Board of Directors

Laura Barrowman is the former Chief Information Officer at Credit Suisse, where she wor...

Laura Barrowman is the former Chief Information Officer at Credit Suisse, where she worked to provide a best-in-class technology service and software strategy...

See bio
Laura Barrowman
Former Chief Information Officer, Credit Suisse

Paul Fletcher joined CDC Group plc in 2000 from Citibank, where he held various roles i...

Paul Fletcher joined CDC Group plc in 2000 from Citibank, where he held various roles in Tokyo, New York, Nairobi and London. He was appointed CEO of CDC in...

See bio
Paul Fletcher
Executive Chairman, Actis; Co-founder, Emerging Markets Private Equity Association

Luis is the Founder and Managing Partner of Appian Education Ventures, and has started,...

Luis is the Founder and Managing Partner of Appian Education Ventures, and has started, managed, and scaled educational companies from the ground up to multi...

See bio
Luis E. García de Brigard
Founder & Managing Partner, Appian Education Venture

Amy is a managing partner of Imaginable Futures. Amy was previously responsible for Omi...

Amy is a managing partner of Imaginable Futures. Amy was previously responsible for Omidyar Network’s work in Education, Financial Inclusion, Property Rights...

See bio
Amy Klement
Managing Partner & Board Member, Imaginable Futures

Wendy Kopp is CEO and Co-founder of Teach For All, a global network of independent orga...

Wendy Kopp is CEO and Co-founder of Teach For All, a global network of independent organizations working to develop collective leadership to ensure all children...

See bio
Wendy Kopp
CEO & Co-founder, Teach For All

Dr. Mona Mourshed is the President and founding CEO of Generation: You Employed, a glob...

Dr. Mona Mourshed is the President and founding CEO of Generation: You Employed, a global non-profit. Generation trains and places youth and mid-career learners...

See bio
Mona Mourshed
President & CEO, Generation: You Employed

Dzingai Mutumbuka currently serves as a member of the governing board for UNESCO's Inte...

Dzingai Mutumbuka currently serves as a member of the governing board for UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning. He is the former Chair of...

See bio
Dzingai Mutumbuka
Chairman, Zimbabwe National Commission of UNESCO

Dr. Thomas Ogilvie has held a number of management positions over more than fifteen yea...

Dr. Thomas Ogilvie has held a number of management positions over more than fifteen years with Deutsche Post DHL Group. He joined the company in December 2001...

See bio
Thomas Ogilvie
Board of Management, Human Resources & Corporate Incubations, Deutsche Post DHL Group

Gbenga Oyebode is the Chairman of Aluko & Oyebode (Barristers & Solicitors), on...

Gbenga Oyebode is the Chairman of Aluko & Oyebode (Barristers & Solicitors), one of the largest integrated law firms in Nigeria, with offices in Lagos, Abuja...

See bio
Gbenga Oyebode
Chairman, Aluko & Oyebode

Fernando Reimers is the Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice of International Educ...

Fernando Reimers is the Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice of International Education and Director of both the Global Education Innovation Initiative and...

See bio
Fernando Reimers
Director, International Education Policy Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Mr. Javier Roglá is Santander Group Chief Talent Officer and Global Head of Santander U...

Mr. Javier Roglá is Santander Group Chief Talent Officer and Global Head of Santander Universities, where he is responsible for the world's largest corporate...

See bio
Javier Roglá Puig
Global Director of Santander Universities & CEO Universia Holding, Banco Santander

Jaime Saavedra leads the Education Global Practice at the World Bank Group. He rejoined...

Jaime Saavedra leads the Education Global Practice at the World Bank Group. He rejoined the World Bank Group from the Government of Peru, where he served as...

See bio
Jaime Saavedra
Global Director for Education, World Bank

Beth is the Founder and CEO of Uppercase, an education technology company focused on ma...

Beth is the Founder and CEO of Uppercase, an education technology company focused on making our nation’s very best teachers and their knowledge easily...

See bio
Beth Schmidt
Founder & CEO, Uppercase

Robert W. Scully was a member of the Office of the Chairman of Morgan Stanley from 2007...

Robert W. Scully was a member of the Office of the Chairman of Morgan Stanley from 2007 until his retirement in 2009, where he had previously been Co-President...

See bio
Robert W. Scully
Director, Chubb Limited, KKR & Co, and Zoetis Inc.

Kan Hiroshi Suzuki is a pioneer of the promotion of active learning in Japan. He curren...

Kan Hiroshi Suzuki is a pioneer of the promotion of active learning in Japan. He currently serves as Ministerial Aide, Chief Policy Officer to the Minister of...

See bio
Kan Suzuki
Ministerial Aide, Chief Policy Officer to the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan

Global Ambassador

Nine-time Grammy® Award winner and Academy Award winner John Legend is a multi-talented...

Nine-time Grammy® Award winner and Academy Award winner John Legend is a multi-talented artist whose distinctive voice and songwriting style have earned him...

See bio
John Legend
Recording Artist and Philanthropist

Directors Emeriti

As CEO of Deutsche Post DHL Group, Frank Appel is responsible for the world’s leading m...

As CEO of Deutsche Post DHL Group, Frank Appel is responsible for the world’s leading mail and logistics company. The Group connects people and markets and is...

See bio
Frank Appel
CEO, Deutsche Post DHL Group

Dame Julia Cleverdon DCVO, CBE is a passionate and practical campaigner who has gained ...

Dame Julia Cleverdon DCVO, CBE is a passionate and practical campaigner who has gained an international reputation for 'connecting the unconnected,' inspiring...

See bio
Julia Cleverdon
Vice President, Business in the Community

Ian Davis is Chairman of Rolls-Royce plc and Non-Executive Director at Johnson & Jo...

Ian Davis is Chairman of Rolls-Royce plc and Non-Executive Director at Johnson & Johnson and BP, where he is Senior Independent Director. He is also a Non...

See bio
Ian Davis
Chairman, Rolls-Royce plc

Sir John Hood was an executive of Fletcher Challenge for 19 years and is a former vice-...

Sir John Hood was an executive of Fletcher Challenge for 19 years and is a former vice-chancellor of the Universities of Auckland and Oxford. He currently...

See bio
John Hood
President & CEO, Robertson Foundation

Dr. Antonella Mei-Pochtler is a Senior Advisor of the Boston Consulting Group and a Spe...

Dr. Antonella Mei-Pochtler is a Senior Advisor of the Boston Consulting Group and a Special Advisor to the Federal Chancellor of Austria and Head of Think...

See bio
Antonella Mei-Pochtler
Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group

Tomás Recart began to think of education as a systemic problem while working as a civil...

Tomás Recart began to think of education as a systemic problem while working as a civil engineer for four and a half years with low-income municipalities in the...

See bio
Tomás Recart
CEO, Enseña Chile

Andreas Schleicher is Director for Education and Skills at the OECD. He initiated and o...

Andreas Schleicher is Director for Education and Skills at the OECD. He initiated and oversees the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and...

See bio
Andreas Schleicher
Director for Education and Skills, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General, OECD

Brett wrote the original business plan for Teach First in the UK and led the organisati...

Brett wrote the original business plan for Teach First in the UK and led the organisation for fifteen years, from its launch until October 2017, helping to...

See bio
Brett Wigdortz
Founder and Honorary President, Teach First and Co-Founder, Teach For All