Teachable Advisory Board
Teachable is very grateful to have the following individuals advising the company:
Baroness Susan Greenfield
Susan is Professor of Synaptic Pharmacology at Lincoln College, Oxford and a renowned enthusiast for science education.
Bill Liao
Bill is a social entrepreneur and successful businessman. He was one of the founders of Xing.com in 2003, the world’s most profitable business networking site, which is listed on the Frankfurt borse with 500,000 paying members. Before that he was Director of Operations of telecommunications company Davnet, which aggregated Internet access in the risers of office buildings. Davnet was acquired by Japanese telecoms company NTT in 1996.
Ben Barton
Ben is an entrepreneur in the education sector, most recently as the co-founder of Rising Stars, the fastest growing educational publisher for UK primary schools. Prior to that he was manager of Letts’ Education and a publisher at Pearson Education and Harcourt.
Chris Paterson
Chris is an advisor to the Chinese Government on developing educational links with the UK and elsewhere. He was formerly Chairman of Macmillan Educational Publishing, where for 10 years he was responsible for global acquisitions, development and sales to schools. He has a lifetime of experience developing and selling educational materials in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Divyang Mistry
Divyang is a consummate entrepreneur having started his first company while still at university. He was formerly with Pricewaterhouse in London and Geneva, and most recently at production company CTN Communications for 15 years. At CTN, Divyang was responsible for a successful MBO from a joint venture with ITN and Burson Marsteller. As CTN’s Finance and Operations Director, he was responsible for all financial, IT, HR and legal matters.
