Gary Gates, Ph.D., is responsible for leading Pearson VUE’s strategic business growth outside of North America by establishing partnerships, recommending acquisitions and collaborating with established Pearson businesses.

Dr. Gates has considerable experience launching international enterprises, including the development, commercialisation and internationalisation of innovative technology for ITIS Holdings, Plc, a leading supplier of traffic and travel information. Prior to his work with ITIS, he held management positions with British Nuclear Fuels Plc and British Energy.

Dr. Gates received a doctorate degree in Computational Physics from the University of Liverpool and graduated with honours from the University of York with a B.Sc. in Theoretical Physics.

Matthew is responsible for growing existing programmes and seeking new partnerships across the region. He leads the European Business Development team as well as the multi-region Programme Management team.

Matthew has over 20 years experience of working for international IT and computer-based testing companies, having established successful teams and customer partnerships to deliver new products and launch global programmes.

Matthew is also recognised as a speaker on technology trends and how technology is changing the way we communicate, engage customers, live and work.

Suzana is responsible for establishing test partnerships in regions such as Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. She leads the respective regional Business Development Managers and the EMEA Channel Sales team in order to continually support and meet the needs of channel partners throughout the region. Within her role, Suzana helps to ensure the integrity and geographical reach of the test centre network.

Suzana has over 15 years of Sales and Marketing experience working for large organisations such as Oracle and Docent Corporation. She also has extensive experience working in e-Learning and Education arenas.

Jean has held various operational senior management positions since she joined Pearson in April 2000. In 2004, she joined Pearson VUE as Customer Services Director and within her first year was instrumental in helping the business to obtain the ISO 9001, 27001, and the Customer Contact Association accreditations. More recently, Jean was the executive lead responsible for helping the business to achieve accreditation to BS25999, ISO 14001 and the recognised Government Customer Service Excellence award.

Jean took up the position of Pearson VUE Operations Director EMEA in 2007. She is responsible for all external customer service deliverables, Management Information and Compliance. Jean’s ability to identify and implement improvements to productivity and efficiency has enabled the business to reach its strategic operational goals.

Jas Nijjar was appointed to the role of Finance Director of Pearson VUE International in May 2011. She is responsible for all aspects of financial reporting, performance management, budgeting and strategic planning across several different regions. Most recently, she was Financial Controller at Pearson Australia Group in Melbourne where strong team leadership and change management skills were crucial to her role.

She has over 15 years experience in finance, working largely within media organisations including Universal Music Group and United International Pictures. She has been with Pearson for 6 years and has held a variety of roles across the organisation, spending 3 years at the Financial Times Group. 

Jas holds a degree from Leeds University and qualified as a management accountant in 2000.