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Lorna Beegan is a nationally recognised educational leader and principal of Strathcona Girls Grammar School, known for shaping a bold and contemporary vision for education that prepares young people to meet complexity, embrace opportunity and shape the future. Her leadership is distinguished by a commitment to excellence, innovation and inclusion, ensuring every student is known, challenged and empowered to realise her potential.
Under Beegan’s leadership, Strathcona is transforming into a future-focused learning community that integrates academic rigour, wellbeing, character development, creativity and emerging technologies. She has championed an educational model that embraces digital innovation and entrepreneurial thinking while maintaining a strong commitment to the humanities, ethical leadership, human connection and social responsibility. Through this distinctive approach, Strathcona is redefining what excellence in girls’ education can look like in the 21st century.
A leading voice in educational transformation, Beegan advocates for learning environments that cultivate curiosity, adaptability, courage, integrity and purpose. Her work is characterised by evidence-informed practice, strategic foresight and a global-informed understanding of the changing educational landscape.
Beyond her school, Beegan contributes to national conversations on leadership, learning and the future of education through her writing, speaking and advocacy. She continues to influence how schools respond to emerging challenges while creating opportunities for young women to lead, innovate and make a meaningful impact in an increasingly complex and interconnected world.
Sydney Square, 474 Kent St, Sydney, NSW 2000
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Lorna Beegan
Principal
Strathcona Girls Grammar
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Dean of Cross-Curriculum and Future Learning at St Mark’s Anglican Community School
2013–2017
Head of Strategic Priorities at St Mark’s Anglican Community School
2018–2019
Deputy Principal at Genazzano FCJ College
Named in The Educator’s Hot List 2020
2019–2022
Director of Genazzano Institute at Genazzano FCJ College
2023
Principal at Strathcona Girls Grammar
2024–Present
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“I know this seems pretty simple, but [my philosophy] is always doing what’s right for clients and not what is best for me”
Collin Bruce,
Dominion Lending Centres
“I had to crawl my way out of debt and build up my mortgage business. I never forget that feeling, and I try to never take a new lead for granted. Every deal counts”
Collin Bruce,
Dominion Lending Centres
The professional philosophy that underpins all of it is strikingly basic – and Bruce knows it. “I know this seems pretty simple,” he says, “but always doing what’s right for clients and not what is best for me. I never have to worry about something coming back to me from a previous client.”
He has helped clients through years-long credit rehabilitation without earning a cent along the way. He has never placed a client in a product he wasn’t prepared to fully stand behind. The result is a practice built on trust generating its own momentum: repeat business and referrals that arrive without prompting, from clients who know the difference between a broker who serves them and one who services a transaction.
In Alberta, where Bruce has built a particularly strong market presence, his name is amplified by a heavy advertising campaign across television and radio – channels he values not simply for reach but for credibility. The ads, he notes, help legitimize him in a market where clients are choosing who to trust with some of the largest financial decisions of their lives. Alongside that visibility, he has cultivated deep relationships with builders and financial planners, creating a diversified pipeline of leads that insulates the business against the inevitable swings of the rate cycle.
The operational side of the business has evolved with equal deliberateness. The appointment of a dedicated ‘Director of Wow’ – a role conceived to ensure every client interaction exceeds expectation – and the adoption of Dominion Lending Centres’ Gold Rush CRM platform have together driven a meaningful uplift in repeat client business over the past year.
The present year of 2026 brings its own complexities. With clients emerging from a period of historically low rates and confronting sharply higher mortgage costs, Bruce has tilted his focus toward refinancing – helping existing borrowers navigate a transition that, for many, has been genuinely painful. He is also investing in AI tools to sharpen lead generation and streamline internal processes, a measured embrace of technology from someone who has never confused efficiency with the thing it is meant to serve.