Mr. John Kerr, former CEO of Edexcel Foundation, the largest awarding body in UK, leads QAI.

He is trained as a lawyer and has held positions with the London Stock Exchange and Financial Services Authority as an expert in the financial regulation and company authorisation.

After leaving Pearson, John was the Operations Director with the large educational charity the Edge Foundation and commissioned 2 City academies and the Edge Hotel School. John is also an advisor and strategy consultant for a number of Government and private education bodies, both internationally and in the UK.

He is an acknowledged expert in harnessing the latest technology to deliver global education solutions for the 21^st century.