RPF - Key Persons
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- Computer Science Educator ( India )
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- Community Partnership Manager
Alex leads community partnership initiatives with youth-serving organisations in North America, to deliver digital making curriculum to young minds. He's a digital artist that loves video games and collecting trading cards.
Alex is a Learning Manager at the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Computer Science teacher. When not coding, he enjoys table tennis, gaming and wandering in the woods.
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- Head of Software Engineering
Alex looks after the software engineering teams. He's been a fan of Raspberry Pi since it started and is really excited to contribute to the Foundation's aims of getting youngsters interested in computers.
Alex specialises in most things Adobe Suite. He loves minimalist design, bright colours, and Five Guys burgers and fries.
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- Senior Accounts Assistant
Allen looks after the Secondary Learning Team. He enjoys DIY and tinkering in his super-shed. He also likes taking cool photographs of insects.
Amali is the former CEO of Code First:Girls and former Managing Director of Microsoft for Startups UK.
Amy is a Product Manager in the Digital Products team. She loves all things textiles, and can usually be found knitting.
Andrew deals with the legal aspects of the wonderful things that Raspberry Pi does. When not doing that he enjoys running, swimming and trying to play the piano.
Andy develops resources and online courses for Primary teachers. He's previously been a teacher, advisor and product developer. He loves walking, cycling and photography.
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- Head of Educational Partnerships
Anna is responsible for extending the reach and impact of the Foundation's formal education products portfolio. Outside of work she can be found volunteering for her local community sponsorship group.
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- Senior Development Manager
Anna builds fundraising partnerships for the Raspberry Pi Foundation North America. New to the San Francisco Bay Area, she spends her weekends exploring new places, being outside, and learning to garden.
Anna is a Product Manager in the Digital Products team. Outside work she's done poetry gigs everywhere from tiny pubs to festival main stages to the Royal Albert Hall. She roasts a mean potato
IT support specialist responsible for all things IT related. Animal lover with a few exotic pets such as Lizards and Tarantulas. I mostly spend my free time reading, learning to play piano and playing video games!
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- Country Director ( India )
Anuj leads the Foundation's work in India, and specialises in setting up and managing Education, Training & Skilling enterprises. He is an avid reader, follows parallel cinema & tech-based innovations, and enjoys outdoor sports.
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- Computer Science Educator
Ben uses insights from measuring the Foundation's impact to help shape our strategy and improve our products. He loves running, cycling and gardening (or a coffee and good book when it rains!)
Having been a classroom teacher for 14 years, Ben now creates cool learning materials for secondary educators. Outside of work he enjoys cycling, playing with his children and will happily engage with anyone wanting to talk about space.
Ben is a Learning Manager working on our educator training offers. In addition to creating fabulous learning resources, he enjoys looking for birds, clouds and stars - anything in the sky!
Beth supports our business planning and governance processes. In her spare time she enjoys making spreadsheets and has never missed an episode of Neighbours.
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- Co - Founder CoderDojo
- General Partner of SOSV
Bill is a General Partner of SOSV, Chair of Social Tech Trust and WeForest. He Co-Founded CoderDojo and he's curious about Quantum Software.
Bobby works on the research team and is an educational researcher and former primary school teacher. He enjoys graphic design, building the perfect smart home, and practicing new languages, programming or otherwise.
Bonnie coordinates and supports the exciting projects of the Research Team. She loves house plants, countryside walks, and a good brunch.
Bryony supports our current funders. In her spare time she loves almost anything creative, enjoying the countryside and exploring new coffee spots.
Caroline sits on a number of listed commercial company Boards as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit.
Charles is an author, social entrepreneur and international adviser on innovations in learning.
Christina is a Junior Software Engineer on the Digital Products team. On weekends she enjoys imagining new ways to add storage to pretty much any room, reading history books and playing board games with her family.
