Our Executive Team

Industry experience: 20 years
Brendan has a degree in Materials Engineering from the University of Cape Town. He spent the first 10 years of his working career in the Chemical and Gas industries where he held several senior commercial roles including Business Director for A-Gas. He then joined NCC Education as Regional Director for Africa & the Caribbean where he was instrumental in significantly growing the African/Caribbean business to account for half of their global revenue. He was appointed to the NCC Education Board as Strategic Business Director where he was responsible for the global commercial operations and strategic direction of the company. Brendan joined Study Group in 2009 as Sales and Marketing Director responsible for their High School, Pathway and Online Higher Education businesses. In 2014 Brendan joined Cambridge Education Group as Managing Director for OnCampus UK & Europe. In January 2016 he took on the role of Executive Director, Global Recruitment & Marketing across CEG and was appointed to the Cambridge Education Group Board in August 2016. He has overseen strong double-digit revenue and student growth during this time. Brendan was appointed as joint CEO for Cambridge Education Group in November 2019.