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James Lloyd

Founder, Co-Director

You will rarely come across a man that is more passionate about school facilities management (and its intricacies) than James Lloyd. Although he didn’t know co-founder Jemma when they were chosen as the Head Boy/Girl team at school, they became inexorably paired over their common passion for supporting education through sustainable social innovation. It was this pairing that led to School Space being founded in 2011 and James has lost none of his enthusiasm and vocal advocacy for the company and it’s mission. No part of the operation is unseen by him and he is as comfortable with troubleshooting locks as he is driving high level business strategy.

Jemma Phibbs

Co-Director

After coming together with James in 2011 as one half of their school Head Boy/Girl team, Jemma has remained a passionate beating heart of School Space. A lifelong evangelist of the importance of education, she excelled as an undergraduate with a degree in history from Cambridge University. With broad oversight of sales, strategy and company expansion, Jemma leads from the front with the same conviction as the day she started.

Laurence Cruse

Head of People

At the tender age of eight Laurence began his entrepreneurial career by enlisting school parents to take and deliver McDonald's orders for students under the guise of fundraising. Fast forward to today and his methods remain similarly opportunistic however his focus has shifted strongly to people, the ‘why we do what we do’ of work and releasing people from mediocrity in the pursuit of social impact. He’s run his own company, recruited for countless early stage startups and been a long running advocate of easy peelers as the office fruit of choice.

Madeleine Day

Admin Guru

If you’re one of our 16,000 bookings from the last 12 months, the chances are you’ve spoken to Maddie at least once. As School Space’s first full time employee, Maddie has been the office powerhouse that’s held together the practicalities of our extensive growth. As a self described “first line of defence for all customer and administrative queries,” her knowledge of our partner schools, customers and team is unparalleled.

Aditi Shah

Operations Manager

Although you don’t often see someone in an elephant onesie heading up Machu Picchu, in 2013 you would have been pleasantly surprised to see just that. When combining an adventurous soul with a burning desire to enact widespread societal change, you get Aditi Shah - an entrepreneurially minded, operations supremo. With everything from systems, to communications to marketing falling under her remit, she has made a massive impact on how School Space runs and prepares for growth. She is also a superb chef.

Sally Whiteside

Venue Manager

Having made the full journey from Community Connector, to Team Leader to Venue Operations Manager, Sally knows our business inside and out. With over 10 years of school site management experience (in addition to having run her own cleaning company), Sally translates the complex school, customer and team requirements into a smooth running operation. Despite being available 24/7 for any issues that arise across the county, Sally manages to find time for gardening, being a petrolhead and perfecting her DIY technique that sees her able to construct a shed in under an hour.

Christina Sawyer

Team Leader

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