Claire is one of the research team. Outside of work she spends ridiculous amounts of time and money on her beautiful horse, Ben, who will do anything for a carrot
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Co - Founder Code Club
Clare is co-founder of She Wins, a social business aiming to close the gender pay gap. She is co-founder of Code Club and speaks publicly about the magical combination of technology and social impact
Conor is a maker and hackerspace member, with a soft spot for rainbow LEDs. In his spare time, he loves to read a good book in a nice cafe.
Conor is a Finance Apprentice at the Foundation. In his spare time Conor enjoys playing video games, watching football and walking in the countryside with his dog.
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- Professor of Computer Science, Associate Vice President and Executive Director of the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton.
Dan plys his trade in the Foundation's marketing department and is very much alive. He remains unconvinced that a staff bio is a good vehicle for his sense of humour.
Dan is a Software Engineer on the Digital Team. He's a father of two wonderful boys. He can been spotted doing improvised routes up mountainsides in North Wales and making weird bloopy noises with strange musical devices.
Dan is CEO of The Crown Estate and is currently on the Board of Ark Schools and The Hornery Institute.
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- Software Engineering Manager
Daniel has been coding since he was a kid, and now works on CoderDojo community tools to help empower today's kids to learn with tech.
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- Code Club Community Coordinator ( Ireland )
Darren is Code Club and CoderDojo Regional Coordinator for Ireland. He loves rugby and everything digital making, and a slice of seriously good lemon cake goes a long way with him.
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- Director of People and Culture
Darren is responsible for development and implementation People and Culture across the organisation and making sure we have great people to deliver our mission and a great culture. He is also Chair of Trustees for a multi academy trust and a dad of 3.
David is CEO of Frontier Developments plc, a fellow of BAFTA and the Royal Academy of Engineering, and a member of Cambridge Angels.
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- Trustee of Ezrah Charitable Trust
David Cohen, Trustee of Ezrah Charitable Trust (ECT). ECT is an Africa-focused, private foundation that supports organisations serving and partnering with some of the world's most disadvantaged people.
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- President of the Resolution Foundation
David Willetts is President of the Resolution Foundation and a member of the House of Lords.
David is Head of European Fixed Income at Franklin Templeton, a Trustee at LifeArc and a Non Executive Director at Health Data Research UK.
Diana helps coordinate Raspberry Pi's research work. In her spare time she helps run a choir and volunteers at a museum. She can often be found attempting to befriend random cats.
Diane previously taught A Level Computer Science, now she works on the Ada Computer Science project. She loves coding, robots and alpacas. In her spare time Diane is a trustee of a national charity that runs robotics events for sixth formers.
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- Head of Programmes ( India )
Divya is responsible for managing the CoderDojo and Code Club programmes in India. She likes big dogs and she cannot lie. She makes the best daal and chicken curry, and she loves Bollywood dancing.
Divya is a Product Manager for the Digital Products team. Outside of work, she enjoys hunting for the best coffee in her area, cooking new recipes (to moderate success), and running in circles (also to moderate success).
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- Operations and Facilities Coordinator
Drew is a Paralegal at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and engages with the legal aspects of the Foundation's important work. He enjoys good food, entertainment, and nature
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- Director of Learning Products
Passionate about the value of computing knowledge no matter where life takes you, Duncan oversees our online learning products, such As Ada Computer Science. Duncan enjoys caravaning with his family in his spare time.
Eben is the creator of Raspberry Pi and CEO of Raspberry Pi Ltd
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- Code Club Global Partnerships Manager
Ellie works with partners to grow Code Club across the world. She is a passionate advocate for youth voice and has a background in online safety education. She loves road trips in new places, yoga and chatting about internet pop culture.
Emma leads on process improvements to maintain an environment that best supports our growing team. In her spare time she reads, runs and plans cake interventions.
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- Director of Fundraising and Partnerships
Emma leads our fundraising and partnerships team working with funders to inspire children to create and get excited about digital tech. She loves being close to nature, writing or singing songs and getting lost in a book. She is slightly addicted to LEGO Masters Australia.
