Dulwich College (Singapore)
Elena Stamatelou is a governance, risk and regulatory compliance professional with extensive experience across educational and corporate environments in Singapore and the Middle East. She currently serves as Head of Governance, Risk and Compliance at Dulwich College (Singapore), where she leads the College’s approach to governance, enterprise risk, regulatory compliance, data protection, health and safety, policy development and quality assurance.
Elena has successfully led Dulwich College (Singapore) through ISO 45001 and ISO 9001 certifications, as well as Singapore’s Data Protection Trustmark (DPTM), and has extensive experience working with the EduTrust Certification Framework, strengthening organisational frameworks across quality management, health and safety, data governance, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement.
She holds an MBA from Murdoch University and is an ISO 45001 and ISO 9001 certified auditor and CIPM trained, combining strategic and leadership expertise with specialist knowledge in governance, risk, quality, health and safety, data protection and regulatory compliance.
Her work focuses on strengthening governance frameworks, improving processes, streamlining workflows and embedding effective risk and compliance practices across diverse operational functions. She also has extensive experience leading internal and external audits, developing policies and controls, and working across leadership teams to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.
