Australian Council for Private Education and Training, Australia. The Australian Council for Private Education and Training has appointed a new chair, Alexis Watt. Alexis has been a Director representing South Australia on the ACPET Board since 2016 and has more recently served as Deputy Chair. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Open Colleges School of Health, and brings experience from over fifteen years in the hospitality industry overlapping with more than twenty years in the VET and higher education sectors. During Alexis’s term a major priority will be to fully implement ACPET’s industry certification and practitioner registration schemes.