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This list showcases the top London based Director operating in the Education space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Carlo Ratti
Director of the Senseable City Lab of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Carlo Ratti is an Italian architect and engineer who directs the SENSEable City Laboratory, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology research group that explores the “real-time city” by studying the deployment of sensors and hand-held electronics, and their relationship to the built environment. A graduate in engineering at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, France, and at the Politecnico di Torino in Italy, Ratti later earned his MPhil and PhD degrees in architecture from the University of Cambridge, UK. In 2000 he moved to MIT as a Fulbright postdoctoral fellow, working with Hiroshi Ishii at the MIT Media Lab. In February 2008 the SENSEable City Lab presented an installation at MoMA in New York as part of the exhibition “Design and the Elastic Mind.” The New York Talk Exchange illustrates the global exchange of information in real-time by visualizing volumes of long-distance telephone and Internet data flowing between New York and cities around the world.
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About Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT is a research university that conducts research and offers educational courses in science, technology, and engineering.
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Lee Bernasconi
Director of Growth of Founders Factory
Leading the Founders Factory Growth team, Lee’s expertise in strategy, marketing, product and analytics help portfolio companies drive growth from launch through to traction and scale. Lee has previously held Senior Marketing positions at VC backed startups and international marketing agencies, also working as a business and marketing consultant for B2B & B2C companies in Mobile, FinTech, MarTech, AdTech, Property and eCommerce. With a background rooted in entrepreneurship, Lee founded a mobile ticketing startup in 2011 and a digital advertising platform for local businesses aged 19. He holds a BA (Hons) In Marketing & Management from Newcastle University.
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About Founders Factory: Founders Factory is a global corporate-backed venture studio and accelerator.
Stefan Wisbauer
CEO, President, CFO, and Managing Director of Lecturio
Stefan Wisbauer is the Managing Director of U.K. Preventive Medicine and the Founder and Managing Director of iHealth, a leading UK executive prevention provider. With a decade of experience in healthcare, Stefan previously worked at the World Bank and McKinsey & Co, where he advised health insurance, medical devices and biotech companies. Stefan also worked as a consultant to the National Health Service and with private healthcare operators on Public Private Partnerships and on establishing innovative approaches to care delivery. Previous to founding iHealth, Stefan helped build CircleHealth, which build next generation private hospitals in the U.K. based on a Kaiser Permanente style model, in which clinicians are co-owners in the business. Prior to that, Stefan was Bid Manager for Nations Healthcare, which won the largest share – valued at more than £400 — of the first wave of private day surgery contracts to treat NHS patients issued by the British government under Tony Blair’s leadership. Stefan also serves on the board of the Center for NonViolent Communication, a global charity promoting innovative solutions to trauma, conflict, restorative justice and communication. Stefan holds a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, Diploma in Mathematics from University of Bonn and a ‘Part III’ in Mathematics from Cambridge University.
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About iHealth, Lecturio: The Next Generation Learning Platform for Medicine
Jenny Storey
Operations Director of Blue Duck Education
Jenny Storey is an operations director at Blue Duck Education (Mangahigh).
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About Blue Duck Education: Blue Duck Education is the holding company behind Mangahigh.com which develops and publishes maths games for 11 to16 year-old students.
Sam Higginson
Group Marketing Director of Immotion Group plc
Sam has a wealth of experience in brand creation and management, strategic marketing and communications. Sam began his carrier working for global advertising giant Saatchi & Saatchi, working primarily on the client Proctor & Gamble, the world’s largest advertiser. In 2009 he joined NetPlayTV plc, an interactive TV gaming company, where he was Head of Brand Development. Strategic media partners included Sky, Freeview, Channel Five, Virgin Media Television and ITV. Having left NetPlayTV plc, Sam founded Digitalbox plc, a new generation of digital media business with an established pedigree in emerging technology, data acquisition and analysis that has been harnessed with the ability to create and curate great content to entertain and engage audiences. In 2015, Digitalbox plc was listed #68 in The Sunday Times HISCOX Tech Track 100. In 2016, Digitalbox plc was listed again at #58, placing it in Britain’s 100 fastest growing tech companies two years in a row. Sam is a Director at M Capital Investment Partners. Formed in 2010, M Capital Investment Partners manages multiple real estate investments across the UK, with a focus on delivering above average returns for investment cash with minimal risk. He also holds the position Group Brand & Marketing Director at Immotion Group plc – a business that combines award-winning CGi animation with state-of-the-art motion platform technology to deliver mind-blowing ‘out-of-home’ immersive VR experiences. Sam is a graduate of the Lancaster University Management School having gained a BSc Honours in Business & Economics.
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About Digitalbox, Immotion Group plc, M Capital Investment Partners: Immotion combine award-winning content & multi-directional motion platforms to deliver immersive VR solutions for high-traffic destinations.
David Marks
Co-founder & Group Finance Director of Immotion Group plc
David co-founded Immotion Group with Martin, and currently serves as the Group Finance Director. With a degree in Law from the University of Glasgow and membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, David’s expertise in finance is a given. He began his career conducting corporate recovery and restructure at Arthur Andersen. Since then, David has been a prominent face in corporate finance in the City of London, working with UBS, Deutsche Bank and Nikko Principal Investments. He’s overseen the rapid international expansion of Monstermob Group in Europe, the USA and Asia as Group Finance Director, and is also an executive board member at Digitalbox Group.
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About : Immotion combine award-winning content & multi-directional motion platforms to deliver immersive VR solutions for high-traffic destinations.
Masroor Siddiqui
Member of the Board of Directors of News Corp
Masroor Siddiqui is the Managing Partner of Naya Management LLP, an investment firm he co-founded in May 2012. Masroor was previously a Partner at The Children’s Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP, a hedge fund, from 2009 to 2011 and a Managing Director at Canyon Partners, an investment firm, from 2006 to 2009. Masroor previously served as a Senior Vice President at Putnam Investments, where he was responsible for a broad range of investments. Masroor spent several years as an investment banker and sell-side Analyst primarily at Goldman Sachs and Jefferies & Company. Masroor is a Member of the Board of Directors at News Corp since June 2013. Masroor has significant experience in investing with a focus on media investments. Masroor offers the Board valuable insights on global markets and industries relevant to the Company’s businesses. Masroor graduated from Yale University with a Master’s degree in Management and he also holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
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About : News Corp is a media and information services company that creates and distributes engaging content and other products and services.
