Executive team

Jill joined OCR as Chief Executive in November 2018, bringing over 25 years’ experience in education to the role.

Jill led the UK schools business at education company Pearson for five years, where she was responsible for more than 450 staff across product management and development, marketing and sales, spanning qualifications, digital and print learning services.

Prior to that, Jill spent 22 years in educational publishing. She began her education career as an editor at Oxford University Press and subsequently worked for publishers including Hodder & Stoughton, Harcourt, and Ginn. She has a PGCE and a degree in English Literature from Oxford University.

Ruth is responsible for the standard and quality of all OCR’s assessments, from assessment creation through to marking and post-results. This includes oversight of research and technical services to support and continuously improve assessment quality and of the recruitment, training and support of assessment specialists.

Ruth joined in October 2024. She previously worked at AQA for 14 years, beginning in the English qualifications team and subsequently holding roles including Head of Research and Director of Assessment.

Prior to that, Ruth spent 14 years working in schools in Manchester as an English teacher and senior leader. She has an English degree from the University of Cambridge and a Doctorate in Education from the University of Manchester, focusing on equity in assessment.

Tim leads the marketing and insights teams and is responsible for helping the business understand teachers, educators, and key education decision-makers, and for promoting and marketing our products.

Tim joined in January 2025, bringing a wealth of diverse marketing experience to the role. Tim’s previous role was VP, Marketing and Insights for BBC Studios, the international commercial arm of the BBC. Before that, he worked at Trinity Mirror (now REACH PLC) in various marketing roles culminating in becoming Head of Marketing for national titles, leading the marketing for the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and The People.

Stuart joined as Operations Director for UK & International Education in February 2024. 

Stuart joined from awarding body AQA, where he was Director of Operations, and has vast experience of running both assessment and broader operations, as well as in digital transformation and systems and process modernisation work.

He worked for International Airlines Group, based at Heathrow and led the Operations Performance and Strategy teams for the global air cargo business. A key part of that role was resource planning for 2,000 staff delivering global operations 24/7/365. He also led major change programmes, including the response to COVID-19.

Before that, he worked for 11 years at RM, the Education Tech provider and a supplier to Cambridge.

Peter joined OCR as Director of Product in April 2017 with responsibility for the development and management of OCR’s products and their commercial performance.

He previously worked for Pearson Education in Head of Product Management roles for both vocational and academic qualifications. Before joining Pearson in 2008, Peter worked at Cambridge University Press, initially as a Science Editor and then progressing to become Publishing Manager for Science and Maths titles. Peter has a PhD in Physical Organic Chemistry and a BSc in Medicinal Chemistry from Newcastle University.

Myles is responsible for ensuring OCR’s regulatory compliance, quality management and governance are of the highest standard. Joining OCR in August 2019, he is also OCR’s Responsible Officer and provides focus to our work with Ofqual, Qualifications Wales and CCEA, to deliver qualifications that are best for teachers, and best for learners. He works on these areas, as well as business continuity planning, across OCR’s parent organisation, Cambridge University Press & Assessment.

Myles has over 13 years’ experience leading teams in the education services sector focused on developing products that help learners and teachers realise their potential. These have spanned academic and vocational qualifications, digital qualifications services, published resources and professional development. Before joining OCR, Myles was at education company Pearson, most recently as Product Director for vocational qualifications. He began his career as an English language teacher before moving into educational publishing.

Chris joined OCR in July 2016 as Sales and Marketing Director. He has responsibility for promoting and selling OCR’s qualifications and services to key curriculum decision-makers, focusing on schools, sixth form colleges and FE colleges. Chris is also responsible for OCR’s customer service and support teams, including exams officer support and communications.

Chris brings over 35 years of teaching and commercial experience to his role at OCR. After completing a maths and economics degree and a PGCE, Chris taught secondary maths for fourteen years in Canterbury, Kent. He was appointed as one of the country’s youngest senior teachers at Simon Langton Girls’ Grammar School where his responsibilities included curriculum development.

Chris has spent over twenty years as a senior commercial leader with the UK’s leading education companies, including RM plc, Heinemann, Nelson Thornes and Pearson.

Stuart is responsible for the sales team, customer support team and OCR’s subject advisers, who work closely with teachers providing support on individual subjects and qualifications.

Stuart joined in January 2025 and has worked in education sales for 18 years, starting in the UK education market before moving into international education. He joins from Oxford University Press, where he spent six years as International Sales Director, leading a global team of 70 across sales and customer success. He also led the creation of a combined qualification, curriculum and support team at OUP.

Stuart has a BA in Business Management and Economics.