Directors

Photograph of Greg Watson

Greg Watson (Chief Executive)

Greg joined Bell in August 2010 from OCR (Oxford Cambridge & RSA Examinations), which he led as Chief Executive between 2004-2010. Prior to this he spent three years as its first Marketing & Sales Director before becoming Deputy Chief Executive in 2001. Before joining OCR, he worked for ten years in the oil industry in retail and business-to-business sectors, covering marketing, business development, IT systems development and quality management.

Greg is a modern languages graduate from Queens' College, Cambridge. He also spent a year teaching English in Germany.
   
Photograph of Tony Anderson

Tony Anderson (Director of Sales and Marketing)

After rising through the marketing ranks at British Airways and Thomas Cook, Tony turned from gamekeeper to poacher when he was appointed the first Sales and Marketing Director of easyJet. He went on to become Group Marketing Director for the easyGroup and held positions on the board of several of Stelios Haji-Ioannou's companies. Outside of travel, Tony has held senior marketing positions at the internet bank Egg, TNS PLC and The Children's Mutual, a member-owned financial services company. Tony has four children and lives in South Cambridgeshire.
   
Photograph of Linda Connon

Lynda Connon (Director of Finance)

Lynda Connon and the finance team provide strategic financial and operational advice to the organisation. Lynda has extensive experience gained through working in both start-up and blue chip environments across a broad spectrum of industry sectors, latterly focusing on information technology and biotechnology. Her experiences include acquisition, integration and divestment projects, raising finance, developing and implementing business plans as well as building finance teams and managing the day to day finance and general operational functions.

   
Photograph of Jim Kell

Jim Kell (Director of Operations)

Jim is Director of Operations at Bell. He has an MA in Applied Linguistics and the DELTA, and has worked for more than 20 years in ELT in the UK, Portugal and China – as a teacher, teacher trainer, materials writer, consultant, and manager. He has presented at international conferences and exhibitions throughout the world, has published a wide variety of articles and materials, and regularly carries out overseas consultancy work for Bell.