Natalie Bancroft
Member of the Board of Directors of News Corp
Natalie Bancroft is a Member of the Board of Directors at News Corp since June 2013. Natalie is a professionally trained Opera Singer, has studied journalism and is a Graduate of L’Institut de Ribaupierre in Lausanne, Switzerland. Natalie has a culturally diverse background, having lived across Europe, and speaks several languages fluently. Natalie served as a Member of the Board of Directors at 21st Century Fox from 2007 until June 2013. Natalie brings public company board and committee experience to the board gained from her service as a current Director and member of both the Company’s Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees, and as a former Member of the Board of Directors of 21st Century Fox and Member of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Natalie’s public company board and committee service and international experience add valuable perspective to the deliberations of the Board.
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About : News Corp is a media and information services company that creates and distributes engaging content and other products and services.
Selby Knox
Board of Directors of Hubbub
Selby had 35 years experience within the University of Bristol, including 15 in senior management positions. He was Head of the School of Chemistry from 1992-2001, before joining the senior management team of the University as Pro Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for resources (Finance and Estates) from 2004 – 08.
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About : Build fundraising communities for organisations using crowdfunding
Mark Champkins
Creative Director of The LEGO Group
Mark Champkins is a designer and inventor at London. He was a Design Director at Kano Computing since February, 2016 and also a Director at Mark Champkins Ltd since April 2011 to present. Mark also lectures about Communication in Design Module at Dyson School of Design Engineering. He founded Concentrate Design Ltd. Mark won as the British Inventor of the Year, for designing Self-Heating Crockery, a range of plates, cups and bowls that heat up to sixty degrees at the touch of a button. Mark studied Manufacturing Engineering at Churchill College, University of Cambridge and Industrial Design Engineering at Royal College of Art.
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About The LEGO Group: The LEGO Group is a family-owned company that specializes in the development of children’s creativity through playing and learning.
Rob Lowe
Managing Director – Digital Play, LEGO Ventures of The LEGO Group
Rob Lowe is responsible for the global strategy, development and day-to-day running of LEGO® Life, the new creative, social and safe digital experience for LEGO kids. He has been at the LEGO Group for three years, prior to that he has worked in marketing and product development leadership roles at Nintendo and BBC Worldwide.
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About LEGO Ventures, The LEGO Group: The LEGO Group is a family-owned company that specializes in the development of children’s creativity through playing and learning.
Costas Syrmos
Global Marketing Director of The LEGO Group
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About The LEGO Group: The LEGO Group is a family-owned company that specializes in the development of children’s creativity through playing and learning.
James Grant
Co-Founder & Managing Director of MyTutor
James is a driven, passionate and ambitious entrepreneur, with experience in sales, leadership, strategy, product, digital marketing and fundraising. He started a fledgling events business at 15, which grew to a team of 30, catering for over 1,200 weekly guests. After completing a Philosophy degree at University of Birmingham, James worked for Barclays Wealth, in the Chief of Staff Team, within the Office of the Chief Executive, helping to set the Division’s strategic agenda and taking responsibility for the implementation of sponsored projects. James is a co-founder of MyTutor, creating a new world of one-to-one tuition. The team are unwaveringly focused on their mission to give every student access to 1-1 support. The platform provides live, online one-to-one lessons, delivered by bright, inspiring undergraduates studying at the UK’s leading universities – their secondary aim is to become the leading provider of work to these students. MyTutor uses AI-driven matching algorithms to ensure perfect student-tutor matches and every lesson is taught in an interactive online learning space, which facilitates live video and audio chat, document editing, file sharing and lesson recording. The company’s proudest achievement has been helping 92% of their pupils in 2016 hit or exceed their grade targets. James enjoys public speaking and has presented at a number of education and business events. His other interests include sport (football, rugby, athletics), music (blues & hip hop), travelling, reading and all things startup. He has won a number of awards over the past few years, including Unltd’s ‘Do it’, Mercia’s ‘The Pitch’, O2 ‘Think Bigger’ and Santander’s ‘Spark’.
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About MyTutor: MyTutor offers affordable 1-to-1 tutorials online by connecting tutors from the UK’s best unis with pupils at home and in schools
Robert Grabiner
Founder and Executive Director of MyTutor
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About MyTutor: MyTutor offers affordable 1-to-1 tutorials online by connecting tutors from the UK’s best unis with pupils at home and in schools
John Makinson
Finance Director of Pearson
John’s diverse background spans business, consultancy, financial journalism and publishing. He was finance director of Pearson before heading Penguin, and previously served as managing director of the Financial Times newspaper, where he had earlier served as editor of the popular Lex column. John co-founded Makinson Cowell, an international financial consultancy, and was vice chairman of the US holding company of advertising firm Saatchi & Saatchi. John is chairman of the National Theatre and a director of the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian organisation.
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About International Rescue Committee, Pearson, Penguin Group: Pearson operates as a media and education company that offers a wide range of services to its customers.
Harish Manwani
Member of the Board of Directors of Pearson
On January 22, 2015, Harish Manwani was elected as a member of the Board of Directors.Manwani retired from Unilever, a leading global consumer products company, at the end of 2014, where he served as Chief Operating Officer since September 2011. Manwani joined Hindustan Unilever (HUL) in 1976, becoming a member of the HUL board in 1995, and since that time held positions of increasing responsibility in Unilever which gave him wide ranging international marketing and general management experience. Manwani is a director of Qualcomm Incorporated since May 2014, Pearson plc since October 2013 and Whirlpool Corporation since August 2011. He is also the non-executive chairman of Hindustan Unilever Limited since July 2005. He previously served as a director of ING Group from April 2008 to April 2010. He is a director of the Economic Development Board of Singapore since February 2013 and the Indian School of Business since April 2006. Manwani holds a Bachelor of Science honors degree in Statistics and a Master’s degree in Management Studies, both from Mumbai University in India. He has also attended the Advance Management Program at Harvard Business School.
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About Blackstone Group: Pearson operates as a media and education company that offers a wide range of services to its customers.
David King Lassman
Global Director Immersive Learning of Pearson
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About Pearson: Pearson operates as a media and education company that offers a wide range of services to its customers.
Alex Cattani
Business Development Director of Zzish
Won big global deals for Discovery Education. Now partners with Ministries of Education & publishers. Ex-lecturer, owns five guitars.
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About Zzish: Zzish is a valuable classroom digital teaching tool for teachers that provides real-time feedback on the progress of their students.
