Primary Job Title CEO Primary Organization QA
Location London, England, United Kingdom Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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William has been leading education and business services groups for over 20 years. He has been the CEO of QA since 2008. He led the development of QA from a value of £25m in 2008 to £700m in 2017 (when a majority stake was acquired by CVC, the leading private equity group). QA now employs over 2,000 staff including more than 700 education
professionals. Prior to this, he served as the CEO of Kaplan Professional, Inc. from 2006-2008. He led the management buyout of The Financial Training Company (which became FTC Kaplan) from Wolters Kluwer in 2001 and sold the business to Kaplan in 2003 doubling the value of the business in two years. Between 2004-2008, he led Kaplan’s businesses outside the US, which included operations in six countries. Prior to Kaplan he worked at Bain & Company management consultants and at a corporate finance boutique. William holds an MA in Law from Cambridge University and an MBA from INSEAD.
