Stephen is a Co-Founder & Director at Changing Education Limited. He works with a talented development team to create work-related learning and careers software. He graduated with honours from Chester University with a dual degree in Adult Nursing & Specialist Practitioner Community Public Health Nursing (School Health). Stephen supports child and adolescent health care by acting as an editor for the British Journal of School Health, stays active with his young Family and dogs and enjoys craft beers with a board game.

As a co-founder in 2008, Matthew has overseen the growth of The Changing Education brand, which has led to over 500,000+ active student users accessing Work Related Learning. Matthew has a sales and marketing background, completing a BA (Hons) degree in 2003 and developed a keen interest in vocational Education and the barriers students face when competing for employment. In his spare time, Matthew has a hectic family life looking after his young children but still finds the time for an odd round of golf.

After qualifying as a Sports and Business Psychologist in 2013, Luke’s entrepreneurial endeavours led him to setting up and working within a range of executive and NED roles within Ed-service, Healthtech and Edtech startups, scaling businesses through a business strategy, product development, operational planning and fundraising, to valuations at over £20m. Luke provides a wealth of experience in business turnaround, mergers and acquisitions, business diversification and scalable business modelling.

I am head of Customer Success here at The Changing Education Group. I find great fulfilment in providing the very best customer service to every one of our clients. I have over 16 years of working as an Account Director and Company Director with diverse business acumen. I was Company director for the previous ten years for a mascot production business, and my highlight includes working on many high-profile movies with Sony Pictures & Netflix. I want to improve young people’s lives by finding them the best Work Experience placements and growing long-lasting working relationships with all our Schools & Colleges. In my spare time, I love to Walk, Exercise, Play Tennis, Read & Travel. Seeing new places around the world is my biggest passion outside of Work.

As our Chief Technology Officer, Manoj brings with him a wealth of business and technology expertise.  He has worked in many different industries and has a passion for digital transformation and delivering solutions.  He also thrives on being able to learn and utilise emerging technologies, which is what he will be doing at Changing Education Group.

He enjoys his spare time by spending it with his family, walking his dogs, watching movies, researching new technologies and playing video games.

I qualified as a Careers Adviser in 2005 and, over 12 years, held various careers advice-related roles, including apprentice recruitment for a large automotive company and providing adult guidance with the National Careers Service.

In 2017 I started working with The Changing Education Group and returned to where I feel most motivated and inspired; delivering Careers Advice and Guidance to school and college students aged 11 – 18.

I currently support and manage the team of Careers Advisers at The Changing Education Group and work closely with schools in the Greater Manchester area, supporting their Careers Programmes with personal guidance sessions for students at key decision points.

I am passionate about working with students at risk of disengagement to raise their aspirations and increase their motivation to learn. Outside Work, I enjoy walking in the Peak District with friends and Family, watching cricket and reading music biographies.

Cat is a Corporate Partnership Manager at Changing Education Group. Cat works with employers to support their early careers strategy and social value goals. Cat is experienced working with employers to provide solutions to attract early and diverse talent, having worked with employers in a range of industries from healthcare to finance to engineering. Cat has a passion for social mobility and supporting the next generation to navigate their future careers.

Cat enjoys travelling and has recently hiked through the Annapurna mountains in the Himalayas and crossed through Italy, France and Switzerland on the Mont Blanc Circuit. Cat also enjoys keeping fit and regularly cycles in the Kent countryside, runs and swims (and sometimes does the odd Triathlon)!

Hello. My name’s Scott. I lived in Southampton and joined Changing Education in February 2023 as a Sales Executive. Since leaving Oxford Brookes University in 2014 with a 2:1 in Business and Management, I have held roles in business development and account management in the EdTech industry. I started at School Business Services and was with them for eight years before moving to Applicant. What I love most about the role is the variety of people/schools I speak to daily and the knowledge I gain from these conversations.

In my personal life, I am a BIG Arsenal fan and will pretty much watch any sport that’s going on. I keep fit by going to the gym and running for the Southampton Athletic club six days a week. Usually, I’ll run around 70 miles a week. When the weather is nice, I play golf when I can, albeit very poorly! At home, I have two cats, one black and one ginger, continually causing mischief.

I started my education journey ten years ago in primary Education with my own dodgeball coaching company Little Dodgers – Yes, I did follow Patches O’Houlihan’s five d’s of dodgeball!

Since then, I have enjoyed working with some of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking EdTech organisations.

My education journey has now led me to proudly sit as an advisory board member for the East Midlands’ most extensive youth venture programme, Elevate.

My passion for supporting the next generation of young learners complements Changing Education’s direction and core values. So I’m very excited to work with such a student-centric organisation.