Joanne Martin
Director of Blizard Institute of Queen Mary University of London
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About BioMoti, Queen Mary University of London: Queen Mary University of London is an educational institution offering under graduate, graduate, post graduate and research studies.
John Athanasiou
Director of People of HarperCollins
John joined HarperCollins in September 2008. He is responsible for overseeing all areas of talent management, recruitment, staff development and employee relations, plus compensations and benefits across the company. Prior to this role, John was Director of Executive Search International at TimeWarner, and has also worked in a number of HR roles in blue-chip multi-national, private and public sector companies. John also has executive responsibility for communications and facilities at HarperCollins.
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About HarperCollins: HarperCollins is an English language publisher that offers a range of Bibles, atlases, dictionaries, and reissued classics.
Fiona Allen
Communications Director of HarperCollins
Fiona joined HarperCollins in January 2015. She heads up corporate communications, with responsibility for internal and external comms, corporate social responsibility and events. She has almost twenty years’ experience in communications, having previously worked at Dorling Kindersley and Penguin. Most recently she was Head of PR & Brand Communications for high street retailer Waterstones.
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About HarperCollins: HarperCollins is an English language publisher that offers a range of Bibles, atlases, dictionaries, and reissued classics.
David Wood
Board of Director of Humanity+
David Wood, DSc, has spent 25 years envisioning, architecting, designing, implementing, and avidly using smart mobile devices. He was co-founder of Symbian, the creator of the world’s first successful smartphone operating system,and served on Symbian’s leadership team from 1996-2009. Subsequently he was Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Accenture Mobility, and now acts as independent consultant and writer. As chair of London Futurists, he has organized regular meetings in London since March 2008 on futurist, transhumanist, technoprogressive, and singularitarian topics. He was the author of the book, Smartphones and Beyond, which was published in 2014, and he was also the lead editor of Anticipating 2025 and Anticipating tomorrow’s politics.
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About : Humanity+ is a non-profit 501(c)3 educational organization[1] dedicated to elevating the human condition.
David Wood
Board of Director of Humanity+
David Wood, DSc, has spent 25 years envisioning, architecting, designing, implementing, and avidly using smart mobile devices. He was co-founder of Symbian, the creator of the world’s first successful smartphone operating system,and served on Symbian’s leadership team from 1996-2009. Subsequently he was Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Accenture Mobility, and now acts as independent consultant and writer. As chair of London Futurists, he has organized regular meetings in London since March 2008 on futurist, transhumanist, technoprogressive, and singularitarian topics. He was the author of the book, Smartphones and Beyond, which was published in 2014, and he was also the lead editor of Anticipating 2025 and Anticipating tomorrow’s politics.
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About : Humanity+ is a non-profit 501(c)3 educational organization[1] dedicated to elevating the human condition.
Lauren Thorpe
Director of Strategy of ARK schools
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About ARK schools: ARK Schools is an education charity and one of the country’s top-performing academy operators.
Marian Gazdik
Director, Europe of Startup Grind
Marian has over twenty years of business experience, having worked in different marketing and product management roles with fast growing technology businesses. He is Director at Startup Grind Europe, world’s largest organisation for entrepreneurs, based in 150 countries. Marian is a founding partner at IPM Growth, a venture capital company that invests in high growth companies from Central and Eastern Europe with world class technology. In 2015 he co-founded Braintrust, a think-tank of top entrepreneurs based in the Central & Eastern Europe region. Marian is an advisory board member at Tachyum and is a member of Acquisition Committee (REEAC) at TATE Gallery. He was featured in New Europe 100 (organised by the Financial Times, Google, Respublica and Visegrad Strategy), a list of outstanding leaders in world class innovation from Central and Eastern Europe. Marian holds an MBA from ESCP, the oldest business school in the world.
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About BrainTrust, InfraPartners Management, IPM Growth, Startup Grind, Tate: Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs.
Victoria Rusnac
Marketing Director of Nexford University
Victoria Rusnac is Marketing Director at Nexford University. She is a marketing expert with proven expertise in corporate and start-up growth marketing strategies, including branding, performance and product marketing.
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About Nexford University: A next generation online university providing students with access to quality, affordable, dynamic education.
Jerry del Missier
Board of Directors of Room to Read
Jerry del Missier is former COO of Barclays Bank Plc and former Co-Chief Executive of Corporate and Investment Banking. Before joining Barclays in 1997, Jerry was the Senior Managing Director of Derivative Products at Bankers Trust, responsible for European Business. Jerry is a former Chairman of the Board of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and has served on the Boards of the Global Financial Markets Association, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, and the Markets Management Group of the International Institute of Finance. He served on the Board of Trustees of Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and is currently on the Advisory Board of the Queen’s School of Business. Jerry received his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and an MBA from Queen’s University, Ontario.
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About Copper Street Capital: Focus on two areas where we believe we can have the greatest impact: literacy and gender equality in education.
Robin Souter
Founder / Transformation Director of Opogo
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About Opogo: Opogo is a community platform designed to help schools attract and retain the talent that’s right for them.
Thiago Monteiro
Director of Growth of Peak
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About Peak: Peak’s mission is to help the world spend their time better using tools and technique borrowed from education, neuroscience and gaming.
Tim Perkins
Co-Founder & Director of Nudge Global
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About Nudge Global: Brighter financial futures for everyone, everywhere
Jeremy Beament
Co-Founder & Director of Nudge Global
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About Nudge Global: Brighter financial futures for everyone, everywhere
Pierre-Louis Phelipot
Account Director – General Manager Bateaux London of Sodexo
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About Sodexo, The London Jam Factory: Sodexo is now the worldwide leader in Quality of Life services.
Noam Tamir
Founder and Director of Healthcare Learning
Noam Tamir serves as Founder and Director of The Healthcare Learning Company Limited. Mr. Tamir has extensive experience in computer services, management, and marketing as applied to different market niches. He is also the Founder of Isys Plc and has been its Managing Director. He is a Member of the Worshipful Company of IT and has been a Contributing member of the IT Training & Education Panel. He was the youngest officer at the ‘Entebbe Raid’. Mr. Tamir graduated in Computing and Industrial Management Engineering at the Technion in Haifa, Israel.
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About Healthcare Learning: HLC is an integrated learning provider offering cutting-edge learning solutions predominantly in the dental market.
Marcella Collins
Managing Director UK of Hotcourses Group
Marcella joined the Hotcourses Group in 2009 and now leads the Higher Education and Adult Learning divisions. She works across teams to deliver a strategy that ensures the very best experience and outcomes for our users and partners.
