Our Team
StudentSafe has been built by a team of specialists in the transport and technology sectors.
Our Senior Leadership Team brings together decades of commercial experience, combining expertise in school transport, operations, technology and customer success to deliver exceptional transport solutions for independent schools.
Mathew has 30 years as a disrupter within the technology/ground transport sector. He was the founder of Burgundy Global, Matrix Connections and most recently Zeelo and Transport2 UK Ltd. Mathew has built a reputation for building high growth innovative and market leading businesses within the Maas space.
Joe co-founded and led Firefly Learning, an award-winning edtech platform, from inception to serving over 900 schools. His passion for supporting education is matched by his enthusiasm for innovative solutions like StudentSafe in addressing school transport challenges.
Jonathan Stern (ACMA) has 25 years-experience in travel and technology related businesses. Finance Director of Virgin Holiday. Co-Found of Trainline.com. CFO Holiday Taxis and CoachHire.com
Kit has over 20 years of commercial product development experience, executing R&D, IT, business operations, branding and consulting projects; the majority of which has been gained at start-ups that have been taken through VC funding rounds, private equity raisings, management buy-outs, acquisitions, spin-offs and public listings. He was closely involved in the development of the Kura technology platform.
Richard Woods joined the StudentSafe team as our new Director in October 2023, with responsibility for managing our service delivery via our broad operator network. With over 35 years of experience in the passenger transport industry, Richard has guided many of the well-known coach brands in the UK and internationally, including Stagecoach Group PLC, we are thrilled to have Richard on board.
