About LTG: The board of Directors

Andrew Brode

Non-executive Chairman

Andrew Brode is a Chartered Accountant and a former chief executive of Wolters Kluwer (UK) plc. In 1990, he led the management buy-out of the Eclipse Group, which was sold to Reed Elsevier in 2000. In 1995, he led the management buy-in, and is Executive Chairman of RWS Group plc, the world’s largest technical translations group, listed in the Top 10 of AIM companies.

Andrew is also Non-executive Chairman of AIM quoted GRC International Group. He acquired Epic Group Limited (‘Epic’) together with Jonathan Satchell in 2008.

Leslie-Ann Reed

Independent Non-executive Director

Leslie-Ann Reed is a Chartered Accountant and was formerly CFO of the online auctioneer Go Industry plc. Prior to this, she served as CFO of the B2B media group Metal Bulletin plc, and as an adviser to Marwyn Investment Management. After a career at Arthur Andersen, she held senior finance roles both in the UK and internationally at Universal Pictures, Polygram Music, Warner Communications Inc. and EMI Music. Her current Non-executive Directorships include Bloomsbury Publishing plc; Induction Healthcare Group plc and Centaur Media plc for which she also serves as Chair of the Audit Committee.

Aimie Chapple

Independent Non-executive Director

Aimie Chapple was a Senior Partner at Accenture, working with clients in the UK, US and around the world for over 25 years. In 2019, Aimie was appointed Divisional Chief Executive Officer Capita Customer Management with teams in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, Poland, India and South Africa. She also continues to be active in the wellness area and works as a coach with a number of tech and wellness entrepreneurs and start-up organisations.

Simon Boddie

Independent Non-executive Director

Simon Boddie has been on the Boards of FTSE 250 businesses for 15 years. He has been Chief Financial Officer at Coats Group plc, the world’s leading industrial thread manufacturer and FTSE 250 member, since 2016. Previously he was Group Finance Director of Electrocomponents plc, a FTSE 250 global multi-channel provider of industrial and electronic products and solutions.

In addition to his role at LTG and Coats, Simon serves as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee for PageGroup plc, a FTSE 250-listed international professional recruitment company.

Jonathan Satchell

Chief Executive

Jonathan Satchell has worked in the training industry since 1992. In 1997 he acquired EBC, which he transformed from a training video provider to a bespoke e-learning company. The company was sold to Futuremedia in 2006. He became interim MD of Epic in 2007 and the following year he acquired the Company with Andrew Brode. He oversaw the transformation of Epic from a custom content e-learning company to the global, fast growing, full service digital learning and talent management company that LTG has become.

Kath Kearney-Croft

Chief Financial Officer

Kath Kearney-Croft is a chartered management accountant and holds an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School. Highly commercial with broad global experience in a series of financial leadership roles, Kath has a strong track record of relationship building and engagement.

Prior to joining LTG, Kath’s roles included Interim CFO at SIG, Group Finance Director of the Vitec Group, and a number of financial leadership roles at Rexam PLC, including Group Finance Director prior to its acquisition by Ball Corporation Inc. in July 2016. She also previously held a number of operational finance roles in the UK and US at The BOC Group plc.

Piers Lea

Chief Strategy Officer

Piers Lea has more than three decades of industry experience in the learning innovation sector. Piers founded LINE Communications in 1989, which was acquired by Learning Technologies Group in 2014. He’s considered a thought leader in the learning space and is renowned for helping large organisations with their learning and talent strategies, with a specialism in the use of technology to increase efficiency and effectiveness. Piers has won many awards via the business but also a personal award for ‘Outstanding contribution to the Industry’. He sits on the main Board of LTG and helps set the strategic direction of the group at the same time as advising customers.

Claire Walsh

Head of Legal/Company Secretary

Claire Walsh was admitted as a Solicitor in 2006 and is Head of Legal at LTG. Claire was appointed as Company Secretary on 1 December 2019. Her prior experience includes advising on corporate, technology and data protection matters as a Partner at City law firm Cannings Connolly, and serving as Deputy General Counsel and director at Liquidity Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: LQDT).