Welcome to The PIEpline
Our consultancy network

The PIE has a deep wealth of knowledge across the international education sector. Along with our industry partners, we can provide strategic market consultancy and targeted insight.

We’ve assembled a network of the brightest minds, data specialists and experienced leaders in international education, to assist you with strategic planning, recruitment, retention, TNE, revenue diversification, brand development and change management – a pipeline of global talent to meet your strategic goals.

PIE consultancy team

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Amy Baker (UK)

Media specialist | Insights | Business development

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Nicholas Cuthbert (UK)

Market analysis | Trends and insights | Investor reports

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Dr. Maureen Manning (USA)

K-12 pathways | ELT | Analysis and commentary

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Simone Rensch (Denmark / Europe)

Education investments | EDI | Talent and acquisitions

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Jessica Glauser Guiver (UK / USA)

Admissions | HE operations | Market research

Gizelle Rezende (Australia / LATAM)

Edtech | U-commerce | Sales | Data and systems

Consultants in our network:

Prof. Judith Lamie (UK)

TNE | Partnerships | HE operations and strategy

Claire Field (Australia)

VET | International | Higher education commentary

Andrew Disbury (UK)

Languages | Advisory and governance | International ops

Dr. Gabriela Geron (USA)

C-suite leadership | Trends | Technologies | Innovation

Rob Lawrence (Australia)

Prospect research | Marketing | Planning | Strategy

Alejandra Otero (USA / Europe)

Education marketing | Student recruitment | CRM | Communications

Olivia McLaughlin (UK)

International strategy | Interim | Change management

Max Humpston (UK)

K-12 | HE progression | Sales and marketing

Delia Heneghan (India)

Overseas operations | Indian NEP | Branch campuses

Book your next project

Book a free consultation meeting with The PIE to discuss your brief and the right experts for the job. External consultants are subject to availability and potential conflict of interest.

What solutions and services do we facilitate?

Intelligence: Whitepaper research, impact intelligence, surveys, academic studies and focus groups.

Strategy and planning: Macro-trends, market analysis, data-driven decisions, expertise, insight and execution.

Benchmarking: Competitor analysis, size and shape of international operations, conversion and retention, student engagement and success.

Investor and VC funding:
Market assessment, investor relations, tender writing and bid support, accounting and legal.

Business development: Sales introductions, real estate, talent and recruitment, brand and reputation, accreditation, marketing and communications.

Leadership: Interim C-suite support, leadership experience, independant perspectives, thought-leadership and personal branding, advisory boards and committee chairs.

Data migration and automation: Data clean, CRM integration, next-best action automation, customer journey, personalisation, data analysis.

Amy Baker and the rest of the Pie team…thank you for putting together such a great report. This information is super helpful for anyone that operates in the industry and in the #edtech world”
David Adler, Applywave

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