Our people

Ben is passionate about learning and education and sees it as a powerful tool to drive social mobility and economic growth. He enjoys using his experience in leading large vocational and commercial learning businesses to support business and education leaders to build human-centred, tech enabled learning that gives people the skills they need to succeed in a fast-changing world.

Heather has over 20 years’ experience in the education and skills sector, building and growing the UK’s number one apprenticeship training provider; Lifetime Training Group. At Paragon Skills Heather supports our executive team in the creation of effective business strategy, the delivery of our goals and objectives and in ensuring the needs of all stakeholders are balanced in decision making. She is passionate about supporting young people start their careers with an apprenticeship, the quality of delivery and expanding our programme offering. 

Mark works to build a great team, a strong brand and a reputation for quality apprenticeship delivery. He is a natural and impassioned leader, he has worked extensively in business development and operations. His success comes from truly understanding the drive and the worth of the teams he leads. Mark leads the strategic direction of our business with great energy and passion, inspiring a united Knovia team

Ian has been instrumental in leading the operational and quality transformations within the business. His efforts have resulted in a values-driven team focused on delivering an outstanding teaching and learning experience to every learner, every time. This commitment is demonstrated by Paragon Skills’ strong Grade 2 – Good Ofsted rating and above-average success rates across all sectors, which have increased year on year for three successive years. 

David ensures the efficient delivery of value for money and ROI for our stakeholders and our employer partners. His proactive approach combines analytical and financial acumen, and he is skilled at reporting financial information in a way that is accessible for all. His success in doing this is vital to the goals and objectives of our business and his broad experience within fast moving, multi-site organisations, means he is ideally placed to contribute to our energetic working culture. 

Commercial Director

Lorraine founded Tempdent over 25 years ago as a small dental startup company.  In that time Tempdent has transformed the dental training & recruitment sector through its delivery of high quality training and placements, which have enabled Tempdent to become the  leading national dental apprenticeship training provider in the country.  Lorraine is a passionate and results driven leader who brings to Knovia her vast experience of building and growing a business with both a strategic outlook and a fine eye for operational detail.

Matt is an accomplished executive to lead organisations in achieving industry-leading performance and setting new standards in education with a multifaceted skill set encompassing pedagogic development, business strategy, leadership, coaching, partnership development, and organisational development. He possesses a deep understanding of the importance of learner satisfaction, program completion rates, and career/employability outcomes in today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape. By combining and leveraging his strategic vision with a focus on learner success, Matt is ready to drive innovation and set new standards for career focused education.

A professional and experienced consultant and company director specialising in the Health and Social Care and Education sectors. Accomplished in strategic planning/implementation, product development and planning, marketing, and integration. Proven commercial skills with a track record in building business and increasing market share, profitability and through a strong quality service delivery.