our team

People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we bring investing, operating and sector experience across learning and work.

core team

Your closest partners at Brighteye. We are here when it matters, bringing operating experience, honest feedback and an international persepective to help you grow and scale.

Ben Wirz

Founding Partner

Alex Spiro Latsis

Founding Partner

David Guérin

Partner

Isabella Vahdati

Principal

Ghita Targhi

Associate

Rhys Spence

Head of Platform & Research

Hege Tollerud

Head of Community & Events

James Wilson

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You’re also supported by our mentors: world-class operators across product, engineering, people, customer success, and beyond.

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Brian Fitzgerald
Executive & Product Mentor
Product Leader & Growth Executive. Founder @ Tinkergarten.
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Frank Visciano
Operations Mentor
Fractional COO, former COO at Udemy
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Jenny Coogan
Impact Mentor
Co-founder and ex-Chief Content Officer @ Newsela & former journalist
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Scott Eblen
Product Mentor
VP of Product Management @ Monzo Bank & Former Head of Product, Content Platform @ Spotify
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Jono Hey
Product Mentor
Former Chief Product Officer @ Zen Educate & former Head of UX @ Nutmeg
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People & Teams
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Roxana Dobrescu
People & Teams Mentor
Chief People Officer @ Commercetools & former Chief People Officer at Labster
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Jessica Djeziri
People & Teams Mentor
Chief People Officer @ Bloomays & former Chief People Officer @ Ornikar
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Natalia Kucirkova
Impact Mentor
Founder of WiKIT AS
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Executive
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Simon Hay
Executive Mentor
Exited Co-founder & CEO @ Firefly
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Mathieu Nebra
Mathieu Nebra
Co-founder of OpenClassrooms
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Learning Design
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Kirsten Campbell-Howes
Learning Design Mentor
Director of Learning Design & Science @ Preply & former Chief Learning Officer @ Busuu
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Marketing
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Sophia Ahrel
Marketing Mentor
Fractional CMO & GTM Strategist
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Engineering
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Kareem Zaher
Engineering Mentor
Ex Director of Engineering @ BetterUp and Booking.com
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Customer Success
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Andrea Spillmann-Gajek
Customer Success Mentor
Former GM of Customer Success & Partnerships SV Academy
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International Expansion
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Mariana Aristizábal
International Expansion Mentor
Head of Europe & Latam @ Perlego
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Damien Boronat
Sales Mentor
Head of Sales @ Payfit (HRTech unicorn)
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Leadership
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Rupert Jones CBE
Leadership Mentor
Former Major General British Army
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