NACE Schools, Spain. Paddy Jansen has joined NACE Schools as Chief Marketing Officer where he will lead the group’s the marketing and admissions operations. NACE Schools was acquired in 2017 by Providence Equity Partners and through its recent acquisitions now counts 18 thousand students, enrolled in 51 international K12 schools, over 9 countries. Over the past three years, Paddy was Managing Partner at Afaya Partners, providing consultancy services to leading investment groups in education. Prior to that, he held various senior leadership roles at Laureate Education, and was based in Switzerland, Italy and the US. Paddy is a Dutch national, speaks five languages, and holds an MBA from IMD Business school in Switzerland and a MSc from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.