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 over five years' experience in 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. She enjoys hosting parties and far-too-serious games nights.
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 Anees
Hifsa began her career in the learning and development industry after graduating with a BSc in Behavioural Science. She has a wealth of experience in analysing learners’ needs and designing effective training sessions, which she’s using as a trainer at HESA. Hifsa also values inclusive cultures in which all people are respected.
Outside of HESA, Hifsa likes to go on long drives to find hidden gems, cook infinite amounts of tiramisu, and work out!
Sally Murphy
Sally is part of the HESA Training team - delivering training and designing eLearning courses. She has an extensive teaching and management background in both Design Technology and Maths in secondary schools. This includes training colleagues and other professionals at in-house sessions and at conferences. She loves designing new courses, being creative in the delivery, and generally figuring out the best way to explain complicated concepts and processes.
When not working, Sally can be found sailing, paddle boarding and hiking. She has travelled extensively and is always keen to see more of the world.
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.