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About Hotcourses Group, Prompt Marketing: Hotcourses Group operates a program search Website.
Craig Bullen
Finance Director of Hotcourses Group
Craig is a qualified accountant with 20+ years’ experience. He is in charge of financial strategy and governance of 6 companies in 4 countries and is also responsible for Hotcourses Group accounting such as mergers & acquisitions and financial planning & analysis.
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About Hotcourses Group, IDP Connect: Hotcourses Group operates a program search Website.
Torsten de Riese
Director of Strategy & Operations of Dods (Group) plc
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About Dods (Group) plc: Dods is a global political information, publishing, training, events and communications business
Greg Young
Operations Director of Team Satchel
Greg is the Operations director at Show My Homework, the UK’s leading SaaS tool for Schools. Greg has previous experience in various roles including venture capital, business analytics, product operations, product marketing, social community management and financial operations at leading Internet brands Yahoo!, Microsoft and UK based Seed VC Passion Capital.
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About Show My Homework, Team Satchel: Team Satchel develops a range of school software focusing on homework, behavior, classroom management, and teaching resources.
Chris Phillips
Director of Marketing of Team Satchel
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About Team Satchel: Team Satchel develops a range of school software focusing on homework, behavior, classroom management, and teaching resources.
Belinda Goldsmith
Global Media Director of Save the Children International
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About Save the Children International: Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children.
Oliver Godfrey
Finance Director of Makers
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About Makers: Our mission is to transform lives: accelerating the careers of tech professionals by integrating education and employment.
Lexie Hope
Director Of Business Development of Learning 3D
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About Learning 3D: Learning 3D is the brainchild of a group of educators who believe there is a better way in learning
Rory Curnock Cook
Director of The Profs
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About The Profs: The Profs facilitate school, university and professional level private tuition, educational consultancy and academic mentorship.
Leo Evans
Director of The Profs
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About The Profs: The Profs facilitate school, university and professional level private tuition, educational consultancy and academic mentorship.
Richard Evans
Director of The Profs
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About The Profs: The Profs facilitate school, university and professional level private tuition, educational consultancy and academic mentorship.
Richard Evans
Director of The Profs
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About The Profs: The Profs facilitate school, university and professional level private tuition, educational consultancy and academic mentorship.
Sana Farooq
Director of ELN The e-Learning Network
Sana Farooq is the founder and CEO of ELN The e-Learning Network and we absolutely love her dedication and energy towards the education of children in Pakistan – a very dynamic project! She supports elevate and wants girls to have the same opportunities as men.
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About ELN The e-Learning Network: ELN is a digital learning platform that offers accredited, affordable, and interactive online learning services.
Simon Gaeremynck
Founder, Director, Senior Software Engineer of Fronteer LTD
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About Fronteer LTD: Creating awesome Educational Technology experiences
Thomas Ermacora
Founder, Creative & Strategic Director of Machines Room
Thomas Ermacora FRSA, is a Danish-Italian regeneration architect, impact entrepreneur and futures thinker, helping communities, developers and local authorities making better and happier places. He is the producer, design director and co-author of Recoded City: Co-Creating Urban Futures, due for release fall 2015 by Routledge International, exploring the potential of distributed and participatory placemaking to balance cities. Founder and creative director of strategic regeneration non-profit Clear Village, he has delivered initiatives catalysing the recovery of neighbourhoods in the UK and across Europe. The tools and processes he has invented and developed have received numerous peer accolades and been nominated for the INDEX award 2013 and Placemaking Awards 2014 & 2015. In 2012 he restored a complex of warehouses from reclaimed elements in Hackney, east London, to create the Limewharf cultural innovation hub which houses the Machines Room fablab. Prototyping space and futures laboratory for both artistic and technological projects, Ermacora has curated groundbreaking shows such as Adhocracy with Joseph Grima and supported the incubation of hardware start-ups like Technology Will Save Us. Today the Machines Room has become a circular economy testbed for institutions such as NESTA, the Crafts Council, the British Council’s Maker Library Network, the Royal Society of Arts and various universities such as the RCA and CSM. Inspired in his multi-faceted career by project work with Gehl Architects and Gehry Partners among others, and now working closely with Carmody Groarke, his works and observations on how to make more resilient cities has made him a pioneering actor in the relation between the DIY/open-source urbanism and maker technologies.
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About Machines Room: Machines Room is an open access maker space for professionals, learners, and the inquisitive.
Dominic Black
Director – Research of Cavell Group
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About Cavell Group: Cavell Group offering research, consulting, professional services & training in convergence, mobility & cloud.
Tunde Sasvari
Director of Client Development, Europe of Wealth-X
Tunde Sasvari is Director of Client Development, Europe at Wealth-X where she works with clients across the luxury, non-profit and education sectors. In this role, Tunde manages accounts across all sectors and provides top tier counsel to help clients optimize their strategies to engage the HNW, VHNW and UHNW wealth segments. Prior to her role in client development, Tunde joined Wealth-X in 2013 as a Research Analyst, providing her with hands-on experience using open source intelligence methods and eventually managing an international team of research analysts. Before joining Wealth-X, Tunde worked in various commercial roles and has lived in Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Italy and Hungary. She is fluent in Italian, Hungarian and English. Tunde holds a Bachelor of Laws from Universita degli studi di Genova in Italy.
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About Wealth-X: Wealth-X provides wealth intelligence solutions to help you uncover, understand, and engage with the world’s wealthiest individuals.
Maeen Shaban
Director of Research and Data Analytics of Wealth-X
Maeen Shaban is Director of Research and Data Analytics at Wealth-X. Maeen is a lead author of Wealth-X’s main thought leadership reports, including the World Ultra High Net Worth Report, the Billionaire Census and the High Net Worth Handbook. During his six-year tenure at Wealth-X, Maeen has employed his expertise in data science across several roles.
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About Wealth-X: Wealth-X provides wealth intelligence solutions to help you uncover, understand, and engage with the world’s wealthiest individuals.
Maya Imberg
Director of Thought Leadership and Analytics of Wealth-X
Maya Imberg is Director of Thought Leadership and Analytics at Wealth-X. She is responsible for driving thought leadership, using data analytics to showcase the company’s products and services, and fostering knowledge sharing between Wealth-X and client organizations. She joined Wealth-X in 2016 as Director of Custom Research responsible for secondary research, data analytics and branded content. She has worked with clients such as Rolls Royce, Richemont, UBS, JPMorgan and Deloitte. Maya has fifteen years of experience in research, spanning market research, macroeconomics and financial services. Prior to joining Wealth-X, Maya held Senior Consultant and Economist roles at the Economist Intelligence Unit and spent a number of years within Datamonitor’s Financial Services practice. Maya holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MSc in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese and has worked in China, the US and Belgium.
