Derry-based company e-learning expertise developer Studying Pool has appointed Neha Gupta as a non-executive member of its board.
Gupta, who was CEO of US-based True Workplace Studying earlier than it was acquired by Studying Pool final January, will present unbiased recommendation as the corporate continues development efforts for its AI-powered studying platform in Europe and North America.
The corporate mentioned Gupta is a frontrunner in governance, threat and compliance (GRC) and studying, serving to hundreds of corporations to handle their conduct threat and undertake new methods to implement ethics and compliance applications.
“Neha is uniquely certified to assist strengthen our board,” mentioned Ben Betts, CEO of Studying Pool. “She brings deep business information and buyer perception, and has a confirmed monitor document of disrupting the established order by modern options.
“She’s an actual trailblazer within the Ethics & Compliance business. Her management is held in very excessive regard by all who know and work along with her.”
Gupta commented: “That is an thrilling time to have the ability to assist Studying Pool because it continues to innovate throughout all facets of Enterprise studying.
“I’m wanting ahead to constructing on the corporate’s status and shaping the way forward for digital studying, not only for compliance, however for all facets of the worker readiness spectrum, from onboarding, on-the-job efficiency to upskilling.
“We’re simply getting began on the journey to persistently create extraordinary outcomes for our clients and their workers by expertise and knowledge insights.”
(l-r) Mark Lynch, chief product officer, Studying Pool; Louise McElvaney, director of individuals & efficiency, Studying Pool;
Marlin Fairness Companions’ Kieran Rafter, Jan-Olivier Fillols,
Dan Broadhurst, and
Steven Hargreaves;
Paul McElvaney group CEO, Studying Pool;
Duncan Shores, chief industrial officer, Studying Pool; Ben Betts, CEO, Studying Pool; and Deborah Limb, COO, Studying Pool in 2021.
True Workplace Studying was spun out from the New York Inventory Alternate (NYSE) and later served dozens fo Fortune 100 corporations.
Previous to her function as CEO, Gupta served as senior director of studying options & strategic initiatives at NYSE Governance Providers, main all product technique and improvement initiatives for the enterprise.
She has held numerous government roles throughout monetary companies, expertise and non-profit organisations, and he or she holds an MBA in International Enterprise & Technique from Rutgers Enterprise Faculty and a BE from Honors Faculty of Engineering at Rutgers in Electrical and Laptop Engineering.
Accounts for the 12 months to the top of April 2021 present Studying Pool Ltd grew turnover 13% to £18.3m whereas investing greater than £2.5m in analysis and improvement throughout its product vary.
The corporate made a revenue of £3.5m after tax, up 25% from £2.8m in 2020, with the administrators expressing confidence in continued development sooner or later. The corporate recorded web belongings of £8.6m, and employed a median of 212 folks in 2021.
Studying Pool was taken over by Los Angeles and London-based funding agency Marlin Fairness Companions in July 2021.
The Derry agency’s shoppers embody The FA, Intercontinental Inns Group, Sky, and Swiss Re, and it claims 5m annual customers.
Picture: Neha Gupta. (Pic: Studying Pool)