OpenLearning Limited (ASX: OLL) is an education technology company that provides a scalable online learning platform to education providers; and a global marketplace of world-class short courses and online degrees for learners.
Through partnerships with top universities and government agencies, strong network effects, novel implementation of social constructivist educational theory and an education to employability pathway, OpenLearning is at the forefront of a new wave of education delivery.
OpenLearning recently launched OpenCreds, the first cross-sector micro-credentialing framework for Australia and Malaysia, that is designed for higher education, vocational education and professional learning short courses with a focus on outcomes and portfolios for every learner.
With more than 3 million learners worldwide across over thousands of courses provided by over 250 education providers, OpenLearning is at the forefront of a new wave of online education delivery.
Meet our experienced Board of Directors who are passionate about increasing access to high quality education
B.Eng (Software), B.Arts (Politics)
Adam Brimo holds Bachelor of Engineering (Software) and a Bachelor Arts (Politics) degrees from UNSW (University of New South Wales) and completed his honours thesis at UNSW in partnership with National ICT Australia (NICTA). Adam is listed in the 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia for Consumer Technology and in The Pearcey Foundation 2018 NSW Tech Entrepreneur Hall of Fame. Adam previously worked at Macquarie Bank as a Software Engineer in the Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities Group and at Westpac Institutional Bank as a Senior Software Engineer. In 2010-2011, Adam led the successful Vodafail consumer activist campaign, which resulted in nationwide media coverage, an ACMA inquiry and a $1bn network upgrade for Vodafone’s Australian business. Adam was named the Consumer Activist of the Year in 2011 by Choice Magazine for his transformative impact on the telecommunications sector in Australia. In 2012, Adam joined UNSW Professor Richard Buckland and David Collien to found OpenLearning.com, a social learning platform. Since that time, over 2.6 million students have joined courses, including the first massive open online courses (MOOCs) from Australia and Malaysia
6,967,475 fully paid ordinary shares
Group CEO
B.Comm (Merit), AICD
Spiro Pappas is a business leader with over 30 years of experience predominantly in the financial services industry. Since leaving NAB in July 2018, Spiro has served on a number of boards. In addition to his role at OpenLearning, Spiro is currently the Chairman of Atlas Iron and OpenInvest (Wealthtech). Spiro is also an NED of DataMesh Group (Payment Fintech) and Cognian Technologies (IoT Proptech). At NAB, Spiro performed several leadership roles including Executive General Manager of Global Institutional Banking, CEO of Asia and Executive General Manager of International and Innovation. Prior to NAB, Spiro worked in Sydney, London and New York with Deutsche Bank and then over 11 years in London with ABN AMRO/RBS where he managed a number of global businesses including Debt Capital Markets, Client Coverage for Financial Institutions and Corporate Finance and Advisory. Spiro has also served on the Advisory Board of both the Australia China Business Council and the Australia Japan Business Cooperation Council and was a Board Member of the European Australian Business Council. Spiro was also a member of a taskforce advising the Federal Government on how to enable the SME sector for the digital age.
3,679,091 fully paid ordinary shares
Member of Audit Committee
Masters of Commerce (Marketing), Bachelor of Economic (Finance)
Mr Reede has over 20 years’ experience in investment management, business management and early stage finance. Mr Reede is managing partner at Dominion Partners having founded the company in 2021, Director of Caledonia Capital and Euphrates Capital in Australia and Director of Colville Capital in the United Kingdom. The Company confirms that Dominion Partners have been engaged since April 2023 to provide investor relationship services to the Company. Mr Reede has a wealth of experience in the education sector having co-founded Performance Education Group in 2005, which grew to become Australia’s largest Professional Year Provider in size and employment outcomes before exiting his stake in the business to EDU Holdings in 2018. Performance Education Group, now Gradability, was acquired by Online Education Services (OES) in 2021. In 2018, Mr Reede founded BioScore, which is a software platform for health and fitness professionals to manage and report on performance tests and other health test results and Habitat Travel in 2013, an online channel management provider for accommodation operations and online travel agents.
GradDip (IT)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Education Centre of Australia . ECA group partners and invest with universities to open campuses so that Universities have access to new markets , ECA takes care of all legal processes and investment requirement to setup campus operation. ECA currently partner with Australian, UK and Indian Universities. Victoria university, Swinburne, University of Canberra , Charles Stuart university and London met university are currently partnering with ECA to offer courses to students in different locations . ECA has established a strong network of representatives in 40+ countries to recruit quality students for its university partners. ECA group also has job ready program and currently offers 2000 plus internship to its students every year . ECA group has its own English school , 3 vocational institutes and 3 post graduate institutes which awards its own qualification at post graduate level . One of the speciality ECA group offers to its university partners is that ECA de risk subcontinent for universities as ECA has deployed a large team in India and been working in the region for more than 15 years .
89,685,875 fully paid ordinary shares
The Company is committed to complying with the highest standards of corporate governance to ensure that all of its business activities are conducted fairly, honestly and with integrity in compliance with all applicable laws. To achieve this, the Company’s board of directors (Board) has adopted a number of charters and policies which aim to ensure that value is created whilst accountability and controls are commensurate with the risks involved.
The Board believes that the Company’s policies and practices comply with the recommendations set out in the ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations – 4th Edition (Recommendations).
Together with the Company’s constitution (Constitution), the following charters and policies have been adopted by the Company to achieve a high standard of corporate governance.
TheCorporations Amendment (Meetings and Documents) Act 2022 (Amendment Act) includes a new requirement for public companies and listed companies to give shareholders notice of their right to elect to be sent documents electronically or physically by the company in section 110K of the Corporations Act.
The legislative changes to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) mean there are new options for how OpenLearningLimited (‘OLL’ or ‘Company’) shareholders receive communications. OLL will no longer send physical meeting documents unless a shareholder requests a copy to be mailed.
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