METANOIA - Key Persons


Anthony Dixon - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Anthony Dixon is a renewable energy and sustainability expert and the founder of Metanoia and Helios Renewable Energy. Anthony founded Metanoia to offer schools an opportunity to make a difference to the sustainability of their campus and community through practical, accessible and effective solutions that benefit the operations of a school - while also educating and empowering students. Anthony's diverse career has included Chief Executive Offer of ASB Biodiesel, Managing Director of Citigroup, Director of China Hydroelectric Corporation, Chief Operating Officer of ZEDfactory (a zero-carbon housing company), and Director of the Solar Electric Light Company. He holds an undergraduate degree in physics, a masters in renewable energy engineering from Imperial College, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Emma Brady

Job Titles:
  • Environment and Sustainability Consultant

James Thomas - Chief Commercial Officer

Job Titles:
  • Commercial Director
  • Member of the Leadership Team
James Thomas is an experienced sales, marketing, and education management professional with a focus on the international schools sector in Asia. He was previously Business Development Manager, APAC for Tes (formerly the Times Education Supplement) and Head of Product and Customer Experience for Wall Street English in Indonesia. James has spent the last decade working closely with NGOs, commerical institutions, and local and international schools throughout Asia.

Kiran Hiranandani

Job Titles:
  • Environment and Sustainability Consultant
Kiran is an Environment and Sustainability masters graduate from Monash University, Australia. As a former digital marketer, she has experience in project management, campaign execution and brand development for multiple start-up companies.

Oliver Ironside

Job Titles:
  • Environment and Sustainability Consultant
Through Metanoia, she looks forward to applying her knowledge in sustainability communications and stakeholder engagement to drive behaviour change and whole school engagement within schools across Asia. Kiran also brings waste expertise to the team from auditing, reporting and providing innovative and circular solutions. Outside of work, Kiran likes to engage in environmental activism; from working with non-profits to reduce plastic pollution, to advocating for animal rights. Her areas of interest include carbon and ecological footprints, biodiversity loss, sustainable diets, and plastic pollution. Emma graduated with distinction from Rhodes University with a Bachelor of Science in Zoology and Biochemistry. Since graduating, she has worked in the education sector throughout Asia.