Nadim Nsouli 

Inspired Founder, Chairman & CEO 

Nadim M Nsouli founded Inspired in 2013 with the goal of creating a leading global group of premium schools. Starting with Inspired’s first acquisition of Reddam House, a leading group of schools in South Africa, Nadim rapidly expanded the group globally via a series of acquisitions and building greenfield schools while maintaining the focus on only having the best schools around the world as part of the group. 

Prior to founding Inspired, Nadim was a partner at Providence Equity Partners, a private equity firm with $40 billion under management. Nadim was also a member of Providence's Global Investment Committee and led Providence's Education investment efforts in Europe and the Middle East. Prior to joining Providence in 2006, Nadim was the European head of The Gores Group, a special situations private equity fund based in Los Angeles. Previously, Nadim was a member of the media and telecommunications investment banking teams of Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan in London. Nadim started his career in New York as a corporate lawyer at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. 

Nadim received a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD with distinction, a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science (magna cum laude) from Georgetown University.

Graeme Crawford

Reddam House Founder & Inspired Group President

Graeme Crawford is a renowned educator who began his career as a science teacher and believed that much more could be done to improve educational standards.

Driven by his own negative schooling experiences, he began conceiving a school that could provide a rounded education through a dynamic new approach. This was aimed at maximising not just the academic standard, but also the confidence, potential and individuality of each child. From his ambition and experience as a Science teacher, Graeme went on to open his first school in 1993. In the five years that followed the Crawford Schools group grew to 6 in total. In 2000, he founded Reddam House which went on to expand around the world. His impressive track record spans more than two decades and since 1993 Graeme Crawford’s schools have educated more than 40,000 students. 

Mike Lambert

Global Education Director, Inspired

With a career spanning international education leadership, Lambert oversees the learning of 95,000 students across more than 121 schools in 26 countries. Formerly the Headmaster of Dubai College, one of the leading British curriculum schools in the Middle East, he has also held leadership and teaching roles across Europe and the UK.

A thought leader in educational innovation, academic excellence, and leadership development, Mike Lambert will set the stage for a day of thought-provoking discussions on the future of teaching and learning.

John Leitão

Regional CEO, Inspired Portugal, Northern Europe and Greece

John started his career at the Boston Consulting Group, where he became a Principal of their Retail and Luxury practice, consulting for multinational companies in Portugal, Switzerland, UK and Australia.
 
During the last decade, he has held a CEO position first at de Grisogono, a Swiss luxury jewellery and watch brand, and most recently at Kinda Home, a Portuguese home decoration and furniture brand.
 
John has a degree in computer engineering from Nova University in Lisbon and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was distinguished as a Baker Scholar.