Our Team

Dr. Amel Karboul
Chief Executive Officer
Commissioner of the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity (Education Commission); former Minister of Tourism, Tunisia

Max McCabe
Chief Operating Officer
Formerly at Teach First,
Rising Academy Network
& Diageo PLC

Trine Ji Holmgaard
Manager
Formerly Senior Executive Advisor, seconded from the LEGO Foundation

Juanita Bodmer
Manager
Former advisor at Colombian Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance, National Planning Department, and World Bank

Mahri Nicholson
Operations Senior Associate
Former Administrator and Operations Officer at Ark and the Scottish Government

Yang Liu
Associate
Former ODI Fellow in Timor-Leste and Economist with the UK Government

Charlie Denney
Analyst
Former researcher at ODI

Jared Lee
Chief Programs Officer
Formerly with UK National Advisory Board on Impact Investment, Bain & Company, Clinton Health Access Initiative & Goldman Sachs

Miléna Castellnou
Chief Programs Officer
Former Associate Partner at Instiglio

Adriana Balducci
Manager
Former Senior Programs Manager at FCDO and WISE-Qatar Foundation, Special Education Consultant at UNESCO and Brazilian Government

Diana Duran
Manager
Former Senior Associate, Instiglio, and Consultant, IFC

Laura Schiever
Associate
Former Senior Associate, McKinsey & Company

Stephen Chandler
Associate
Former Investment Analyst at a London-based hedge fund and treasury

Daniel Dyonisius
Research Assistant
Formerly with RISE Programme & GIZ