Having tutored children from lower socio-economic backgrounds throughout university, she joined the board having been inspired by the work and ambition of Tutors United to tackle the attainment gap head on, and her own belief that income should not impact a child’s opportunity to fulfil their potential. As a primary school governor for several years with responsibility for overseeing attainment in maths and Pupil Premium expenditure, she developed an even stronger understanding of the acute links between household income and attainment levels.

A life-long public servant, having spent her career in various roles across central and local government, Laura is currently Head of Local Government Strategy in the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. She also works as a freelance career coach and recruitment consultant.

Laura has a BA Hons in Politics and Modern History from the University of Manchester.

Matt has been a Trustee of Tutors United since 2017 and was on the board during its registration as a charity. He is a qualified secondary school mathematics teacher and a Teach First Ambassador.

Matt is particularly interested in maximising access to academic tuition to all children, so that is not just the preserve of those who can afford it. He also believes that making sure primary school children are ‘secondary school ready’ in English and maths is essential to ensuring they have the best chance to realise their potential. Matt brings experience from education, business and public affairs to Tutors United.

Since 2016, Matt has worked as a management consultant at PwC where his interests include charities, skills, education and social mobility. In his spare time he mentors sixth form students who are applying to university.

Annie is Head of School Technology in the Department for Education, developing policy and delivering programmes to support schools to use technology to improve outcomes and reduce workload. Prior to joining government, she taught Maths in St Mary Magdalene Academy in Islington and is an ambassador of the Teach First programme with a Masters in Educational Leadership. She graduated from St Hugh’s College, Oxford with first class honours in History.

Rob is Head of Finance and Operations at MachineMax, an early-stage technology business providing digital solutions to help construction and mining companies optimise their operations and reduce waste and emissions. Being an SME business, Rob has oversight over all things finance, plus has operational responsibility for compliance, HR and contracting and procurement.

Prior to joining MachineMax, Rob spent 18 years at Shell working across a variety of operational and commercial finance roles at both national, regional and global levels, with a strong emphasis on business partnering, business strategy, project management and compliance, including establishing new control frameworks, processes and reporting.

Rob has a BA Hons in Geography from the University of Nottingham, plus is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Liam is a Partner in EY LLP, where he is the Markets Leader for UK Financial Services Consulting – helping his clients overcome critical strategic and regulatory challenges and driving profitable growth.

Prior to EY, he held senior leadership positions across the Investment banking, Professional Services and Software industries, where his roles encompassed business expansion, market-entry, technology-enabled change and finance. He is a qualified accountant (ACMA).

Liam is passionate about delivering equal opportunities in education.

Joel is a multi-award-winning social entrepreneur, the Founder of Tutors United and our former Chief Executive. After starting Tutors United in 2013, Joel scaled its operations to hire and train over 650 university students to tutor more than 2,900 primary school pupils across 55 locations in the UK, before stepping down as CEO in January 2023. Joel has also served as a trustee of the multi-national charity School for Social Entrepreneurs and a Non-Executive Director of Youth Futures Foundation, an independent organisation setup to tackle youth unemployment with a £90million endowment from the Reclaim Fund. 

The 2013 Future Leaders Award Winner, 2014 John Lewis Young Person of the Year and the 2019 Rising Chief Executive Award Winner in the Third Sector Awards, Joel has been a key advisor in helping UK wide funders develop their offer to engage and support young people in social entrepreneurship.

Joel is now the CEO of the Quintessentially Foundation, as well as a Grants & Evaluation Committee Member at Youth Futures Foundation and a Trustee of The Rank Foundation.