- Mark Anderson, President
- Joseph Rospars, Vice President, Business Development
- Dr. John H.A.L. de Jong, Vice President, Test Development
- Helene Duvin, Vice President, University & Government Relations
- Fraser Cargill, Vice President, University & Government Relations
- Emma Stubbs, Director of University Relations, UK & Ireland
- Sue Coulthard, Marketing Director
- Lorna Elliott, Finance Manager
Mark Anderson, President
Mark Anderson has been President of Pearson Language Tests since October 2007, prior to which he was Strategy Director for Pearson’s international assessment and testing businesses. He first worked for Pearson in the period 1984-1997 in the UK and Hong Kong, latterly running a regional professional publishing & information business. For 10 years he worked in consumer goods and technology businesses, before rejoining Pearson in April 2007. He was educated at Cambridge University and received an MBA from Ashridge Business School.
Joseph Rospars, Vice President, Business Development
Joseph Rospars has been Vice President, Business Development of Pearson Language Tests since 2005. He has been working for the Pearson group since 1995, during which he held management positions in business development, international sales and country operation for its assessment and testing divisions in Europe, SE Asia and North America. Before joining Pearson, he worked for oil service and information technology companies in several international assigments across the Middle East and South America. He holds an engineering degree from Ecole Superieure d'Electricite in Paris as well as an MBA from Institut d'Administration des Entreprises of the Sorbonne University in Paris.
Dr. John H.A.L. de Jong, Vice President, Test Development
Dr. John de Jong has been Vice President, Test Development at Pearson Language Tests since 2006. John graduated in General Linguistics, French and English languages from Leiden University and obtained a Ph.D. in Educational Measurement from Twente University. He has published numerous articles and books on language acquisition and assessment and on educational measurement. He has specialised in empirical scaling of language proficiency and promotes the development of internationally standardised reporting scales of language proficiency. He was involved from the start in developing the Common European Framework for Languages.
Helene Duvin, Vice President, University & Government Relations
Helene Duvin joined Pearson Education in 2005, becoming Vice President, University & Government Relations for Pearson Language Tests in 2008. Prior to joining Pearson, Helene held a variety of business development and marketing leadership roles at an educational testing company with more than 22 years of experience in the K-12, higher education and global education markets. Helene holds an MBA degree,focused in Marketing, from Rider University and a BA in Psychology from University of Richmond.
Fraser Cargill, Vice President, University & Government Relations
Fraser Cargill has been Vice-President, Education & Government Relations in the Asia Pacific since September 2007. Prior to that he was Director, Asia-Pacific, for Pearson VUE from 2004. Before that, he worked with IDP Education Australia’s Global Examination Services, primarily in the IELTS unit and has been involved in the international education sector since 1990, including seven years in Indonesia where he was also the Australian Honorary Consul to North Sumatra. He has both undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications from the UK and an Australian MBA.
Emma Stubbs, Director of University Relations, UK & Ireland
Emma Stubbs has been Director of University Relations for Pearson Language Tests since June 2008. Prior to joining Pearson, Emma was Global IELTS Manager at the British Council in London from August 2004. Before that Emma held management positions with the British Council in China. From 1998 to 2002, she was Examinations Manager South China in Guangzhou and from 2002 to 2004, Examinations Manager North/Central China in Beijing. She holds a BA Honours degree in Linguistics and French from the University of York, a post-graduate diploma in Chinese from Durham University and the Advanced Certificate of Marketing Management from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Sue Coulthard, Marketing Director
Sue Coulthard is the Head of Marketing, she joined Pearson Language Tests in 2006 and her team are responsible for the development of marketing materials and activities to promote all PLT products globally. She started her career in the language industry as an English teacher in Spain before moving into Marketing. Prior to joining PLT, she worked for a number of language training providers, marketing study abroad programmes worldwide and she also managed the Marketing for a national association of language providers. Sue has a BA Hons degree in Spanish & Latin American Studies, a postgraduate diploma in Marketing and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Lorna Elliott, Finance Manager
Lorna Elliott has been Finance Manager for Pearson Language Tests since February 2008. She joined Pearson in August 2007, having returned from a year teaching English and then travelling. Prior to that she worked in Finance in the international charity sector, telecoms and technology and in practice. She was educated at Oxford and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2001.