Biographies

David Soskin

Non-Executive Vice Chairman

David Soskin joined the Company as Chief Executive Officer upon the management buy-in in March 2000 from ABN AMRO Corporate Finance, where he was head of global media.  His previous experience includes the Boston Consulting Group and Redland Plc where he was Group Director of Corporate Planning.  David founded the Asquith Court Schools Group in 1989 and remained as a director until 2001, when the Company was sold to West Private Equity.  In 1995, David's entrepreneurial achievements were honored by the European Foundation for Entrepreneurial Research when he was named as one of Europe's 500 most dynamic entrepreneurs.  He graduated from the University of Oxford with First Class Honors in Modern History, where he was also President of the Oxford Union.  David Soskin has an MBA from the Harvard Business School where he was a Harkness Fellow.

In 2007, David together with Hugo Burge launched HOWZAT Media, an internet investment fund.

David became a non-executive director of the Company in April 2008.