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Tim is currently the CEO of Upskilled, a leading Australian online education company.
 
In his last role Tim served as Chief Operating Officer at Faethm AI, a leading global future of work Ai business that was acquired by Pearson in August 2021. Prior to this he was the Global Head of Strategy and Transformation at the ASX listed education company Navitas prior to its $2.3bn acquisition by BGH in 2019. In that role he also led Navitas Ventures, the company’s $40m corporate venture arm.

Tim is currently on the board of Global Study Partners, and has worked across Australia, Europe, Asia and Africa during previous roles at The Boston Consulting Group, Deloitte and Freshfields.
 
Tim holds an MBA from the London Business School and a BSc from Imperial College London.

Ruth Thornton is the Global Product Manager for the Asia Pacific region at Instructure and has moved to this role following 3 years supporting Canvas customers across our vocational education, K12 and Higher Education sectors as a Senior Customer Success Manager. During this time, Ruth worked in strategic partnership with numerous VET organisations across ANZ to ensure successful adoption and enhanced utilisation of the LMS specific to each unique requirement and use case.

Prior to her time at Instructure, Ruth was responsible for program coordination and online learning for a VET organisation based in Melbourne, which also included teaching from and administration of the Canvas LMS. Ruth is eager to be a part of improving access to educational opportunities for all as well as helping educators make meaningful learnings experiences.

Edward leads the EMEA, Asia-Pacific and global channel marketing teams for Instructure, a global software company in the education industry.

Prior to joining Instructure, Edward was Chief Marketing Officer at HealthEngine, an Australian technology start up in the healthcare sector.

Edward spent 6 years at LinkedIn, including 5 years in Singapore leading marketing teams for LinkedIn Sales Solutions and Marketing Solutions across the Asia-Pacific region including China and Japan. During this time he was elected as Chairman of the Social Media Committee for the Internet Advertising Bureau in South East Asia for 2 consecutive years.

He spent eight years in marketing at Fairfax Media - a leading Australian publisher, where he worked in a number of roles across newspapers, magazines and digital media. 

Edward has also held roles in media buying and sales over his 20-year career in marketing and advertising.