EdTech unicorn Multiverse has strengthened its senior team with the appointments of Helen Greul as Engineering Vice President (VP) and Asha Haji as Operations VP.
The news comes two months after the appointments of Jillian Gillespie as CFO and Martha Lane-Fox to the board,
Greul joins Multiverse from Spotify and has more than 15 years of experience in the tech industry.
鈥淕rowing up in a family of educators, I understand the transformative power of education,” she said.
鈥淚n the current macro economic environment where upskilling is a necessity for every field, I鈥檓 looking forward to creating a learning experience in which the next generation of talent can learn the skills they need to thrive.鈥�
Haji joins Multiverse having successfully built and exited her own EdTech company, Framework, prior to which she spent almost seven years at Education First.
Previously, she has managed to secure funding from VCs and founders behind companies including Netflix and YouTube.
She said: 鈥淚’m passionate about helping people from all backgrounds grow further in their careers and develop technical aptitude, so I鈥檓 hugely excited by Multiverse鈥檚 mission.
鈥淚鈥檓 looking forward to helping it tackle the problem of delivering high quality, applied learning at scale.鈥�
Multiverse partners with over 1,500 companies in the US and UK to deliver skills that is said to enable business transformation, and economic opportunity for individuals.
The apprenticeships tech unicorn was co-founded by Euan Blair –聽 son of former Prime Minister Tony – in 2016 to train school-leavers in areas such as data analytics and software engineering via partnerships with tech companies.
On the latest appointments, Blair added: 鈥淐ontinuing to build a world-beating senior team is essential for Multiverse to achieve its ambitions.
“I鈥檓 beyond excited to be welcoming two more brilliant individuals to the organisation, who will help continue our rapid growth in the right way and enable us to realise our far-reaching ambitions.鈥�
It hasn’t all been plain sailing for Multiverse which saw its losses nearly treble in 2023 to 拢40.5m, while its revenues increased 66 per cent to 拢45.2m over the same period.
In 2023 it was reported that the founding mission of聽 Multiverse –聽 to provide a practical alternative to university –聽 had all-but been聽 ditched as the company went in a different direction.