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About Wealth-X: Wealth-X provides wealth intelligence solutions to help you uncover, understand, and engage with the world’s wealthiest individuals.
Tom Hill
Senior Director, Diligence Solutions of Wealth-X
Tom Hill is the Senior Director of Diligence Solutions at Wealth-X. Tom manages the EDD requirements of clients that operate in both regulated and non-regulated environments, and he has an exceptional understanding of the Risk Based Approach, CDD, KYC, AML, CFT, and ABC. He joined Wealth-X in February 2017 as a Senior Case Manager, initially working operationally in relation to Wealth-X’s Diligence offering, overseeing new WXD dossier requests from inception through to completion. Prior to Wealth-X, Tom worked at Meridian Advisory, a small EDD consultancy, where he built and was the head of its new Integrity Due Diligence offering. Before this, he worked at Thomson Reuters as a Case Manager for the IntegraScreen product and was later promoted within the EMEA case management team. Tom completed his bachelor’s degree in Business Studies and is a certified anti-money laundering specialist and fraud examiner. He is based in the company’s London office.
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About Wealth-X: Wealth-X provides wealth intelligence solutions to help you uncover, understand, and engage with the world’s wealthiest individuals.
Anjali Singh
Non Executive Director / Co-Founder of ODE.systems
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About ODE.systems: ODE App – objectified decision engine – supports people on their way to make better informed, transparent, and stress-free decisions.
Richard Taylor
Managing Director of Media Taylor
Education/edtech entrepreneur and investor
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About Media Taylor: We are a specialist media company focusing on the education and edtech markets.
David Philipps
Managing Director of Construct
David Philipps is the CEO of Construct, a global digital learning company, where he manages the company’s fast-growing business and leads a growing team across the U.S., U.K, Middle East and South Africa. He is responsible for leading the day to day operational delivery, the commercial engagements, investor relations and for driving the culture of high performance across the company in addition to agreeing the strategic direction of the company with the board.
David was previously CFO of Bank of America EMEA Emerging Markets (CEEMEA) which he developed in to a world class finance team. A seasoned executive with a background in both consulting and finance, David excelled at organising and driving large scale strategic programmes across Bank of Americas international finance space, creating commercial insights, efficiencies, control enhancements and improved people engagement. David was well respected by both his team and the Bank of America finance leadership for his high energy levels, natural enthusiasm and his results orientated pragmatic approach to bringing clarity and organisation to complex situations. He was promoted to CFO of the CEEMEA group after demonstrating a strong track record of performance leading the EMEA Finance Control Group through the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash.
Before joining Bank of America, David spent 5 years consulting within the Finance and Performance Management Global Service Line at Accenture, running multiple successful projects in the UK, Europe and Asia. David qualified as an accountant and corporate treasurer at telecoms company Global Marine Systems Ltd in 2003 before joining Accenture.
David is a passionate endurance athlete having completed swims across the English channel and straits of Gibraltar. He is currently working towards the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc and enjoying supporting his daughters with their own swimming and running endeavours.
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About Construct: Construct helps organizations with learners, like schools and employers, create beautiful, cutting edge digital learning experiences.
Deshini Newman
Managing Director – EMEA of (ISC)2
As Managing Director for EMEA, Deshini Newman leads the (ISC)² team across the region. Her responsibilities include developing and implementing strategy for the EMEA region and supporting the (ISC)² global vision and mission. Before Joining (ISC)2, Deshini held several education leadership roles, at Edexcel International, Pearson Group, and most recently Cambridge Assessment English, where she held positions as Global Manager of Strategy, Assistant Director, Global Business Development and Global Head of Higher Education and Adult Sector. Cambridge Assessment English has provided English language assessments and qualifications since 1913, and is part of Cambridge Assessment Group, Cambridge University (UK).
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About (ISC)2: (ISC)2 is the official organization that maintains and administers the CISSP certification exam.
Mary-Jo de Leeuw
Director of Cybersecurity Advocacy for Europe Middle East and Africa of (ISC)2
Mary-Jo de Leeuw honored as a Cybersecurity Excellence Award in 2018.
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About (ISC)2: (ISC)2 is the official organization that maintains and administers the CISSP certification exam.
Will Paterson
Founder and Director of EdPlace
Will Paterson led the acquisition of EdPlace in 2011 and its subsequent re-launch in 2012. His working life started in corporate finance in the City of London. He left his finance career 7 years ago and started working online. In 2007 he co-founded and ran Plebble for four years before moving on to EdPlace. The extra support I got from those around him was invaluable through his school and university years. With EdPlace he hope to foster that same support for parents and children alike.
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About EdPlace: EdPlace is dedicated to empowering parents in their child’s education.
Patrick Cooke
Partner & Marketing Director of EdPlace
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About EdPlace: EdPlace is dedicated to empowering parents in their child’s education.
Mark Maclaine
Co-Founder & Director of Education of Tutorfair
A tutor for 16 years, and awesome at it. Students are inspired by his energy and enthusiasm. He instils a love of learning which goes far beyond the Maths & Science he teaches. We love Mark … and all his stories. He’s responsible for making sure this works for tutors and is ruthless about vetting tutors to ensure we’ve got the best. Mark is equally passionate about our social mission and ensuring that it really makes a difference.
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About Tutorfair: Tutorfair is a marketplace for tutors that makes great tutors available to all
Pete Kirby
Director of Tutorfair Foundation of Tutorfair
Pete has been tutoring Maths & Science for 7 years and especially enjoys teaching geometry and genetics. He heads up the Tutorfair Foundation which delivers life-changing tutoring to pupils who can’t afford it. And in his earlier years, Pete was a national champion fencer (the swords, not the gardening).
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About Tutorfair: Tutorfair is a marketplace for tutors that makes great tutors available to all
Ed Ethelston
Director of etc.venues
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About etc.venues: etc.venues operates, and hires conference, training, meeting, exhibition, and event venues in London and Birmingham.