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- Director of Communications and Marketing
Faye is responsible for promoting the Foundation. She loves to roam the coastline in her campervan as often as possible.
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- People and Culture Coordinator
Faye is a People and Culture Coordinator and is responsible for supporting all P&C processes, including the onboarding of new employees. She loves music, food and being outdoors and is happiest when combining all three.
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- Astro Pi Programme Manager
Fergus manages the Astro Pi Challenge. He's very noisy! Plays piano, makes beats, bashes drums. Sometimes he goes running, cycling, or swimming.
Fiona helps us understand the impact of our work and how we can do even better. She is also a CoderDojo volunteer and regular board gamer.
Freddie is our IT Support Specialist, looking after everything IT, and ensuring it all clicks! Outside of work he can be found either fixing cars, drinking craft beer, or tinkering with home automation tech!
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- Astro Pi Software Development & Deployment Engineer
Geraint writes software to help young people run experiments and computer programs in space. In his spare time you will see him running up and down hills (or maybe you won't if he is running fast!) or playing his cello in an orchestra.
Job Titles:
- Head of Software Engineering
Alongside leading engineering within the Digital Products team, Greg is also a photographer and expedition guide. His photos feature as the desktop wallpaper for Raspberry Pi OS.
Hannah helps support the Foundation in the Finance team during the week and at the weekends she'll be found running around a hockey pitch.
Hayley manages research investigating different strategies to improve young people's learning and engagement with computing. Outside of work, you will probably find her watching (not doing) sport, or walking her dog.
Helen finds creative ways to engage more people in the mission of the Foundation. She is also a make-up artist and keeps reptiles.
Helen manages Coolest Projects - a worldwide showcase of amazing digital tech created by young people. Her dream playlist would be exclusively 90s and 00s feel good pop.
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- CoderDojo Community Coordinator ( Support and Communications )
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- Ian Co - Founded Games Workshop and Is Currently Chairman of Sumo Group Plc and Partner of Hiro Capital LLP.
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- Global Community Coordinator
Izzy supports the organisations working globally with clubs and volunteers. In her free time, she likes reading, gardening and yelling about K-dramas. She also likes making terrible puns.
A software engineer on the Digital Products team. Isabelle's weekends are often spent reading, drawing, playing games or trying to skate!
Jack is a Raspberry Pi co-founder. He is Director of Studies in Management at Emmanuel College, and an affiliated lecturer in the
James is a software engineer who has been coding since he was sat in front of a Commodore PET. He is a father of two boys and a hoarder of all kinds of computers and electronics.
James is an ex-teacher, and now manages our training programmes for educators. He still plays with Lego and drinks a lot of tea.
James is co-founder of CoderDojo, has served as CTO for a number of ecommerce companies, and advisor to startups and private equity.
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- Senior Communications Manager
Manages communications at the Foundation. Has a background in biology, a passion for democratising the design and use of digital technologies, and a deep love of cinnamon rolls.
Jana helps fundraise for the foundation and is passionate about connecting donors with our mission. She enjoys long runs, reading, and hanging with her husband and dogs in their campervan.
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- Senior Research Scientist
Jane is responsible for the Foundation's computing education research projects. Her loves are Grace (her gorgeous grown-up daughter), Goat (her crazy cat), and her garden (full of veggies).
Jenni is a Copy Editor. In her spare time, she can usually be found reading, baking, or (very slowly) learning to play the piano.
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- People and Culture Business Partner
Jessie is the People and Culture Business Partner. She loves going for brunch at the weekend, sunny walks with a podcast, and is obsessed with cats.
Joanne is part of the Communications & Marketing Team, supporting the development of our marketing strategy and campaigns. She volunteers at a Girls' Football Club & enjoys browsing at car boot sales.
