Andrew was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at IDP Education in August 2015.

Andrew has extensive experience in the technology, services and software industry, with over 20 years of senior management experience in roles across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and North America.

Prior to joining IDP Education, Andrew worked for SAP as President of Australia and New Zealand.

Prior to his role at SAP, Andrew held leadership roles at Unisys, including as Vice President of Unisys’ Asia Pacific Japan operations covering 13 countries, as Member of Unisys’ Global Executive Committee and as Chairman of Unisys West, a technology services joint venture between BankWest and Unisys.

Earlier in his career, Andrew was Vice President and General Manager of PeopleSoft’s Asia Pacific region.

Ariane was appointed as a Non-Executive Director at IDP Education at the completion of its IPO in November 2015 and is Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee.

Ariane is a Board Member of Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (since September 2016), a Non-Executive Director at Atlas Arteria (since March 2021), a member of the Investment Committee at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (since 2011), a former Board Director of Emergency Services & State Superannuation (ESSSuper) and Taralye, the Oral Language Centre for Deaf Children (2011-2014).

She has extensive experience in international finance, risk management, debt and equity capital markets and venture capital, with over 20 years in senior executive roles at JBWere (part of National Australia Bank), Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and HSBC in the United States, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong and Australia. She was previously the CEO of Scale Investors from 2017 to February 2021.

Ariane is a graduate and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).

David was appointed as a Non-Executive Director at IDP Education in February 2011. He was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ballarat in 2006 and, in 2014, he became Foundation Vice-Chancellor of Federation University Australia completing his term of office in 2016.

He took up his current appointment as an Adjunct Professor at Southern Cross University in 2017.

David’s previous senior appointments have been at universities in Australia and New Zealand, and he has undertaken consultancies for UNESCO, the OECD and various government agencies.

He was foundation Chair of the Australian Regional Universities Network and the board of the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka and is currently on the Board of Directors of the Melbourne Institute of Technology.

David is also Deputy Chair of the Board of Education Australia Limited.

Colin was appointed as a Non-Executive Director at IDP Education in February 2018. He is the President and Vice-Chancellor of Flinders University and brings more than thirty years of experience in international education in Australia, the UK and the USA.

Colin is a Director of Education Australia Limited and has held various other board positions across health, academic and community organisations.

Educated at the University of Edinburgh, and with a PhD from the University of Glasgow, Colin began his award-winning scientific career at the University of California, Berkeley.

Greg was appointed as a Non-Executive Director at IDP Education in December 2006. He is a Chartered Accountant with experience in the education sector, investment banking and financial services. Greg is on the Council of the University of Wollongong and a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of UOWGE Limited, a business arm of the University of Wollongong with universities in Dubai, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Greg is also a Director and Chair of Education Australia Limited.

Previously, Greg was Chief Executive Officer of a dual listed ASX biotech company. He has worked at Price Waterhouse and has held senior finance executive roles in investment banking with Bankers Trust, Deutsche Bank, NZI and other financial institutions. Greg is a Director of the St James Foundation Limited.

Chris was appointed a Non-Executive Director of IDP Education in November 2015. His other Board roles include Chairman of SEA Electric, and President and Chairman of the National Heart Foundation.

In 2020 Chris was appointed by the Federal Government to conduct a statutory review of the National Housing and Investment Corporation Act reporting to Parliament in 2021.

He is also a Senior Advisor to Flagstaff Partners, a member of the Advisory Board of The University of Melbourne Faculty of Business & Economics and the Advisory Council of Asialink.

He was previously a Senior Partner with KPMG and Managing Partner Government at Ernst & Young where he had national responsibility for leading the public sector and higher education practice.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Fellow of the AICD.

Simon was appointed CEO of The Hotcourses Group in 2015 having held a number of senior management roles in the business since joining in 2000.

He joined the IDP global leadership team when Hotcourses was acquired by the business in 2017.

Simon is based in London and leads the strategic direction and operational delivery of the Hotcourses Group. He is also responsible for key partnerships, developing people and culture.

He graduated in Economics from the University of Warwick.

After 17 years as the Chief Technology Officer with IDP Connect (formerly The Hotcourses Group), Neil Pearson joined IDP Education as the Chief Digital Marketing Officer in 2017.

In his time at IDP Connect, Neil played a key role in moving the company from a print publication to a world-leading online student engagement and course search platform. 

Since joining IDP, Neil has spearheaded the delivery of IDP's ambitious digital strategy, including the launch of a global network of websites, redefining how IDP connects and engages with our connected community around the world.

Neil holds a Master of Arts (Electronic Media) from Oxford Brookes University and a Bachelor of Fine Art and English from University of Exeter.