Joanna Bersin
Director of Innovation of Sunburst Digital
Joanna focuses on Kano’s education packages and partnerships. She works with schools, clubs, and communities across the globe on programs that bring Kano’s creative approach to computer and coding education. Prior to Kano, she spent 7 years with Knewton, where she was responsible for the execution of API partnerships with international publishers across EMEA. Before that, she led the codevelopment, classroom and curriculum design, and implementation of personalized courses with schools across the US. Joanna holds a B.S. from Duke University in Neuroscience.
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About Sunburst Digital: Sunburst Digital is the leading provider of digital education resources to schools for more than 25 years.
Bijendra Patel
Director of Surgical Skills and Science of Barts Cancer Institute
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About Barts Cancer Institute, Barts Health NHS Trust: Barts Cancer Institute (BCI) is one of the top cancer research centres in the UK.
Nathan Elstub
Chief Investment Officer & Executive Director of GetMyFirstJob
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About GetMyFirstJob, Nesta Impact Investments, The Big Consulting: GetMyFirstJob is a web-based platform that improves the speed and quality of matching young people to the right apprenticeship.
Matt Juniper
Founder and Director of Provision Tracker
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About Provision Tracker: Provision Tracker – Track the cost and impact of Provisions and Resources.
Ali Moinuddin
Managing Director Europe of The Uptime Institute
Entrepreneurial and strategic CMO with SaaS experience. Strong track records of building high-performance revenue oriented marketing groups. Strong record of building new business for start-ups and supporting turnarounds and delivering growth from companies that are pre-revenue to $350M in fun, exciting and results-driven way. – COMMERCIAL ORIENTATION, HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEAMS, REVENUE GROWTH – Exceptionally skilled at finding and nurturing talent people who to deliver on revenue and strategic goals. Proven experience in recruiting and managing international teams that punch well above their weight. Amplifying brands and building corporate and marketing cultures that can deliver sustained growth. -CORPORATE & INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS, BRANDING, POSITIONING, GLOBAL AR, PR AND PRODUCT MKT- I am a prolific producer of thought leadership content and build media and analyst programmes to amplify reach and impact. -MKT AND SALES TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE, ORGANIZATIONAL & DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION & PERFORMANCE OPTIMISATION- Defining, building and iterating systems & processes in optimize conversion. Working with CIO/IT groups to support analytics-based decision-making and to apply new innovations across customer interaction points. -DEMAND GENERATION, DIGITAL MKT, GROWTH HACKING, SALES ENABLEMENT & GLOBAL MKT PROGRAMMES- Focus on the digital transformation of MKT function. Tooling and restructuring direct and channel marketing and sale organizations to maximize ROI on programme spend. Building technology and channel partner relationships to deliver revenue growth. -CUSTOMER SATISFACTION & REFERENCE PROGRAMMES, USER GROUPS STRATEGIC ADVISORY BOARDS & CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE- Leading cross-functional teams to drive CS and benchmark and improve customer journeys and experience across all interaction points. -FUND RAISING, VENTURE CAPITAL, M&A, IPO, INVESTOR RELATIONS- Building investment cases for between $36M and $250M targeting debt and equity partners. Prior to joining Workshare Ali was CMO at SkyDox: Director of Marketing Interxion (NYSE:INXN), Director of Marketing EMEA for SPL WorldGroup (now a part of Oracle (NYSE:ORCL), Marketing Manager EMEA and Asia-Pacific at Kana (NASDAQ: KANA).
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About The Uptime Institute: Uptime Institute is focused on improving the performance, efficiency, and reliability of business critical infrastructure.
Richard Millington
Founder & Managing Director of FeverBee
Richard Millington has spent the past decade helping 250+ companies develop some of the world’s largest online communities. Richard is the founder of FeverBee, an international community consultancy, and the author of Buzzing Communities. Richard’s clients have included Google, Facebook, Oracle, Wikipedia, EMC, Greenpeace, and many more. Prior to FeverBee, Richard interned with Seth Godin in New York.
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About FeverBee: FeverBee provides consultancy, training, and technology to help you build your community.
Alison Bukhari
Director – Business Development and Partnerships (U.K) of Dasra
Alison has a unique insight into what it takes to scale an organization, create wide impact, and become a sector leader in India. She brings distinctive experience to her role as a Director of Investor Relations at Dasra from her seven years working in India during the early years of growth at Magic Bus, now one of India’s leading child development organizations, as well as her time as a senior specialist in British and Anglo-Indian art at Christie’s, the art auction house. Alison has opened Dasra’s UK office and is forging strong connections with a wide variety of donors and partners in the European philanthropy and impact investing space. Alison has a Masters with Joint Honours in German and History of Art from the University of Edinburgh, as well as a diploma in Cross-Sector Partnerships from Cambridge University, part one of an MA in International Development.
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About Dasra: Dasra builds collaborations with organizations providing valuable consulting on strategic, management.
Chris Gibson
Executive Director of FIRST
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About FIRST: FIRST aims to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders.
Tania Roquette
Solutions Director of FULL FABRIC
Tania Roquette is Head of Solutions at FULL FABRIC, the next generation CRM for higher education. Tania helps universities around the globe define new processes and leverage technology to drive results. Prior to joining FULL FABRIC, Tania worked for The Lisbon MBA as Director of Marketing and Admissions.
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About FULL FABRIC: Integrated solutions for higher education
Ian Clethero
Founder & Director of 1Hub Media Ltd
Ian Clethero is the founder of 1Hub Media (London) and Platform8 Asia (Hong Kong). These are online media companies publishing platforms for two verticals: music education and choirs. Platform8 Asia is reponsible for marketing the projects in Hong Kong, SE Asia and the wider region. 1Hub Media takes the same role for the UK and European markets. The aim is to build MUSIC:ED and Chorally into ‘go-to’ global resources for their respective sectors. Each platform efficiently links individual users with organisations and businesses. The platforms combine independent media (news, magazine articles) with directories and listings (classifieds, project profiles, jobs, resources). Online membership, social networks and iOS/Android mobile apps will be launched in 2019 to provide new benefits for platform users, boosting overall engagement and traffic. MUSIC:ED is designed for students, educators, performers and parents as end-users. Advertisers include education providers (including university and college music departments, international schools, private music schools), music and software publishers, providers of specialist services, charities, government departments and arts councils, membership organisations and performance venues. Chorally serves the global choral sector, a market of an estimated 2m performing groups and 60m singers. The platform brings together choirs, singers and audiences in one place (the idea for Chorally came from Ian Clethero’s extensive experience as a church musician). From mid 2019, choirs will be able to create profiles and add jobs, events and news to Chorally. Both platforms are monetised through advertiser subscriptions, individual listing fees (eg for summer schools and jobs) and individual membership subscriptions (from 2019). Additional revenue is derived from sponsorship and affiliate commissions from sales originated on the platforms. The projects have bases in both Europe and Asia. Ian Clethero’s aim is to expand MUSIC:ED and Chorally in these regions. After this, the projects will be extended worldwide including to North and South America.
