| Omar P. Abbosh |
Omar P. Abbosh is currently the Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Pearson Plc, an Independent Director at Zuora, Inc., and a Vice President-Cross Industry Solution at Microsoft Corp. He is also an Advisor at Velocity Acquisition Corp. Previously, he worked at Accenture Plc as the Group Chief Executive-Communications & Media from 2018 to 2019. Mr. Abbosh received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Cambridge and holds an MBA from INSEAD. |
| Allison P. Bebo |
Allison P. Bebo is currently the Chief Human Resources Officer at Pearson Plc. Previously, she held the position of Vice President-Talent Management at Ann, Inc. from 2000 to 2015. She also served as the Chief Human Resources Officer at Hologic, Inc. Additionally, she was the Vice President-Human Resources at Ann Taylor Loft from 1994 to 2012. Ms. Bebo obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. |
| Sally Kate Miranda Johnson |
Sally Kate Miranda Johnson is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director at Rentokil Initial Plc. She is also a Director at Pearson International Finance Ltd., Pearson Netherlands BV, Pearson Overseas Holdings Ltd., Pearson Education, Inc., Pearson Management Services Ltd., Pearson Loan Finance Unlimited, Pearson Loan Finance No. 2 Unlimited, Pearson Loan Finance No. 4 Ltd., Pearson Books Ltd., Pearson Australia Finance Unlimited, Pearson Canada Finance Unlimited, Pearson PRH Holdings Ltd., Pearson Real Estate Holdings Ltd., Pearson Education Investments Ltd., and Aldwych Finance Ltd. Previously, she served as the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director at Pearson Plc and held director positions at Pearson in Practice Holdings Ltd., Pearson in Practice Technology Ltd., and Pearson In Practice Skills Based Learning Ltd. She is also a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. |
| Anna Vikström Persson |
Giovanni Giovannelli is currently the President-English Language Learning at Pearson Plc since 2014. Previously, he held positions as Director at Natura Cosméticos SA and Allis Solucoes Em Trade Pessoas e Participaçoes SA (Brazil), Managing Director at Pearson Education do Brasil Ltda., and Chief Executive & Investment Relations Officer at Terna Participaçoes SA. He holds a doctorate degree from American University and undergraduate degrees from the University of Bocconi and Harvard Business School. |
| Cinthia Nespoli |
Cinthia Nespoli is currently working as the Chief Legal Officer at Pearson Plc. She started this position in 2020. Prior to her current role, she obtained a graduate degree from PontifÃcia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and Pontificia Universidade Catolica De Campinas. |
| Anthony Prentice |
Anthony Prentice currently works at Pearson Plc, as Chief Product Officer & Co-President-DTC from 2023. Mr. Prentice also formerly worked at Starbucks Corp., as Director-Category Management from 2002 to 2005, American Express Co., as Vice President-Mobile Payments from 2011 to 2016, McKinsey & Co., Inc., as Engagement Manager from 1998 to 2002, Mount Sinai Genomics, Inc., as Chief Product Officer, and GeneDx Holdings Corp., as Chief Product Officer. Mr. Prentice received his Masters Business Admin degree from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York and undergraduate degree from Cornell University. |
| Sulaekha Kolloru Barger |
Sulaekha Kolloru Barger is currently working as the Chief Strategy Officer at Pearson Plc. Previously, she worked as the Vice President-International Portfolio Strategy at Delta Air Lines, Inc. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Ottawa and holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
| Tim Bozik |
Tim Bozik is currently the Director at The Association of American Publishers. He is also currently serving as the Chief Product Officer & President-Higher Education at Pearson Plc since 2021. Mr. Bozik completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Notre Dame. |
| Deepti de Soyza |
Deepti de Soyza is currently working as the Director-Internal Audit & Head-Digital at Pearson Plc. |
| Satish Menon |
Satish Menon is the founder of Kasenna, Inc. (founded in 2000) and UV Labs, Inc. (founded in 2012). He held the titles of Director, CTO & VP-Research & Development at Kasenna, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer at UV Labs, Inc. Dr. Menon's current job is Chief Technology Officer-Product Platforms at Pearson Plc, where he started in 2019. Dr. Menon's former jobs include Director-Software Technology at Silicon Graphics, Inc. (1994-2000), Director at Internet Streaming Media Alliance, Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President at Apollo Education Group, Inc. (2009-2012), Vice President-Consumer Platforms Group at Yahoo!, Inc. (2006-2009), Research Scientist at Georgia Institute of Technology, and Member-Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories. Dr. Menon's education includes a doctorate from Georgia Institute of Technology, a graduate degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Calicut. |
| Omid R. Kordestani |
Omid R. Kordestani currently works at Pearson Plc, as Non-Executive Chairman from 2022, Pearson Education, Inc., as Director from 2022, Klarna Holding AB, as Director from 2020, Klarna, Inc., as Director from 2020, and Klarna Bank AB, as Director from 2020. Mr. Kordestani also formerly worked at Vodafone Group Plc, as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2013 to 2014, X Corp. (United States), as Director from 2020 to 2022, The 3DO Co., as Head-Business development & Marketing, New Aurora Corp., as Vice President-Business Development from 1995 to 1999, Google LLC, as SVP-Global Sales & Business Development from 1999 to 2009, Google LLC, as Chief Business Officer & Senior Vice President from 2014 to 2015, and Alphabet, Inc., as Senior Vice President. Mr. Kordestani received his Masters Business Admin degree from Stanford University and undergraduate degree from San Jose State University. |
| Marykay Wells |
Marykay Wells is currently working as the Chief Information Officer at Pearson Plc since 2014. Prior to her current position, she held the role of Principal at GE Aerospace. She also served as the Chief Information Officer at Tekelec Global, Inc. and Extreme Networks, Inc. In addition, Ms. Wells worked as the Interim Chief Information Officer at Nortel Networks, Inc. from 1998 to 2007. Ms. Wells completed her undergraduate degree at Clarkson University. |
| Lynne Frank |
Lynne Frank is currently working as the CMO & Co-President-Direct to Consumer at Pearson Plc. Previously, Lynne worked as the Head-EMEA London Operations at ESPN, Inc. in 2010 and as the President-International Marketing at Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Lynne completed her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Los Angeles. |
| Giovanni Giovannelli |
Giovanni Giovannelli is currently the President-English Language Learning at Pearson Plc since 2014. Previously, he held positions as Director at Natura Cosméticos SA and Allis Solucoes Em Trade Pessoas e Participaçoes SA (Brazil), Managing Director at Pearson Education do Brasil Ltda., and Chief Executive & Investment Relations Officer at Terna Participaçoes SA. He holds a doctorate degree from American University and undergraduate degrees from the University of Bocconi and Harvard Business School. |
| Vishal Gupta |
Vishal Gupta is currently the President-Pearson Workforce Skills at Pearson Plc. Previously, he worked as the Co-Managing Director at Accenture GmbH. He completed his undergraduate degree at Delhi College of Engineering and holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. |
