Meet The Astranti Team
Our core team at Astranti is based in the UK, split across our Trowbridge, Cardiff and Birmingham offices.
The team consists of our senior managers, content creators, tutors, marketers, publishers and our course mentors & customer service representatives.
On top of the core team, we also have a wide network of markers, tutors and writers who are based all across the world.
As we have expanded our range of materials, we have also expanded the team. Find out more about our team members on this page.
The Astranti story so far…
Our journey began back in 2002, from a tiny office in a sleepy Somerset town.
In the early days, Nick and his small-but-mighty team provided tuition for the final CIMA accountancy exams, with the primary goal of making our learning materials easy to understand, for anyone, regardless of their prior knowledge or experience. Since then, both our team and the range of study support that we provide have expanded considerably.
To date, over 125,000 people have taken one of our courses or used some of our materials to help them get qualified.
Today, our core Astranti team provides materials for all areas of the CIMA qualification, tuition for ACCA students, a range of CMI courses and a Finance CPD course suite designed to help individuals develop their knowledge and skills as they progress in their careers.
In 2021, we introduced Astranti Connect to the Astranti group, providing high-quality tuition for the counselling world. Our classroom-based, live-online, and blended courses help give our students all the skills and experiences they need to offer the best counselling service to their clients.
More recently, in 2023, we set up Astranti Law, previously Professional Vocational Training. This new division specialises in providing expert-led legal training courses and apprenticeships.
Our mission is to continue to make high-quality tuition accessible to everyone, and we hope you will join us on our journey!
Tutor & Marking team
Sandy Hood
Tutor & Marker – OCS
Primary OCS masterclass tutor and also responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks.
Mary Jane Rodriguez
Tutor, Marker & Writer – MCS
Primary MCS masterclass tutor and responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks, as well as creating content.
Katie Tapp
Marker – SCS
Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks for SCS.
Merapelo Pinagare
Marker – OCS & SCS
Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks for OCS and SCS.
YungChian Teo
Marker & Writer – All Levels
Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks and creating content.
Hong Jinning
Marker – All Levels
Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks for all levels.
Nasim Khan
Marker & Writer – All Levels
Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks and creating content.
Nyasha Gomwe
Marker – OCS
Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student papers for OCS.
Premakumar Fernando
Marker – All Levels
Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks for all levels.
Rikas Hussain
Marker – All Levels
Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks for all levels.
Sean Lyons
Marker – SCS
Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks for SCS.
Shyamala V
Marker & Writer – All Levels
Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks and creating content.
David Ogiemudia
Marker – All Levels
Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks for all levels.
Emma Benton
Marker – OCS
Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks for OCS.
Rachel Bovington
Mock writer
Responsible for creating case study mock exams based on the latest pre-seen documents.
George Anyaba
Marker – All Levels
Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks for all levels.
Reshahn Uzman
Marker – All Levels
Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks for all levels.
Stephen Gradwell
Marker – SCS
Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks for SCS.
Vicky Joseph
Marker – All Levels
Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks for all levels.
Ian Hartery
Marker – All Levels
Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks for all levels.
Directors
Nick Best
CEO
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Director & Property Manager
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Nikki O’Brien
Chief Operating Officer
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Peter Stiff
Director of Law, Medical & Apprenticeships
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Accountancy training team
Thomas Broadley
Head of Accountancy Courses
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Holly Dymmock
Customer Service Manager and Course Mentor
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Kathryn Lake
Student Mentor
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Andrew Cheyne
Customer Service Assistant
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Law training team
Jane Goode
Tutor
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Lisa Wood
Tutor
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Clare Godfrey
Customer Service Manager
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Astranti Group support team
James Nutting
Head of Content
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Joe Allen
Head of Marketing
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Bridget Thomas
Content Supervisor
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Georgia Coombs
Head of CPD Courses & B2B Marketing Manager
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Miriam Hide
Senior Content Creator
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Ben Gorton
Content Creator
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Sid Brunt
Content Creator
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T. Raameeson
Finance Manager
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James Brace
Content Creator
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Carys Shepherd
Content Creator
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Hannah Pierpoint
Content Creator
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Nora Faulkner
Telemarketer
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Daniel Hayter
Content Creator
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