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About 1Hub Media Ltd: Publisher of digital information platforms, MUSIC:ED (https://musiceducation.global) and Chorally (https://choral.ly).
Ripul Agarwal
Managing Director – Marketing and Digital Sales of Agrawal Group of Publications
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About Agrawal Group of Publications, Snip And Share: Agrawal Group of Publications is a publishing company that produces books for students.
Larysa Melnychuk
Managing Director of FP&A Trends
Larysa Melnychuk is a founder and managing director of FP&A Trends Group. FP&A Trends helps companies to realise their innovative FP&A potential through training, consulting, professional networking and debating. Larysa is an experienced FP&A practitioner and held senior FP&A positions at Invensys plc, Ace Group, Key Bank and HSBC Bank before setting up the International FP&A Board in 2013 – a global and well-recognized FP&A best practices think-tank. Since then, she has been running the Board that has successfully expanded into 11 countries in Europe, the Middle East, the USA, Asia and Australia.
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About FP&A Trends: FP&A Trends Group is a global UK-based consultancy that helps organisations.
Daniel Britton
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Financial Fairy Tales
Daniel spent his early career in banking and financial services before 12 years as a teacher and school leader. Recently he has specialised as an education consultant, writer and speaker on money matters. In 2013 he was awarded National Enterprise Tutor of the Year by The Peter Jones Foundation. At the Financial Fairy Tales we have a passion for empowering young people to develop their self esteem, raise their aspirations and gain awareness of their unlimited potential. Key lesson which are all too often missing from many schools.
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About Financial Fairy Tales: Financial Fairy Tales empowers children through financial literacy, enterprise awareness, and personal development solutions.
Jasper Kain
Managing Director of Football Beyond Borders (FBB)
Jasper Kain and Jack Reynolds founded Football Beyond Borders in 2013, since which Jasper has been serving as its managing director.
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About Football Beyond Borders (FBB): Football Beyond Borders an education and social inclusion charity that uses young people’s passion for football to educate .
Jack Reynolds
Managing Director of Football Beyond Borders (FBB)
Jack Reynolds and Jasper Kain founded Football Beyond Borders in 2013, since which Jack has been serving as its managing director.
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About Football Beyond Borders (FBB): Football Beyond Borders an education and social inclusion charity that uses young people’s passion for football to educate .
Vishaal Shah
Group Finance Director of Learning Possibilities
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About Learning Possibilities: Learning Possibilities develops and provides a cloud based school learning platform for education and government customers.
Alex Melia
Director of Swoosh English
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About Swoosh English: Swoosh English is a premier English eLearning service with a team of fully qualified and experienced UK native English teachers.
Alex Dyer
Founder and Director of Tutor House
Alex is the founder and director of Tutor House and has a degree in Psychology. He has worked in the educational industry for 14 years; teaching Psychology for 8 years at a School in London and now running Tutor House, after setting it up in 2012. Alex still tutors every week, he writes for the Huffington Post and has appeared on the BBC and ITV to discuss educational topics. Alex is an educational consultant and UCAS expert, he’s worked with hundred of students over the years. He’s obsessed with squash, but is distinctly average.
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About Tutor House: High Growth B2C Marketplace for tutoring. Based in London, but operates thought he UK and abroad.
Alex Hook
Senior Investment Director of Nesta
Alex joined NESTA in June 2008. He makes and manages investments in the Cleantech, Engineering and Healthcare sectors. Alex started his career in the creative industries before joining Foursome Investments in 1999. During his time at Foursome, Alex was involved in multiple transactions, across a number of sectors and geographies, with a predominant focus on early-stage environmental technology businesses. Alex also managed Foursome’s early-stage fund, the FourVision Fund LP.
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About Nesta: Nesta is an innovation foundation headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
Jennifer Parsons
Director of Marketing and Insights of UniQuest
Jenni leads UniQuest’s Behavioural Insights Division and the Email Marketing team that designs and delivers our partners email nurturing journeys. UniQuest has data from over 10 million communications with students which Jenni leads the Behavioural Insights Division in analysing for impactful, actionable insights to ensure that our partners remain at the forefront of student recruitment and engagement innovation. She joins UniQuest with 20 years’ experience of working in international education, which has included roles as Director of Internationalisation at LSBU and Head of Global Client relations at i-Graduate. For the past two years Jenni has been running her own consultancy, delivering research and strategic development to the UK HE sector. Jenni has traveled extensively through her work in international education and just for fun. One of her favourite experiences abroad has been skydiving in New Zealand.
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About UniQuest: UniQuest helps streamline and improve student conversion and delivers great higher education student experiences.
Jamie Stuart
Director & CTO of Onebillion
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About Onebillion: At onebillion, develop apps to help educate children, wherever they are.
Louise Benson
Executive Festival Director, Lions Health, Lions Innovation, Lions Entertainment & eurobest of Cannes Lions
Louise Benson leads CLX, the two-day summit for industry VIPs designed around immersive and interactive experiences with some of the world’s most exciting creators. She is also Festival Director for Lions Health, and for eurobest. Her job covers industry engagement and onboarding, value proposition development for new customer segments, and new commercial product development and execution. In addition to her festival responsibilities, Louise oversees “See It Be It,” the yearly talent scheme for high-potential creative women at Cannes Lions, as well as the new D&I initiative being launched as part of Inkwell Beach. She is the Cannes Lions lead for the Unstereotype Alliance. Louise has worked events for the creative industries for 15 years, most recently as Festival Director for the Edinburgh International Television Festival. She was also Festival Director for the World Architecture Festival, in addition to creating the Media Festival and the Media Festival Arts.
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About Cannes Lions: Cannes Lions is an eight-day programme of creative inspiration, celebration, education and networking.
