Before joining Inspired in 2017, Marc spent 15 years in a number of senior leadership positions within Laureate International Universities. Marc started at Laureate as Vice President Enrollment where he built the student enrollment organization for the Laureate Hotel Management Schools (with branches in Switzerland, Spain, China and Australia). In 2008, Marc became CEO of Les Roches Jin Jiang International Hotel Management College, a joint venture in Shanghai, China. He then relocated to Milan, Italy to take over as CEO of Laureate Italian Art and Design Universities, which is comprised of Domus Academy (DA) and NABA Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, two prestigious Italian design institutions, with over 4000 students in Italy and 6000 students internationally. In addition, to his CEO role in Italy, he also led the global business development as Senior Vice President of Laureate Design Universities and he served as member of the board of directors in various international universities. Marc is Swiss and completed his university studies up to an MBA in Switzerland. He completed a doctoral degree in international business in 2018.

Prior to joining Inspired as CEO Americas Matt spent 14 years with Laureate International Universities in various senior management roles, including leading Laureate’s expansion into the working adult market, launching first a successful program in Mexico and later in Brazil, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica, and Panama.

Matt next spent three years structuring the Brazil region and simultaneously leading one of the top-ranked business graduate schools in Brazil. Later, as CEO of Laureate Panama, Matt led a successful transformation turnaround, including the merger of two universities, the construction of a 40,000m² campus in Panama City, and a return to academic excellence & profitability. Matt started his career in sales & marketing at MTV Networks and Time Inc. in LA and New York. He holds two bachelors degrees in Plan II Honors & Latin American Studies from the University of Texas and an MBA from both Columbia Business School and London Business School. He is fluent in Spanish & Portuguese.

Robert is the Group Chief Financial Officer, based out of London, United Kingdom. He joined Inspired in October 2017.

Prior to Inspired, he was a Senior Operations Advisor at TPG Capital for over two years with a focus on upgrading the Finance and IT capabilities of TPG portfolio companies in Europe. He held two Interim CFO roles at Retail and Leisure companies and multiple transformational leadership roles.

Prior to TPG, he worked at General Electric for 11 years where he held a diverse set of Finance Leadership roles across different sectors and regions, such as Global Divisional CFO, Finance Director, Financial Planning & Analysis Manager and Finance Transformation Leader.

Robert is a graduate of the General Electric’s Financial Management Program and the Corporate Audit Staff. He obtained his Masters from the Budapest University of Economics, Hungary.

John O'Connor graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor's Degree in Literature and a Diploma in Education. His 30-year career in Education began in Australia, and for the last 25 years he has worked in Kenya. Born in Perth, Western Australia, John chose to take Kenyan citizenship a decade ago. He was at Hillcrest School in Nairobi in various roles for 14 years, before becoming Director at Brookhouse School in 2004. John currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Round Square, a global association of 150 schools devoted to holistic education and servant leadership training. He is a visiting team member, reader and co-chair for the Council of International schools (CIS) and a member of the Association of International Schools of Africa. In 2012, John was invited to join the Heads of the G-20 group of eminent schools. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Human Needs Project, a community sustainability initiative for the people of Kibera, the largest informal settlement in Kenya.

Sonsoles has been the Policy Educational Director of  Colegio San Patricio since 1999. Sonsoles was a History and Humanities teacher for over 23 years at all gradel levels. In 1984, she received her Degree in Geography and History, specializing in Prehistory & Archaeology. In 2001, she completed the Master Program Course DICIE in Management of Educational Centers at Villanueva University in Madrid. She has led educational innovation processes in the 4 Colegio San Patricio schools focusing on Emotional Intelligence in School Environments and application of learning by tasks in multilingual contexts. Since 2001, she has worked in Management of educational quality in EFQM environments and in 2018 she was appointed as a leader for Innovation Technology and Circular Economy. For 20 years she has led the Spanish section of the Model European Parliament. In 2019, she has become an Award leader of the Duke of Edinburgh to inspire and involve schools and young students in this challenge.