Tony McAleavy is Education Development Trust’s Research Director with corporate oversight of the educational impact of all Education Development Trust’s activities and our public domain research programme. Tony has worked extensively on school reform in many countries, particularly in the Middle East. He has an MA in Modern History from St John’s College, University of Oxford.

Dr Anna Riggall leads Education Development Trust's global programme of academic educational research and promotes evidence engagement across the organisation. She has over 20 years’ experience leading international educational research and holds an MA in Education & Development Studies and PhD in Education.  She specialises in the areas of education system reform, education for marginalised groups including children with disabilities, girls and refugees, teacher development, leadership, accountability and education in emergencies.

Serena is Education Development Trust’s Senior Researcher. She is an experienced evaluator and researcher with a strong track record of assessing and implementing both small and large-scale projects and programmes (with budget up to USD72 million) in a range of countries for organisations such as UNDP, UNESCO, FAO, and the World Bank.  She has a PhD in Evaluation of Education and a Master’s Degree in Anthropology and Development obtained at the London School of Economics.