Louise Benson
Executive Festival Director, Lions Health, Lions Innovation, Lions Entertainment & eurobest of Cannes Lions
Louise Benson leads CLX, the two-day summit for industry VIPs designed around immersive and interactive experiences with some of the world’s most exciting creators. She is also Festival Director for Lions Health, and for eurobest. Her job covers industry engagement and onboarding, value proposition development for new customer segments, and new commercial product development and execution. In addition to her festival responsibilities, Louise oversees “See It Be It,” the yearly talent scheme for high-potential creative women at Cannes Lions, as well as the new D&I initiative being launched as part of Inkwell Beach. She is the Cannes Lions lead for the Unstereotype Alliance. Louise has worked events for the creative industries for 15 years, most recently as Festival Director for the Edinburgh International Television Festival. She was also Festival Director for the World Architecture Festival, in addition to creating the Media Festival and the Media Festival Arts.
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About Cannes Lions: Cannes Lions is an eight-day programme of creative inspiration, celebration, education and networking.
Malcolm Hyde
Executive Director of The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters
Malcolm is the Executive Director of the Institute. Previously he has worked as a Chartered Loss Adjuster in loss adjusting practices. Malcolm’s main loss adjusting experience has been in Property Claims. In addition, since 1994 he has been involved in the education and training of Loss Adjusters. Malcolm recently wrote, with two co-authors, the text book Property Insurance Law and Claims and produced much of the learning material for the CILA Certificate level qualification. Outside of work Malcolm enjoys cycling an interest that has seen him to the top of the infamous Alpe d’Huez twenty one bends, from Paris to Nice and a return trip from Calais to Amsterdam.
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About The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters: CILA is a globally recognised membership organisation for claims professionals.
Abid Patel
IT Director of Leading Learning Trust
Abid is the IT Director at the Leading Learning Trust in London and has been working in EdTech for over 15 years. He is a Google Certified Innovator having graduated from the recent London 19 academy and is a passionate advocate for sustainable digital transformation in schools. He was most recently voted as runner up in the EduFuturists Network Manager of the Year Award.
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About Leading Learning Trust: Leading Learning Trust is a teaching, learning and development education company.
Sarah Aramesh
Co-Founder, Director of Josla
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About Josla: Work Movement uses power of people and business to create opportunities for everyone to achieve happiness, equality and success from their W
David Watts
Managing Director of CCD Design & Ergonomics
David Watts is Managing Director of CCD Design & Ergonomics. CCD is a leading human behaviour and design practice. It specialises in applying the science of human factors and ergonomics to the design process. It has been working in the ergonomic design of control centres for nearly 40 years. We also work across workspace design, wayfinding design, experience design as well as consulting on human factors problems. In 20 years of professional practice, David has run CCD’s input to a wide range of control room projects for clients including Network Rail, ITER, the emergency services, Thames Water, Abu Dhabi Distribution Company and the Government of Georgia.
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About CCD Design & Ergonomics: CCD Design & Ergonomics have delivered human factors, wayfinding and workspace design projects across the world.
Marcus Orlovsky
Director of Bryanston Square
Marcus has hosted and spoken at several TEDx conferences over the past five years, and actively works in the area of education where he specialises in helping people change their mindsets. The main message he has learned, and will share, is that in general it’s the most obvious which is often right but that needs courage. It’s too easy to get caught into following fads, or being carried away with hype. But for those who have the courage to believe their convictions, and go their own path, rewards can be dramatic.
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About Bryanston Square: Bryanston Square established to help transform the learning environment.
Roger Partington
Director of FutureRising
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Jacques L. Chereau
Director of Memba
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About Memba: Education software
Hector Mason
Founder and Director of GapMonkeys
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About GapMonkeys: Casual Work that Works GapMonkeys is a website where you can outsource household and garden tasks or errands to capable, trustworthy gap-y
Joel Gill
Director of The Human Centered Design Society
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About The Human Centered Design Society: The Human Centered Design Society a not-for-profit organisation created to promote Human Centered Design (HCD) as a community of practice.
Karen Smith
Education & Training Committee Director of The Human Centered Design Society
Specialising in education management, widening participation, positive student experience including public events, work related learning, quality enhancement, management, and student achievement, CPD, curriculum development and validation, research, consultancy and enterprise strategies, promotion and recruitment including events and social media, digital teaching and learning, equal opportunities, health and safety, DDS, teaching Foundation, UG and PG in Media and Arts. Teaching and research specialities: World cinema, contemporary European and British cinema, film marketing, heritage, epic, cult and exploitation film and television, media exhibition and distribution, film festivals and media audiences. Audience research and marketing. Participant observation and oral histories.
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About : The Human Centered Design Society a not-for-profit organisation created to promote Human Centered Design (HCD) as a community of practice.
Carolyn Williams
Director of Corporate Relations of The Institute of Risk Management
Carolyn Williams is Director of Corporate Relations at the Institute of Risk Management. She is responsible for engaging with potential members, corporate partners, employers and others to communicate the importance of risk management, competency and professional development and the role of the IRM. In her 10 years at IRM she has also been responsible for technical development and thought leadership projects. Before joining IRM she was Head of Risk Management Training and Communication for Lloyd’s of London, during which time she took the IRM Diploma examinations. Carolyn represents IRM on various bodies including the Advisory Board of Nottingham University’s Centre for Risk, Banking and Financial Services. She studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University and is a Chartered Insurance Risk Manager and a full Member of the IRM.
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About The Institute of Risk Management: The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) was founded in April 1986 to meet growing demand for a diploma course in risk management.
Katy Cook
Director of Katy Cook
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About Katy Cook: Katy Cook offers executive coaching, training, education and team development, and organizational consulting.
Etan Ilfeld
Owner and Managing Director of Watkins Books
Etan Ilfeld works as Director at Tenderpixel. He is a owner of Watkins Media.
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About Watkins Books: Watkins Books is one of the oldest and independent bookshops.
Scott McKenzie
Director of Coleago Consulting
Scott McKenzie is an experienced consultant with over twenty years background in the telecoms and high technology industries. His areas of expertise span: general management, strategic planning, operations, finance and M&A. Early in his career, he held a variety of engineering and marketing positions with Telstra and Ericsson. After business school, he worked as a management consultant with Arthur D. Little before spending six years as an equity analyst in the City of London with the investment banking divisions of SEB and Société Générale. Upon leaving the City he became Chief Strategy Officer for the international mobile division of the Dutch telecom operator Royal KPN, where he was also CEO of the mobile wholesale business unit. He joined Coleago Consulting in 2009. Scott spent many of his formative years in Australia and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Melbourne University. He also holds an MBA degree from the Saïd Business School at Oxford University.
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About Coleago Consulting: Coleago Consulting is the specialist telecommunications strategy consulting and training company.
