Colm Saunders
Chief Financial Officer
Colm joined UP Education in 2018 as Chief Financial Officer.
Prior to joining UP Education, Colm has held multiple CFO roles based in Ireland with Xtralis Group, WElink Group, Thirdforce and Zamano plc. Colm is experienced in driving profitable growth through supporting revenue growth, margin improvement and cost management, with extensive experience in M&A, debt and equity funding, contract negotiations and financial planning.
Earlier in his career Colm worked in London and Boston, latterly as Director of Operations & Strategy for Avaya Inc.
Colm is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, has a Masters of Accounting from University College Dublin, a BSc Management (First Class Honours) from Trinity College, Dublin and a Strategic Financial Analysis for Business Evaluation qualification from Harvard Business School.