Slava Kremerman
Co-founder & CEO
Slava was a member of the Leadership Team at Nutmeg, one of the UK’s most successful technology startups. He has a passion for technology and believes it can be used to make a transformative difference in schools. Slava currently focuses on steering the overall vision and values of the company.
Oren Cohen
Co-founder
Oren most recently ran the UK office of Optimizely, a prominent and highly-successful Silicon Valley technology company. He focuses his time on making sure we provide a standout service to both schools and teachers.
Lee Cowles
Board Director
Lee supports the management team with strategy and governance. Lee is an experienced technology CEO having been part of the early team of Betfair and currently leading BoilerJuice. Prior to his tech career, Lee worked in manufacturing and as a marine engineer in the Royal Navy.
Kristen Shannon
Adviser
Kristen has held various senior roles at Ark School including Head of Recruitment and the Head of Operations at Ark Teacher Training. Kristen has a passion for education and a deep understanding of the challenges surrounding recruiting and retaining great teachers.
Charlie Taylor
Adviser
Charlie was the inaugural Chief Executive of the National College for Teaching & Leadership (NCTL) where he was responsible for overseeing teacher training and professional conduct. Prior to the NCTL, Charlie was the Headteacher at The Willows Special School and a DfE expert adviser on behaviour.
Lucy Arkwright
School success
Lucy has worked at start-up technology companies in human resources and marketing and supported a variety of children's charities with a passion for providing young people the best start in life. At Zen Educate, Lucy focuses on ensuring we provide the best possible support for our Schools.
Nardus Badenhorst
School success
Nardus worked as a class teacher and middle manager in schools for the last decade and is passionate about improving education. He believes teachers have the ability to encourage confidence in children and is supporting schools at Zen meet their recruiting and supply needs.
Nicola Brown
Teacher success
Nicola has nearly a decade of experience as a resource manager at Career Teachers and anzuk. Her focus is on spreading the word about Zen Educate to great teachers and teaching assistants.
John Carroll
Product
John is a User Experience Designer with a background primarily in FinTech, having worked most recently at Nutmeg and Zopa. His main focus at Zen Educate is building and owning a product that benefits both schools and teachers.
Daryl Cheah
School success
Daryl is an ex-M&A solicitor from New Zealand. He previously led growth for Sidekicker, a leading jobs platform across Australia and New Zealand. Daryl helps ensure schools have the teachers they need.
Samantha Dell'Aquila
Teacher success
Samantha is an Australian teacher who takes a creative and practical approach to teaching. Samantha is focused on providing children with the best education by helping schools discover great teachers.
Sebastian Fernando
Marketing manager
Sebastian has extensive experience building growth for start-ups including his own. He is passionate about using data and marketing to help new schools and teachers discover the benefits of joining Zen Educate.
James Francis
Engineering
James is a software developer who enjoys solving real-world problems through technology. James has previously worked at a tech startup and on large-scale UK government web applications.
Jono Hey
Product
Jono is an experienced product manager and customer experience designer. He ran UX and design at Nutmeg and has studied and taught design and strategy in the UK and San Francisco.
Jordan Hussell
School success
Jordan is an ex-technical recruiter who has worked with a number of London's thriving start-ups. He's helping ensure schools save money on recruiting and are provided with the best possible service.
Johanna Krajack
Teacher success
Johanna is a former teacher who is passionate about improving education. She is focused on getting our supply teachers fully-vetted.
Tom Marshall
School success
Tom is a former teaching assistant and sales executive with a passion for education, disruptive technology, and making a positive difference. Tom helps schools understand and enjoy the benefits of using Zen Educate.
Ali Merali
School success
Ali used to work for a traditional education agency but saw the benefit of what Zen Educate is trying to achieve. He has a particular specialism working with SEN students and wants to see money re-invested in schools to better their support.
Cole Merrick
Engineering
Cole builds web products that delight customers. He was most recently a co-founder of a music streaming service and director of technology at an online auction platform.
Sally Mason
Teacher Success
Sally is a former teacher with 10+ years experience in a wide range of schools and year groups. Her focus is on helping teachers and teaching assistants achieve great outcomes.
Ayesha Nazmin
School success
Ayesha worked as a Teach first Secondary Science class teacher and brings a deep understanding of the recruitment challenges school face. Her focus is helping every school benefit from Zen's efficiency and low costs.
Sarah O'Grady
Teacher success
Sarah is a former Teach First Spanish Teacher and is dedicated to helping improve the education system. Her focus is on working with teachers and teaching assistants.
Yehuda Simon
Operations
Yehuda has worked with several start-ups, built an app, and volunteers as a Regional Coordinator for an international development program. He loves behavioural economics and using technology to make a difference in education.
Elinor Thomas
Teacher success
Elinor brings experience of professional education and customer services and a big smile. She’s focused on making it super simple for teachers to get started with Zen.
Haneen Tohma
Marketing & ops
Haneen brings experience from the Rider Supply team at Deliveroo including leading a team in charge of onboarding riders. Before that Haneen was an HR executive at Zapp a leading mobile payments platform.
Jude Ward
School success
Jude joins Zen Educate from roles in reservations and account management at start-ups Veeve and This is Language where she helped schools with language learning programs.
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