About us

Bringing together over 40 years' experience across the education sector, we're two international women educators on a mission:

to unlock learning for ambitious learners in partnership with organisations driving change through education.

We are advocating for ways to remove the barriers for ambitious learners to thrive in C21st society through a more thoughtful and holistic self-aware approach that focuses as much on end goals as it does on process.

**Emma Pauncefort,** MA (Cantab), MPhil (Cantab), PhD (UCL)

Emma's Background

Learning Science Practitioner with expertise in critical, connected learning and critical literacy.
Work focuses on bridging the gap between the rich evidence in the learning sciences about how we best learn and learning on the ground – in the classroom, lecture hall and online.
Commissioned projects to date include with the Commonwealth of Learning, UK universities and North America EdTech start-ups.
Professional insights: music industry as Director of classical record label .

**Gamu Matarira** – MBA (Bham), MSc (Herts), FHEA – Co-Founder

Gamu's Background

CEO of Gen A Consultancy, an outfit that connects the UK and African markets. Through mentorship, training programmes and strategic guidance, supports individuals and international businesses through their growth and development plans with Africa.
Pre- Gen A Consultancy, spent over 15 years in education leadership in Japan, the UK and the Middle East.
Visiting Lecturer at Hertfordshire Business School.
Professional insights: Business in Africa as Director of Gen-A Consultancy