Mark is the Founder and Managing Director of Mindful Education. Mark has overall responsibility for the company, including ensuring that we deliver high-quality, flexible and valued courses to partners, learners and employers.

Prior to setting-up Mindful, Mark trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte LLP, going on to become a Senior Manager at the firm. After 7 years of advising and working with clients at Deloitte in London, Mark studied for a full-time MBA with Melbourne Business School, where he graduated with a distinction.

Dario oversees Mindful’s work with our college partners, ensuring management and delivery teams are fully supported to deliver innovative and flexible ways to study, helping our learners achieve their goals. Prior to Mindful, Dario held operations and strategy roles in technology-related industries, having led company-wide reorganisation and post-merger integration processes. He holds an MBA from Melbourne Business School and is a qualified accountant. Dario is a co-founder of Mindful.

Matt leads the marketing team at Mindful. The team works with our college partners to market their Online and On Campus courses and are also responsible for promoting Mindful’s products to potential new partners. In addition, Matt oversees our students’ customer journeys and runs regular focus groups and surveys, enabling us to continue improving our products. Prior to joining Mindful, Matt worked in senior commercial sales and marketing roles and, most recently, for 6+ years as Director of Marketing for a Further Education College.

Michael leads Mindful’s Digital team, who are responsible for developing and maintaining all of our online systems. This work includes designing our bespoke and award-winning Virtual Learning Environments for our college partners, ensuring an outstanding online experience for every learner.

Prior to working for Mindful Education, Michael worked as a web developer for a large marketing agency, building websites for national brands. Michael is a co-founder of Mindful.

Cath leads Mindful’s Accounting team, co-ordinating course production and ensuring the highest standards across our Accounting offering. Cath has a wealth of experience in teaching and managing AAT courses, having previously co-ordinated the AAT’s largest Further Education training provider.

A former member of the AAT’s Learning and Development Board, Cath has a track record of improving exam pass rates by 50% by reviewing teaching methods and delivery order. Cath is involved in a wide range of AAT projects and is both a published author and a regular contributor at the AAT Training Provider Conference.

Ivan is responsible for the quality and effectiveness of Mindful’s products, ensuring they meet the needs of our college partners, tutors, learners and employers. Ivan works closely with the Academic, Creative and Digital teams at Mindful to gather valuable inputs and insights from team members. Ivan then co-ordinates our teams to make sure that all new product developments are designed and implemented to the highest quality. 

Prior to working for Mindful Education, Ivan held a Lead Product Strategy role at a market-leading UK Fintech start-up, helping the business with its rapid transition into a large scale-up. Ivan has an MSc in Business Management and a degree in Telecommunications.

Ed is the Head of Finance at Mindful Education, where he has key responsibilities for the company’s financial operations and performance, together with managing Mindful’s Finance team. Ed works closely with senior management on key elements of strategy, finance and business planning.

Ed trained and qualified as both a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Tax Advisor with the international professional services firm EY, advising multi-national companies. Ed holds a BA from Cambridge University.