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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top London based Director operating in the E-Learning 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.
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
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Mike Greer
Director of Software Experience of Kano
Mike Greer is the VP of software product at Kano Computing with experience in conceptualizing, scoping, designing and managing web, desktop, and mobile apps. Mike also co-founded Guevera in 2013 and has served as a designer and creative technologist at Havas Worldwide London.
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About Kano: Kano provides a system of kits and coding platform that enables users to develop apps, games, and music.
Aaron Hinchion
Executive Creative Director of Kano
Aaron Hinchion is the executive creative director at Kano Computing. Prior to this, Aaron has worked as a creative director at Hinchion & Sons for over 15 years. Aaron holds a bachelor’s degree in visual communications from Birmingham City University.
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About Kano: Kano provides a system of kits and coding platform that enables users to develop apps, games, and music.
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
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.
Paul Holden
Operations Director of BrightTALK
Paul joined BrightTALK in 2005, establishing their live broadcast team and production formats. Using this experience and a desire to automate where possible he has influenced the evolution of the BrightTALK SaaS platform. He now provides leadership of their Technical Operations and Information Security teams. Prior to BrightTALK, Paul project managed complex large display, camera and IT systems at global product launches, conferences and concerts.
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About BrightTALK: BrightTALK provides videos and webinars for professionals and their communities.
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.
Damien Ducourty
Founder & Managing Director of B9lab
#B9lab is the independent provider of quality education, advice and research about blockchain technology and decentralised applications. Our clients are leading global institutions as well as talented individual developers around the world. I’m an experienced entrepreneur and executive with a track record of bringing disruptive software solutions to market in technology and finance. I like working with groups of talented people to provide tangible and valuable solutions. I always engage ethically and believe that sustainability and accountability can fuel growth. I want to be proud of what I do everyday! Attributes: Hands on, conscientious, strategic, persistent but not stubborn, creative, curious and highly personable, love Win Win, try hard everyday to change the world and resist my biases.
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About B9lab: Upskilling gifted developers for high paying, bleeding-edge jobs whatever their background
Harry Williams
Co-Founder and Non Exec Director of Idyia Learning
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About Idyia Learning: Idyia Shakespeare is pioneering a brand new way to engage with Shakespeare.
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.
Sue West
Client Service Director of Eukleia Training
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About Eukleia Training: Eukleia provides a comprehensive and integrated range of e-learning services and learning technologies to corporate and government clients.
Tom Steck
Director of Co-Founders Club
IT Professional, Visionary, Life-Long Learner
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About Co-Founders Club: Matching co-founders during collaborative learning process
