About

Anna joined Tutor the Nation in June 2023. She has a History master’s degree from the University of Oxford and has worked with a range of educational organisations, most recently at Cambridge Judge Business School in the Master of Finance team. In her role at TTN, Anna oversees our finances and fundraising, and works with the team on corporate partnerships, communications and growth strategy.

Jacky has a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University. Her first career was in Investment Banking. She is an Honorary Fellow of St Hugh’s College, Oxford and Chair of their Development Board. She was the first Chair of the Oxford China Centre Development Board and is a Distinguished Friend of Oxford University. Jacky has a special interest in education and social mobility and supports a number of charities in these fields.

John read History at Oxford. He practised as a solicitor at Frere Cholmeley. He subsequently joined Barclays Bank, where he was Group Chief Executive from 2004 until end 2010. After Barclays, John sat on the boards of AstraZeneca, Rio Tinto and BlackRock. He has served as Chairman of Marie Curie and Business Action on Homelessness; as President of the Drugs Policy Commission and The Employers Forum on Disability; and as a Trustee of The Prince of Wales Charitable Foundation.

Umeeda is a brand marketer with 15+ years spent leading some of the world’s most well-known and well-loved brands, from Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to L’Oreal. She is passionate about transferring her blue-chip experience and love of building brands to the non-profit sector to help build and scale pioneering organisations in areas of special interest – particularly in the spheres of education and mental health. Umeeda read Modern Languages at Oxford University and has a Diploma in Professional Digital Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Anna is the Director of Innovation of J-PAL, a global research centre headquartered at MIT working to reduce poverty and social exclusion by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Passionate about education, Anna has spearheaded many initiatives to open doors for learners of all ages, from basic skills to university studies. Her own educational journey took her from studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Oxford’s New College to earning a PhD in Political Science from Princeton University. She was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2024.

Martin is a Professor in Engineering Science at Oxford University, and a Fellow of New College. He studied engineering at Bristol University before moving to Oxford, where he conducted teaching and research in structural engineering. He recently completed an eight-year term as the University’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, with overall responsibility for the admission, education and wellbeing of students. He has initiated and led numerous programmes to increase the accessibility of Oxford to students from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, and he currently chairs the board of the Study Higher outreach consortium for the Thames Valley area.

Matt is a product leader and advisor who has spent his career building consumer products in scale-ups and two-sided marketplaces. He studied Astrophysics at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with a first-class degree, before moving into technology. Most recently he was Chief Product Officer at Unobravo, Europe’s largest mental health platform, having previously held the same role at ClearScore and led product teams at Skyscanner and SoundCloud. He currently advises startups to public companies on product strategy, is a Trustee of Mind in Haringey, and has lectured annually at Future Academy London since 2020. His work scaling access to mental health support at Unobravo, and to financial fairness at ClearScore, reflects a focus on using technology to solve real problems for the people who most need it.

Charles read History at Oriel College, Oxford and has qualifications in law and teaching. The Good Schools Guide states he has ‘arguably changed the face of British tutoring’; and Bonas MacFarlane, the education service founded in 1998 ‘a genuine commitment to public benefit work (they do more than any other tutor company we know)’ including Next Step Foundation (free university preparation). Charles is a board member of The Tutor’s Association. He co-owns Next Step Exhibitions, a schools marketing company.

Nathaniel founded Simply Learning Tuition in 2009, after working as a private tutor in London. Educated at Durham University and the University of Southern California, he believes passionately in the effectiveness of carefully managed one-to-one tuition. He has worked with children of a wide range of ages and abilities, from Eton scholars to those facing challenges, such as dyspraxia and Asperger’s syndrome. He sits on the Board of The Tutors Association.