Meet the team
Dorota Cann
Dorota works as a Training Manager at HESA and brings almost 10 years' experience of working in higher education administration. She leads on development of an overall training strategy, aiming to diversify our portfolio to meet customer needs.
Outside of HESA, Dorota designs and makes jewellery, loves a good book and good food.
Laura Lawrence
A lover of all things organised, Laura enjoys coordinating the team’s administration efforts along with delivering engaging training as part of her role as Lead Trainer. With a Teacher Training degree and varied experience in primary education, Laura brings a different kind of teaching and learning experience to the team. Laura most enjoys interacting with people; establishing and extending existing rapport in person.
Outside of HESA, Laura enjoys anything and everything food and home style related and has a particular penchant for diaries and organisation.
Rachel Creux
Rachel is a part of the HESA Training team. She has four years of teaching experience in both online and face-to-face teaching and training in the education sector. Her experience has equipped her in adopting new teaching and learning methods to match our present-day dynamic world, reaching the needs of our customers.
Rachel enjoys the outdoors and spends many hours participating in outdoor activities such as hiking.
Christopher Opara
Christopher is a part of the HESA Training team. He recently completed his MSc. He has spent a vast amount of time in customer-facing positions as well as working in Risk and HR. His academic and work background has equipped him with the expertise required to meet the day-to-day needs of our customers.
Christopher enjoys listening to good music and learning new recipes. He performs spoken word in his free time and, when he's not working, he's either modelling or taking a relaxing trip overseas.
Hifsa
Hifsa is a passionate learning and development professional with a CIPD accreditation and years of experience within Learning and Development. She specialises in creating and delivering engaging training programs that empower industry professionals to excel in their fields.
When she is not working, you can find her exploring new destinations and enjoying the simple pleasures of life.
Katie Broady
Katie Broady works as a trainer in the HESA training team. She has worked in Learning and Development for the last few years, after graduating from her BSc in Psychology. Her approach to delivery is based around harnessing individual differences and adapting to learners’ needs, whether virtual or face-to-face.
In her spare time, Katie enjoys connecting with nature through foraging, hiking, and exploring new trails with her cane corso. She has recently started gardening and loves to cook with the food that she grows.
Katie Werrell
After over half a decade working in the animal sector and years of lecturing, Katie found her passion for training and education. Her academic background enables her to see the importance of the vital information HESA collects. Katie most enjoys being able to refresh training methods to suit and account for all learners’ needs.
Outside of HESA, Katie spends most of her time enjoying camping and kayaking with her dogs.