meet the Head Office team
senior management team
Lana Foster
Managing Director
Lana founded and co-owns the company with James. Lana is also on the Board of Trustees of AEGIS, our accrediting body.
James Foster
Commercial Director
James co-owns Bright World and manages the all-important finances for all areas of the company. He makes sure everyone pays and gets paid.
Charlotte Hamson
Director of Sales & Marketing
Charlotte manages the Regional Manager team at Head Office and China. She also manages our website, SEO, social media and Marketing Budget & Strategy.
Jenny Rumble
Director of Safeguarding & Operations
Safeguarding the students under our care is our priority and Jenny makes sure our policy is upheld. She also makes sure our infrastructure is in place to operate a successful programme.
Su Warren
Director of Guardianships & Operations
Su manages the team of Guardianship Care Managers and Accommodation & Travel Managers to ensure that our programme is operated to the best of our ability and events are well organised and run smoothly.
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Guardianship Care Managers
Simon King
Senior Guardianship Care Manager
Simon manages our student care in Cumbria, Devon, Dorset, Buckinghamshire, Somerset, Lancashire and Bedfordshire. Simon also manages our emergency telephone and holiday rota.
Robbie Piper
Guardianship Care Manager
Robbie manages our student care in Kent, East Sussex, West Surrey, Hertfordshire, Wiltshire and Cambridge.
Casper Jones
Guardianship Care Manager
Casper manages student care in Mid Sussex, East Surrey, London, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Reading and Bristol.
Jack Wilkin
Guardianship Care Manager
Jack is the newest member of the guardianship team and joins his colleagues in taking care of our students across the UK.
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Accommodation and Travel Managers
Fi Williamson
Accommodation & Travel Manager
Fi manages the host family allocations for a number of our students, strategically planning our events and making sure host families are all set for the holidays.
Leanne Poole
Accommodation & Travel Manager
Leanne manages several students’ accommodation needs as well as managing our travel and transportation service, keeping our drivers trained and ensuring they uphold our Drivers’ Charter.
Lia Ferris
Finance & Credit Control Assistant
Lia is a member of the conference planning team and works closely with James in our Finance Department making sure bills are paid.
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Sales and Marketing Team
Cory Holden
Admissions and Regional Manager
Cory manages our school placements service and manages student enquries and offers support to our partners in Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, Russia, Europe non EEA and Central Asia.
Louis Spice
Regional Manager
Louis manages our social media pages, writes the Bright World Hub and contributes to newsletters and our magazine, Bright Eye. Louis manages student enquiries and offers support to our partner agents in UK, Middle East, Nigeria, The Far east, Spain and Central & South America.
Carol Gill
Marketing Assistant
Carol is the longest standing member of staff at Bright World. Carol assists the Sales, Marketing & Admissions team with agent prospecting, system management and marketing visit follow up.
Hai Li
Regional Coordinator
Hai is based in Beijing and assists our Regional Manager with our Chinese Counselling service and assisting our network of agents and parents in China.
Grace Wang
Regional Manager
Grace manages our Chinese Counselling service and our agent network in China.