Joe is a Learning Manager at the foundation. Very passionate about championing young people from a range of diverse backgrounds and abilities to take up computer science. Enjoys spending time with his family and friends and being pretty decent in a general pub quiz.
Joe establishes corporate fundraising partnerships at the Foundation. He loves playing bass guitar, old-school video games and is a proud dad of three!
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- Chairman of Trustees
- Trustee
John is a software engineer and business leader, and the former Chair and CEO of Metaswitch Networks. He also currently chairs Enza Capital and What3words.
John leads the CoderDojo team, ensuring we support the community and continue to thrive. He has an interest in authentic leadership, is a trustee of two Scout charities, and studies Computing at the Open University.
Jon is an author, former Chair of Ravensbourne University London, and Honorary Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Birmingham.
Josie used to be a maths teacher and now crunches numbers in the finance team. She loves music and her claim to fame is playing at Glastonbury festival
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- Senior Manager, IT and Facilities
Looks after everything IT for us. Loves Taekwondo, a good brew, and hiking with her family and dog.
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- Code Club Community Manager ( England )
Kevin is all about engagement in the USA for both Code Club and CoderDojo. You might also recognize him from his GIF work on Twitter. He's passionate about writing and is an avid air guitarist on the weekends.
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- Non Executive Director
- Trustee
Kim Shillinglaw is a Non Executive Director with interests across innovation, tech, the environment and media, and former Controller of BBC2.
Laura creates learning materials for secondary educators. Laura is passionate about improving uptake and engagement amongst girls in Computing. In her spare time, she enjoys packing the family up into the campervan for fun trips away.
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- Head of Product Management
Laura is responsible for digital product management at the Foundation. She's also a mum and a fan of 20th-century architecture.
Lauren works with Philip supporting scheduling and putting projects into practice. She loves cooking and watching live music.
Laurie helps to look after the Foundation's people, operations and finances. In his spare time, he runs a youth group, occasionally picks up a guitar, and generally enjoys life with his young family in Cambridge.
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- Senior Accounts Assistant
Lily provides accounting support across the Foundation. She enjoys volunteering, exploring new places, plays the piano and loves baking delicious sweet treats.
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- Youth Programmes Coordinator
Lizzie supports the Isaac events programme at the Foundation. She loves all things creative, cheese-based, and golden retriever related (not necessarily all at once). Ask her about jousting.
Lois is a software engineer in the Digital Products team. Away from the keyboard she may be found crocheting a cuddly toy or with her nose in a good book.
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- Prospect Development Manager
Mac is our Learning Manager. A teacher in his spare time, he enjoys showing people of all ages how computing works! When away from screens, he is an avid baker.
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- Software Engineer / Software Engineer at Raspberry Pi Foundation. Electronic Enthusiast, Kazik 's Mum and Foodie. an Advocate for Diversity in Tech.
Software Engineer at Raspberry Pi Foundation. Electronic enthusiast, Kazik's mum and foodie. An advocate for diversity in tech.
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- Senior Learning Manager, India
I am Mamta Manaktala, the Senior Learning Manager, India. Having been a Computer Science teacher for 15 years, I now create learning resources on Computing and Coding for school students. I like to train teachers on classroom management and various pedagogical practices. Outside of work, I read books on life hacks and spirituality. I love to discuss different perspectives with people and respect them.
Marc is an ex-teacher who's responsible for creating and managing the Raspberry Pi educational resources. He's passionate about Open Education Resources and teaching martial arts.
Meet Mariam, a creative soul with a passion for art and design. She spends most of her free time exploring all art and design related things, learning new skills and researching a variety of topics. When she's not researching the latest trends in the design world, she's busy working on her latest craft project.
MrC is a teacher, surfer, maker, hacker, writer, gamer, quixotic ambassador of geekdom, and Raspberry Pi's resident trickster-imp.
Martha is Chair of WeTransfer and Chancellor of The Open University. She is a cross bench peer.
