senior management team
Lana Foster
Managing Director
Lana founded and co-owns the company with James. Lana is also Vice Chair of AEGIS, our accrediting body.
James Foster
Commercial Director
James co-owns Bright World and manages the all-important finances for all areas of the company. He makes sure everyone pays and gets paid.
Su Warren
Director of Guardianships
Su manages the team of Guardianship Care Managers and Accommodation & Travel Managers to ensure that our programme is operated to the best of our ability and events are well organised and run smoothly.
from a happy parent
We would like to thank you and all of your colleagues for your cooperation and help! We are absolutely happy with your service during the all years together and truly would recommend your company to our friends!
Guardianship Care Department Managers
Simon King
Senior Guardianship & Operations Manager
Simon manages our student care in Cumbria and Lancashire. Simon also manages our Local Coordinator team and oversees our emergency telephone and holiday rota
Robbie Piper
Senior Guardianship Care Manager and Designated Safeguarding Lead
Robbie is our DSL and ensures our safeguarding standards are upheld and our students are well looked after. He also manages student care in Kent and York.
Casper Jones
Guardianship Care Manager/University Coordinator
Casper manages student care in Devon, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Surrey, Reading and Bristol. Casper also manages our University Guardianship programme.
Maria Novais
Guardianship Care Manager
Maria manages student care in Bedford, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Scotland and Suffolk
Isabelle Amor
Guardianship Care Manager and Sustainability Officer
Isabelle manages student care in London, West Surrey, Durham, Yorkshire, Kent West, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire
Jieni Hua
Guardianship Care Manager
Jieni manages student care in South Wales, Dorset, Hampshire, South Wiltshire, Somerset, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and East Kent
from a happy school
Dear Simon, Thank you for including me on the communication to parents, it was good to read such professional and proactive communication.
Accommodation and Travel Managers
Tom Kane
Accommodation and Travel Manager
Tom manages several students’ accommodation needs as well as managing our travel and transportation service, keeping our drivers trained and ensuring they uphold our Drivers’ Charter.
Annie Constable
Recruitment and Safeguarding Manager
Annie manages the recruitment of host families for us and makes sure Safer Recruitment processes are followed.
Tori Percy
Accommodation and Travel Manager
Tori manages students’ host family allocations ensuring that they have positive holiday times. She also helps to manage our travel service, keeping our drivers trained and ensuring they uphold our Drivers’ Charter.
from a happy host family
Very good e-mail communication and grateful for phone call. Gina was a lovely student and was polite and mixed well. We loved having her and would welcome her back anytime. We are very impressed with Bright World with the quality of your students and your excellent communication.
Sales and Marketing Team
Charlotte Hamson
Business Relationship and Marketing Manager
Charlotte manages our school and agent relationships and works with new parents and students interested in joining our Guardianship Programme.
Cory Holden
Admissions and Regional Manager
Cory manages our school placements service and manages student enquries and offers support to our partners in Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, Russia, Europe non EEA and Central Asia.
Lia Ferris
Digital Media Manager and Finance Assistant
Lia manages our social media and website, along with closely working with James in our Finance Department making sure bills are paid. You can also find Lia hosting our podcast channel, Bright Sounds
Carol Gill
Marketing Assistant
Carol is the longest standing member of staff at Bright World. Carol assists the Sales, Marketing & Admissions team with agent prospecting, system management and marketing visit follow up.
Hai Li
Regional Coordinator
Hai is based in Beijing and assists our Regional Manager with our Chinese Counselling service and assisting our network of agents and parents in China.
Grace Wang
Regional Manager
Grace manages our Chinese Counselling service and our agent network in China.
from a happy partner
Bright World Guardianships have been a long-standing partner with Aston Education since it first started. Bright World follows up on students closely with regard to their needs and individual situations at school. As a guardian, their role is extremely important, especially with younger students or when students are in need. Bright World is always quick to react when students need assistance. Their service is all rounded, and no matter if it is for a student’s travel arrangements during term breaks, or homestay arrangements, they are very caring throughout the student’s stay in the United Kingdom. We highly recommend students and parents to use Bright World Guardianship service.