Geoffrey Alphonso
Chief Executive Officer
Alef Education
In his role of CEO, Geoffrey Alphonso brings a wealth of experience in strategic thinking with over 20+ years of experience in enabling business transformations across the North American, Australian and Middle East Markets.
Prior to joining Alef Education, Geoffrey was General Manager and Head of PMO / Solutions for Pearson Education’s Middle East & Africa business practice for over 9 years, where he grew and led a cross functional team towards driving Pearson’s digital strategy with a combined portfolio of over $30M USD across both the K-12 and Higher Ed markets.
Prior to his time at Pearson Education, Geoffrey held various senior leadership roles in Toronto, Canada & Brisbane, Australia across the Ed-Tech, Telecom and the Financial sectors. Geoffrey is an avid enthusiast of using technology to enable education. He also sits on a board of THAKI an NGO, that helps bring digital education products and services to underprivileged children in the MENA region.
Geoffrey holds an MBA from the London Business School.