Matt is an ex-teacher with over 20 years experience, he develops content for everyone who wants to inspire young people to learn Computer Science. He is an occasional: surfer, skier, drone pilot, footballer, cyclist, runner, kite surfer.
Matthew develops technology for virtual learning and assessment on the Ada Computer Science platform. Outside of work, he enjoys game development and music, as well as hiking and photography if coaxed outdoors.
Max is a Senior Product Designer who spends most of his day in [latest design tool] creating digital experiences. He also enjoys mechanical keyboards, vinyl, (re)installing Linux, and 3D printing.
Mel is a Product Manager in the Digital Products team, focusing on our learning products. Her weekends almost always contain coffee with a great book, an art exhibition or a new place to explore (perhaps all three if she's lucky!).
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- Online Course Production Manager
Michael is a physicist turned educator who's excited about helping people discover their creativity through coding. In his spare time he enjoys performing stand-up comedy.
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- Impact Research Assistant
Neena manages & provides strategic direction to the Raspberry Pi Foundation social media channels. In her spare time, she likes drawing, crafting, painting, yoga & jogging. She will be completely distracted if there is a dog!
Neil is part of the IT team that helps and supports all things IT. Away from trying to fix things, Neil enjoys sports, craft beer and food!
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- State Manager
- State Manager ( India )
Nikhil is a State Manager working in India. Nikhil has been working in the social sector for around 15 years. Nikhil has applied his knowledge and enthusiasm in connecting communities problems and aspirations with the prospectus of technology.
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- CoderDojo Community Manager ( Ireland )
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- Global Engagement Manager
Nuala manages communications and engagement for CoderDojo. She's a Dojo mentor and enjoys seeing kids make hilarious projects. She also loves animals, farming, making things, theatre, the arts, and food!
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- Software Engineering Manager
Patrick works with the Digital Foundation team, helping them deliver their best work. When not corralling engineers, he enjoys being outside - in the garden, up hills, on the water, or on his bike.
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- People and Culture Coordinator
Penny is a People and Culture Coordinator in the Foundation. Outside of work, Penny is a keen runner and cyclist and has a passion for baking.
A teacher for 23 years, Pete now creates learning materials for secondary educators. Outside of work he enjoys running, playing with his children and brewing delicious craft beers.
Co-creator of Raspberry Pi. Pete is Engineering Director at Norcott Technologies and President of the Institution of Engineering Designers.
Job Titles:
- Chief Technology and Product Officer
Phil is responsible for delivering the Digital Products which support The Foundation's programmes and mission. In his spare time Phil can be found breaking cars in order to fix them again. He has been known to run, climb and cycle on occasion.
Philip is responsible for developing our strategy, hiring awesome people, and helping them do great work. He's also a craft cider maker, school governor, and dad to two young digital makers.
Päivi is a senior software engineer in the digital foundation team. Outside of work you'll find her most weekends at the potters wheel covered in clay for her latest ceramics creation.
Rachel leads the Foundation's non formal education products and learning experiences globally. When not at work, she enjoys traveling and all things geographical!
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- Learning and Curriculum Manager
Rashmita is a seasoned computer science educator and curriculum designer with 18 years of experience. When she's not molding young minds, you'll find her embarking on thrilling hikes, backpacking trips amidst nature and exploring different cuisines by trying out exciting recipes.
Richard is former Chief Executive of Lloyd's Register Foundation.
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- Director of Youth Partnerships
Richard runs our Citizen Science programme, including the Weather Station project. He's an engineer who's easily distracted by comics, music, rugby, and LEGO. His quest to combine them into a single activity is ongoing.
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- Director of Curriculum, Training & Research
Rik is responsible for developing Code Club curriculum and training materials. Formerly a secondary school teacher, Rik enjoys learning new skills and is currently learning to brew beer.
Rob is a designer, published author & illustrator who gets around on a bike. He has an outlandish obsession with documentaries, Mediterranean food and a few obscure genres of music.
