Claudia Bickford-Smith has extensive P&L and Board-level experience in education: learning design, edtech, qualification and assessment development, and school management, working with senior executives, Heads of schools and their leadership teams, investors, Ministries of Education, Regulators and Awarding Bodies. Claudia was a Global Director for both Cambridge University Press and Assessment, and Oxford University Press, from 2008-2023.
As CEO of Aldates Global Education, headquartered in Oxford, UK, Claudia is leading on investment and fund-raising strategies for the diversification of Aldates Global Education’s portfolio, focusing on global expansion in key regions, while developing a sustainable growth strategy for schools, working with key partners to deliver this: technology platforms, school
operational services, research partners and sales and distribution.
Claudia is the Nominated Proprietor and Director of schools, and a Director of Greene’s. She oversees financial, legal and regulatory compliance, leading and managing teams and organisations through periods of change, while chairing the Management Board and reporting to the Board of Directors and shareholders. Claudia holds a degree in History from the University of Cape Town, a Master of Arts from the University of Cambridge, as well as Master’s Modules in Education & Technology from University College London’s (UCL) Institute of Education. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a member of the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Professional Community.
