
Jamira Burley
Head of Community & Strategic Partnerships, XQ Institute
In 2012, fifteen companies came together as founding members of GBC-Education, committed to creating a space for the business community to learn, take action and create social impact towards achieving inclusive and equitable quality education for all.
The founding members are: Accenture, Grupo Carso, Chevron, Dangote, Discovery Learning Alliance, Econet Wireless, GUCCI, Hess, Intel, Lenovo, McKinsey & Company, Pearson, Reed Smith, Tata and Western Union.
GBC-Education has been fortunate to work with over 150 companies throughout the years to end the global education crisis and unleash the potential of the next generation. Here are some of our past and present partners.
The Advisory Board is comprised of leaders from business, philanthropy, education, and civil society who provide expert advice and guidance to shape our work.
Head of Community & Strategic Partnerships, XQ Institute
President of Personal Systems, HP
Founder, President, and CEO, Dangote Group
Former CEO, Pearson LLC
Founder & CEO, The Rumie Initiative
Former President, Intel Foundation
Nonresident Fellow, Brookings Center for Universal Education
Chairman, Arabesque
Teach for All, CEO and Co-Founder
CEO, Batten & Co
Chairman and Founder, Econet Group
Principal and Managing Principal, Growth & Purpose, and Global Chief Sustainability Officer, Deloitte
UN Special Envoy on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments
Founder and CEO, This Day
Former President, Nigeria
Director General, World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective, and Co-Founder and Board Chair, XQ Institute
Chief Executive Officer, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi
Former CEO, Ingeus
Non-Executive Chairman of the Investment Committee, Marylebone Partners LLP
Chairman and CEO, Grupo Carso
Former President and CEO, GBC Health, and Founder and CEO, NextGen Leaders
President, Echidna Giving
The Executive Board is charged with overseeing the Global Business Coalition for Education’s work, ensuring it maintains its focus on outcomes and results for youth across the globe.
Founder and President Emeritus, PENCIL
Founding Partner and CEO, Percy & Reed
Consultant and former Partner, Reed Smith LLP
Executive Chair of the Global Business Coalition for Education, Chair of Theirworld; CEO, Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown
Principal, Estrada Legal Consulting
Founder, Collective Rising Leadership Institute