Empowering education: Uniting investors and operators

Rajay Naik is chief executive of Skilled Education, a leading catalyst of online learning. He has held numerous senior roles in education, including global chief commercial officer of Study Group, five years as chief executive of Keypath, and five years as director of the Open University where he was co-founder of the FutureLearn platform.

Rajay was one of six members of the Independent Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance chaired by Lord Browne. He has served as a board member of Coventry City Football Club, the UK-ASEAN Business Council, the CBI Skills Commission and as chairman of the National Lottery Community Fund.

He remains chairman of the UK Commission on Lifelong Learning, a trustee of the Roundhouse and governor of the Ditchley Foundation.