Robert Grabiner

Founder

After trying and struggling to find tutors for his two children, Robert decided to set up a site offering affordable online tuition with bright undergraduate tutors. He left a life working as a Senior Banking Technologist and set up MyTutor in 2012. Since then has undertaken most roles in the company: interviewing tutors, testing the website, and (most enjoyably) helping parents find tutors for their own children. Robert currently focuses on steering the overall vision and values of the business, and oversees the development of the website and all technology matters.

Bertie Hubbard

Founder

Bertie is a maths-geek; co-founder of MyTutor; and the man responsible for making the platform easier for you to use. He studied (you guessed it) Maths at Durham where he was often found helping his peers with their work. Bertie feels passionately about making one-to-one help accessible and, after a couple of years in finance, returned to the world of education by co-founding MyTutor. In his (little) spare time, he plays tennis, kite-surfs and uses MyTutor to learn Spanish.

James Grant

Founder

James is one of our co-founders and is on a mission to give every student better access to one-to-one support. He was previously in the Chief of Staff team at Barclays. Now, he travels around the UK meeting innovative, inspiring schools, who share his vision. James studied Philosophy at Birmingham University, a course he juggled alongside his first company, organising corporate events. In his spare time, James is a keen sportsman, having competed in Athletics, Football and Rugby. James is using MyTutor to learn Psychology, a course he would have loved to have studied alongside Philosophy.

Will Beaton

Schools

After travelling North America, India and Europe, Will knew he wanted to work for a company that will have a big impact on the education sector. Will comes from a family who are passionate about education and he currently works alongside our partner schools to make the one-to-one tuition programmes as impactful as possible. Will studied Maths and Economics at York University, a course he took alongside working as a tennis coach and being a member of the university boxing team. Will tries to shake the maths-geek image by working through his book collection, he loves reading everything from Balzac to Kerouac.

Jen Brown

Marketing

Jen read English Literature at Durham University and, since then, has created marketing strategy and material for a number of organisations, both abroad and in the UK. Jen joined the team in November 2016 and now leads the content marketing at MyTutor - creating and positioning content that is valuable and helpful to our users. A secret artist, Jen's portrait of Kat, drawn at her second interview, still takes pride of place in the office.

James Burton

Analytics

After finishing his Physics Masters at Durham University, James knew he wanted to put his problem solving mind to good use and jumped straight into the world of analytics and big data. He spent the following few years honing his (admittedly geeky) skill-set at Dunnhumby and BCG; balancing that with a healthy dose of climbing and running along the way. He now focuses on making mytutor the best it can be, whether that's pairing up students with the best tutors or making sure people can find us as soon as they need some extra support

Rachel Campbell

Community

After graduating from the University of St Andrews with a degree in Geography, Rachel spent a couple of years working for a large IT company. Rachel now looks after our Customer Success at MyTutor – improving our customer journeys and making it as easy as possible for our customers to find the perfect tutor match. Outside of the office, Rachel is a keen team member of the Wimbledon Hawks Aussie Rules Football Club, where she spends her time running away from people bigger than her.

Kat Crane

Marketing

Kat left Oxford University with a degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, and went straight into Digital Marketing. She worked for several e-commerce sites before joining MyTutor in January 2015. Here she focuses on spreading the word about online tutoring and getting our tutors as much work as possible. As a hangover from her days as a PPEist she enjoys keeping up with politics and economics (even more so now she knows she won’t be tested on them).

Alice Farrell

Schools

Alice first developed her interest in education by getting involved in a range of university access programmes while studying Biology at Oxford. After graduation she flirted briefly with the pharmaceutical industry before joining MyTutor, where she works in the schools’ team, supporting tutors and helping give students better access to one-to-one support. In her spare time Alice enjoys reading, films, and occasionally playing football.

Conor Gaffney

Product

Fred Haffenden

Product

After completing a degree in Engineering at Cambridge and an internship with MyTutor, Fred took some time off to travel through Central America. Six months later, Fred returned to England to start work with us in a full time role. He now splits his time improving the website, helping us decide what to build next and helping out on the farm at home. Outside of the office, Fred enjoys playing a lazy attacking role in his 5-a-side football team.

Carlene Kuschke

Community

Carlene has first-hand experience of the tutoring industry: she's been helping students master classics and exam technique for a number of years. Since graduating with a degree in Classics from Oxford University, Carlene worked in Finance before joining MyTutor in September 2014. Now she spends her days helping the perfect student-tutor match come together. Carlene puts her hand to all sorts of educational pursuits, from fine art and philosophy to photography and coding.

Sonal Ladva

Product

After working in front-office technology teams in the City, Sonal decided to pursue something she was really passionate about. She had experienced UX in her last role in the City and decided that this was the way forward. Following an immersive UX Design course at GA she did her final project for MyTutor and was subsequently recruited to work in the Product team. The rest as they say is history. Outside of work Sonal can be found getting creative in the kitchen

Heather Mitchell

Community

Heather studied Politics at Durham University, and stayed on at Durham as a sabbatical officer for a year after graduating. During this time she worked as a MyTutor tutor, and went on to complete an internship with MyTutor the following summer. Now working in a full-time role, Heather focuses on recruiting new tutors and managing the existing tutor community. In her spare time, Heather enjoys swimming, is an avid reader, and maintains a keen interest in politics.

Ricky Sowler

Marketing

Sophie Valentine

Community

As one of the company’s longest standing tutors, Sophie has enjoyed watching MyTutor grow from its humble beginnings. Currently finalising a research degree in Experimental Psychology at Bristol University, she also lends her hand to tutor recruitment, keeping students and parents happy, and putting together the occasional how-to video guide for MyTutor. In her spare time, Sophie enjoys videography, running, and looking at pictures of small animals.

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