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- Computer Science Educator ( India )
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- Code Club Community Coordinator ( England )
- Community Coordinator for Code Club England
Rujeko is the Community Coordinator for Code Club England. She coordinates and supports England schools on the Code Club Programme. She loves to read and enjoys dancing.
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- Code Club Community Coordinator ( Wales )
Sarah is our regional coordinator for Wales. She worked in Astronomy education for years before joining the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and still gets excited about space. Talk to her about circus, cycling, crafts or any type of game to make a friend for life!
Scott is a software engineer and spends his days coding as much as possible. He loves his 3 boys, noughties indie, coffee, comic books, running, gaming, lego and is partial to a lamb rogan josh.
Scott was President and Chief Executive Officer of Broadcom Corporation and President of the Broadcom Foundation.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director of a Number of FTSE
Sherry is Non-executive Director of a number of FTSE boards. In addition, she is a serial Entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist - usually in areas that address the skills crisis.
Simon is Principal Researcher for Microsoft UK and Chair of Computing at Schools (CAS).
Sonja has a passion for creating international and educational communities with volunteers. She also loves exploring new and sometimes unconventional hobbies - some that have stuck are baking and baseball.
Sophie is part of the Marketing and Communications team at the Foundation. When she is not busy sharing stories about the community, Sophie can be found seeking out new hikes with her dog or with her nose in a good book.
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- Programme Coordinator ( Non - Formal Learning )
Sourav works in Non-formal Learning out of Odisha, India. He loves nature, children, and stories, and wishes to improve education in the grassroots.
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- CoderDojo Community Manager ( UK )
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- State Manager, Programme Manager ( India )
I am Sudhir Kumar Patro, I joined the foundation team as State Manager based out in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. I love reading, lots of travel around various parts & meeting people. I am always eager to learn their traditions, culture.
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- Training Coordinator - Formal Education ( India )
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- General Partner at Balderton Capital
Suranga is a General Partner at Balderton Capital, a pan-European early stage venture capital firm. Before that, Suranga was a software engineer and an entrepreneur.
Sway leads the primary team to develop amazing computing resources for teachers. She enjoys reading books, playing board games and growing things in her garden. She can often be found in Disneyland Paris.
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- Computer Science Educator ( India )
Tessy Mosindi is a Learning Manager who is passionate about tackling the gender gap in Computer Science. Previously a Computer Science teacher, she enjoys travelling and doing charity work.
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- Trustee
- Head of the School of Museum Studies
Tilly is Head of the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, former Head of Collections at the Science Museum, London and on the Board of the Bletchley Park Trust.
Tim is a British ESA Astronaut and ambassador for STEM Education.
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- Community Partnerships Manager
Tom leads on the development of programmes delivered in partnership with youth and community organisations in the UK. In his spare time, you'll find him in cinema bars persuading people to watch Inland Empire.
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- Club Programme Coordinator ( India )
Vasu engages with the community in India for both Code Club and CoderDojo. She enjoys the drama that entails politics and is an activist by heart. She also loves sports and stationery!
Veronica is a Research Scientist, interested in how young learners engage with digital making in creative ways. She's also a mum, a cycling enthusiast and in her spare time you can find her at the allotment with her chickens.
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- Senior Partnerships Manager ( Kenya & South Africa )
Wariara is really good at connecting people and ideas to build high impact and strategic partnerships. She leads our work in Africa. She lives in Kent with her partner, daughter and 2 indoor free roam rabbits. Often dreams of relocating to a hot temperate climate with only rain and sun as seasons.
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- Programme Coordinator, Community Engagement
Zoe supports the Code Club community, she has recently taken up pottery and now owns a lovely collection of wonky pots.
Zoë leads the Code Club and CoderDojo programmes, supporting young digital makers globally. She also cycles with her wife and two children, speaks at Leaders Plus events and does sporadic origami.