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John Deans
Director

Co-founder John leads our publishing delivery work. An experienced publisher, developer and senior manager, he gained his experience in schools and ELT roles with global publishers, and in the hands-on technology leadership role of a digital publisher, from start-up to market leadership.

John is interested in the educational challenges set by technological and social change, with a critical eye on claims made for these. He’s an occasional ELT teacher and an experienced trainer.

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Sam Derby
Director

Co-founder Sam leads our consultancy and business development work. An experienced director, governor and senior manager, Sam’s time at Pearson – where he worked across professional development, qualifications, digital teaching and learning and publishing – established the foundation of his knowledge of the education world.

Sam is particularly interested in digital transformations in education, including culture change and agile methodologies. He is an experienced trainer, coach and mentor.

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Liz
Cremona-Howard
Publishing Delivery Manager
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Liz
Cremona-Howard
Publishing Delivery Manager

Publishing Delivery Manager Liz has more than a decade of experience in educational publishing, including working as an editor and publisher in-house at Pearson. With specialist expertise in primary English, Liz has led a number of complex print and digital publishing projects.

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Hannie Kirkham
Research and Strategy Manager
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Hannie Kirkham
Research and Strategy Manager

As Research and Strategy Manager, Hannie drives strategy and product development alongside thought leadership publications and events. An experienced educational publisher and school governor, Hannie is especially involved with our customer insights projects, including our Teacher Research Group.

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Rebekkah Hughes
Design Manager
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Rebekkah Hughes
Design Manager

As Design Manager, Rebekkah oversees the creative side of our projects, including resource management, commissioning artwork, illustrators and designers, as well as fulfilling our internal design needs. Rebekkah has held roles in adult education and training and holds a master’s degree in Graphic Design which informs her approach to design process and management.

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Lyn Roberts
Publishing Delivery Leader
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Lyn Roberts
Publishing Delivery Leader

As Publishing Delivery Leader, Lyn manages digital and non-digital projects. With her extensive project management experience across different sectors, Lyn previously commissioned learning materials at CGP. Lyn is interested in new methods of language teaching, and in inclusive education.

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Maegan
Dobson-Sippy
Publishing Delivery Leader
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Maegan
Dobson-Sippy
Publishing Delivery Leader

As Publishing Delivery Leader, Maegan manages the day-to-day running of editorial and publishing projects. With a background working in visual publishing in India and in the international education teams at OUP and Pearson, she has specialist expertise in international curricula.

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Sarah Bean
Publishing Delivery Leader
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Sarah Bean
Publishing Delivery Leader

Sarah holds a master’s degree in Publishing and has worked in the industry since 2015. As Publishing Delivery Leader, Sarah marries project management and communication skills with a deep view of project content across the full range of our projects. Sarah’s background is in ELT, previously managing the production side of print and digital projects at OUP.

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Claire Gilbert
Head of People and Operations
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Claire Gilbert
Head of People and Operations

Claire is Head of People and Operations and works to improve our people and processes. She uses the digital expertise she gained in roles at Boardworks, Educake and her own business to work on client projects and champion EdTech at Oriel Square.

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Keira Moulding
Communications Manager
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Keira Moulding
Communications Manager

As Communications Manager, Keira runs our website, blog, newsletter and social media. She also brings her skills to research and thought leadership projects to communicate findings effectively.

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Lauren Spence
Commissioning Editor
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Lauren Spence
Commissioning Editor

Commissioning Editor Lauren has authored and edited in educational publishing since 2014. She specialises in EdTech, bridging content pedagogy and platform functionality in her previous roles at Boardworks and OUP. She’s also our humanities subject champion.

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Imaan Munir
Project Editor
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Imaan Munir
Project Editor

Project Editor Imaan is our Subject Champion for inclusion and representation. She works with our Editorial team to support the delivery of high quality content and contributes to Oriel Square’s research and professional development courses.

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Eva Steenhuis
Project Editor
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Eva Steenhuis
Project Editor

As Project Editor, Eva works in both an editorial and project management capacity to ensure the smooth running of our publishing projects. She especially enjoys working on children’s readers and phonics resources.

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