ATHONA EDUCATION LIMITED - Key Persons


Claire Mackay

Job Titles:
  • Senior Recruitment Consultant
Claire is our Senior Recruitment Consultant and started with us as our Recruitment Coordinator and worked her way up through the company. She loves building strong relationships with candidates and teachers as she gets a rewarding feeling from helping out schools.

Dan Shoben

Job Titles:
  • Group Finance & Operations Director
Dan is the Group Finance & Operations Director, with 15 years' recruitment experience. He loves the fast pace of recruitment and knowing our work is having a positive impact on people's lives.

Danny Bottazzi

Job Titles:
  • Account Manager
Danny joined us in November 2023 as an apprentice recruitment coordinator in our primary team and is now an account manager.

Geri Chapman

Job Titles:
  • Compliance Manager
  • Senior Compliance Manager
Geri Chapman is a Compliance Manager who's been with Athona Education for over 10 years and loves how rewarding recruitment is.

Jeanette Holder - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
Jeanette is Athona Education's Managing Director with over 30 years recruitment experience, over 15 of those with the company.

Jodie Hannibal

Job Titles:
  • Account Manager
Jodie joined the team in December 2023 as a Recruitment Coordinator and has worked her way up to an account manager.

Joshua Penson

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant
Josh has been with us since August 2021. After joining as an apprentice he worked his way up to become a Recruitment Consultant. He loves being able to find the perfect candidate for a teaching position.

Kelly Logsdail

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager
  • Business Manager for the Primary Education
Kelly is the Business Manager for the Primary Education team. With over 22 years' experience in recruitment, it's little surprise that Kelly loves chatting to clients and candidates.

Liz Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Executive
Liz is our Marketing Executive who previously worked as a Resourcer in the education team, she's been with the company for over 5 years.

Michael Daniel

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant
Michael joined us in January 2024 as a Recruitment Co-ordinator but showed in a very short time that he would be better suited as a Recruitment Consultant. He is now working with schools covering primary and secondary.

Morgan Gouldesbrough

Job Titles:
  • Compliance and Resourcer Apprentice
Morgan recently joined Athona Education as a compliance and resourcer apprentice working alongside the sales and compliance teams.

Nicola Scrivener

Job Titles:
  • Senior Support Manager
Nicola is our Senior Support Manager who's been with Athona Education for over 10 years.

Phil Smith

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant
  • in 2025 As a Recruitment Consultant
Phil joined Athona Education in 2025 as a recruitment consultant and is currently working with London Schools.

Rachel Smoothy - VP of Sales

Job Titles:
  • Sales Director
Rachel is the Sales Director for Athona Education with 15 years recruitment experience - 9 of those being with the company.

Robert Barrett

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager
  • Business Manager for the Secondary Education
Robert is the Business Manager for the Secondary Education team. Having been at Athona Education for over 15 years, Robert loves the fast-paced nature of recruitment.

Stewart London - Chairman, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Founder
Stewart London is Athona's founder and chairman. He's passionate about people and has worked in recruitment since 1995. His pub quiz speciality would be whisky (collecting not drinking), and he thinks Tom Hanks would be the perfect person to play him in a film.

Tina London

Job Titles:
  • Director
Tina London founded Athona with husband Stewart. Having worked in recruitment since 1994, she loves the people she meets through her work. Tina is also a big photography fan, and handy during the film and music round of a pub quiz.