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. Since then, our range of study support, and the team which provides it, has expanded considerably.

To date, over 120,000 people have now been on 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 the ACCA SBL exam, 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 career.

In 2021, we introduced Astranti Connect to the Astranti group, providing high-quality tuition for the world of counselling. Our classroom-based, live-online, and blended courses help to give our students all the skills and experiences they need in order to offer the best counselling service to their clients.

More recently, in 2023, we brought Professional Vocational Training into the Astranti Group, specialising in providing expert-led legal and medical administration 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

Vicky-Joseph-Astranti

Marker – All Levels

Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks for all levels.

Ian Hartery

Ian-Hartery-Astranti

Marker – All Levels

Responsible for marking and providing feedback to student mocks for all levels.

Directors

Nick Best

CEO

Areas of expertise:
  • Strategy
  • Content
  • Marketing
Leisure time hobbies:
  • Running
  • Chess
  • Violin

Sarah Best

Director & Property Manager

Areas of expertise:
  • Property Management
  • Recruitment
Leisure time hobbies:
  • Gardening
  • Music

Nikki O’Brien

Chief Operating Officer

Areas of expertise:
  • Head of operations
  • Project Management
  • Human Resources
Leisure time hobbies:
  • Badminton
  • Puzzles & games
  • Lego

Peter Stiff

Director of Law, Medical & Apprenticeships

Areas of expertise:
  • Law and Medical strategy
  • Head of apprenticeships
  • Operations
  • Website design & sales
Leisure time hobbies:
  • Football
  • Basketball
  • Video games

 

Accountancy training team

Thomas Broadley

Head of Accountancy Courses

Areas of expertise:
  • Accountancy courses strategy
  • Content creation and publication
Leisure time hobbies:
  • Reading
  • Cookery & baking
  • Classical music

 

Holly Dymmock

Customer Service Manager and Course Mentor

Areas of expertise:
  • Accountancy training customer service and course administration
  • Accountancy course mentoring
Leisure time hobbies:
  • Art
  • Dog walking
  • Games

 

Sarah Ramsey

Customer Service and IT Manager

Areas of expertise:
  • Customer service
  • Group IT management
Leisure time hobbies:
  • Art
  • Mechanical keyboards
  • Learning programming

 

Astranti Group support team

James Nutting

Head of Content

Roles and responsibilities:
  • Creating content across the different divisions at Astranti
  • Auditing content
Also specialises in:
  • Music of the 1970s
  • Stand up comedy

Joe Allen

Head of Marketing

Areas of expertise:
  • Marketing strategy
  • Website design
  • Advertising
Leisure time hobbies:
  • Football
  • Hiking
  • Fantasy dramas

Bridget Thomas

Content Supervisor

Areas of expertise:
  • Content
Leisure time hobbies:
  • Trail running
  • Hiking
  • Art

 

Georgia Coombs

Marketing and Business Development Manager & Head of CPD Courses

Areas of expertise:
  • Marketing & business development
  • Social media
Leisure time hobbies:
  • Acting
  • Hiking
  • Listening to podcasts

Miriam Hide

Senior Content Creator

Areas of expertise:
  • Content
Leisure time hobbies:
  • Wild swimming
  • Crochet
  • Learning Welsh

T. Raameeson

Finance Manager

Areas of expertise:
  • Accounting
Leisure time hobbies:
  • Reading magazines
  • Cricket

 

 

Interested in joining the Astranti team?

We are always on the look out for talented writers, tutors, markers and affiliates. Follow the link below for more information.

Join our advice email newsletters

Free email newsletter packed full of offers, study tips and career advice for your studies.