Our Team

Veronica Omeni is an experienced senior leader in higher education with expertise in graduate management education, internationalisation, global engagement and employability. She joined QS in 2021.

Jason Newman has more than 20 years of experience leading higher education sales and marketing teams across the globe. He joined QS in 2011 and became our Chief Commercial Officer in 2020.

Chris Martin has more than 30 years’ experience working as a leader in technology. His career has included roles at IBM and Ask Jeeves. He joined QS in 2021.

Alisha Bartl is a graduate of Monash University and has an MBA from Melbourne Business School. She is an experienced leader in people, project and change management.

Matthew Wait is a highly experienced leader with previous roles at organisations including Siemens, and KPMG. He joined QS as Chief Financial Officer in 2016.

Dr Claire Whittingham is Managing Director of QS Digital & Events.

Dara Bukhtoyarova is an experienced higher education specialist. Her expertise is in research development, international collaboration and online learning.

Alice Wei is an experienced Senior Consultant. She holds a degree from Shanghai International Studies University, a master’s degree in comparative education from UCL and an MBA from Imperial College Business School.

Dr Helen Kelly has more than 20 years’ experience in senior leadership roles within Trinity College Dublin, University of Warwick, and SOAS University of London. Her skills and expertise span student recruitment, TNE and global partnerships, change management, external engagement, development, and strategic planning.

Lara is a Senior Consultant at QS. Prior to joining the company, Lara held leadership roles in student recruitment and marketing teams within the higher education sector in Australia and the UK. Lara’s expertise is in international and domestic student recruitment and strategy, programme development, global engagement and industry partnerships. Lara holds a Level 7 Marketing Leadership Qualification from the Chartered institute of Marketing (UK) and a Marketing and dual degree in BCom Marketing and BA International Communications from Macquarie University (Australia).

Kuldeep is an experienced strategy consultant. He has an MBA degree from Indian Institute of Management and is a rank holder in Electronics Engineering from SRM Institute of Science and Technology.

Zaeem Siddiqui is an experienced data scientist. He holds a degree from Clark University in Economics and International Relations and a master’s from SOAS University of London.