Operators who have built this before.
Operators who have scaled education businesses through acquisition, alongside product and technical leaders from enterprise software.
10 years
Leading in EdTech
120+
The executive team.

Angus Abbott
Board Member
Angus is Portfolio Director at Synova Capital, with a background in M&A advisory at Rothschild and Gleacher Shacklock and in corporate development at Barclays. He represents Synova on the NEG board, where he draws on this experience to support the company's M&A activity.

Thomas Usher
Board Member
Thomas is a Partner at Synova Capital, specialising in software and data businesses. He was previously an investor at Summit Partners and Volition Capital. He represents Synova on the NEG board, and his prior board roles include Avantra, Tonic Games Group, and Expana.

James Southworth
Founder & Non-Executive Director
James Co-Founded NEG leading Marketing divisions through its early growth phase, contributing 15+ years of experience in marketing and product commercialisation. He now sits on the NEG board as a Non-Executive Director, providing valuable institutional knowledge from the company's inception.

Sati Sian
Chairman
Sati has chaired multiple private equity-backed software businesses through to exit, including Agilio Software, A2Mac1, and TitanHQ. He was previously CEO of Allocate Software and Senior Vice President, Global Technology and Operations at IMS Health. As Chairman of the NEG board, he brings extensive operational and exit experience to the business.

Rosie Elsley
Marketing Director
Rosie has more than 15 years of marketing leadership across consumer and B2B technology businesses. Prior to NEG, she spent almost 12 years at Paysafe, rising to Senior Director of Consumer Marketing with a global, full-funnel remit. She leads marketing strategy at NEG across brand, growth, digital acquisition, and lifecycle.

Katie Williams
Chief People Officer
Katie brings a wealth of experience from over a decade of working in people leadership roles within venture capital and private equity backed technology businesses. Prior to NEG, she was the Chief People Officer at Focus Group, a £1 billion Hg Capital backed business with 1400 headcount, and APEXX Global, a venture capital backed global Fintech, where she scaled them internationally into Europe, US, and India. She leads people strategy at NEG, with a focus on talent, culture, and AI-enabled workforce transformation.

Mustafa Roomi
Chief Product Officer
Mustafa has over ten years of product leadership within venture capital and private equity-backed SaaS businesses. Prior to NEG, he held senior product roles at Dext through its sale to Hg Capital and subsequent sale to Iris. He leads product strategy across the NEG portfolio.

Joe Stoney
Enterprise Sales Director & Founder
Joe Co-Founded NEG following 15 years in customer acquisition and retention across a range of industries. He leads the company's enterprise sales function and serves as a governor at an Ofsted-rated Outstanding primary school.

Stephane Israel
Chief Revenue Officer
Stephane brings 20+ years of commercial leadership across B2B SaaS and data businesses in the UK, Europe, and North America. He was most recently Senior Vice President, Commercial at Access Intelligence, a listed SaaS group of nearly 1,000 employees. He leads revenue growth across the NEG platform.

Richard Mansfield
Chief Technology Officer
Richard has over 20 years of product and technology leadership. Before joining NEG, he led media delivery technology at Ericsson and was product director at MediaKind Global. He now leads engineering and platform development at NEG.

Steve Robertson
Chief Financial Officer
Steve is a seasoned Chief Financial Officer with 20+ years' experience within private equity backed technology and professional services businesses. Steve is an expert in joining businesses, and taking them through successful growth journeys. Prior to NEG, he was Group CFO at Murgitroyd and CFO at Alveo Technology, both Sovereign backed, where he managed growth across organisations ranging from £10-700M in turnover. He oversees the Finance, and Data Operations functions at NEG.

Neil Gamewell
CEO & Founder
Neil is a seasoned entrepreneur founding over five successful businesses, with multiple high achieving exits in the Education sector. As Chief Executive Officer, he leads NEG with the commercial and operational expertise gained across those ventures.
The board.

Angus Abbott
Board Member
Angus is Portfolio Director at Synova Capital, with a background in M&A advisory at Rothschild and Gleacher Shacklock and in corporate development at Barclays. He represents Synova on the NEG board, where he draws on this experience to support the company's M&A activity.

Thomas Usher
Board Member
Thomas is a Partner at Synova Capital, specialising in software and data businesses. He was previously an investor at Summit Partners and Volition Capital. He represents Synova on the NEG board, and his prior board roles include Avantra, Tonic Games Group, and Expana.

James Southworth
Founder & Non-Executive Director
James Co-Founded NEG leading Marketing divisions through its early growth phase, contributing 15+ years of experience in marketing and product commercialisation. He now sits on the NEG board as a Non-Executive Director, providing valuable institutional knowledge from the company's inception.

Sati Sian
Chairman
Sati has chaired multiple private equity-backed software businesses through to exit, including Agilio Software, A2Mac1, and TitanHQ. He was previously CEO of Allocate Software and Senior Vice President, Global Technology and Operations at IMS Health. As Chairman of the NEG board, he brings extensive operational and exit experience to the business.
The people behind the platform.
Colleagues across product, technology, customer success and beyond. Different roles, one focus: building software that supports the daily work of schools.

Head office in Sheffield.
Our head office is in Sheffield, with remote teams working internationally across the territories we serve.

One team across the group.
More than 120 people across the group, working on one workforce platform for schools and trusts.


