Leadership Team

Olivier is a media, music, and education executive known for building and managing collaborative, inventive, and future-facing organisations.

Previously, Olivier served as Chief Executive Officer of Spitfire Audio, a world-leading music technology company that creates sounds for composers and music makers.

He initially served as an officer in the French Air Force before beginning his corporate career at Procter & Gamble. He has since held senior leadership roles across PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Universal Music Group and holds an MBA from London Business School.

A sought-after speaker and recognised LinkedIn Top Voice, he regularly speaks at global industry events and lectures at leading universities.

With 25 years of commercial and strategic experience across media and education, Mark’s professional expertise is broad and varied.

After a successful career as one of the Financial Times’ commercial directors, Mark has worked in the field of education for over 12 years. Before joining BIMM University, Mark served as the Managing Director for University Partnerships at Study Group and also ran Pearson South Africa’s higher education business, which included the running of their higher education institution. As Chief Executive Officer, he oversaw an institution with 12 campuses, over 9000 students and more than 1000 staff.

Mark has a Master’s degree from the Royal Holloway University London and holds a Doctorate from the University of Liverpool in International Higher Education.

Gavin Joined BIMM in November 2025 as Chief Financial Officer.

Gavin graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of Glasgow and is a qualified Management Accountant.

His career started at Tesco, where he held several Finance roles in London, Budapest, Brno, Taipei, Tokyo and Beijing. He then spent 10 years in Hong Kong, initially in retail, and later as CFO and CEO of a private equity-backed yoga and fitness business.

Gavin has led turnarounds in many businesses he has worked for and is passionate about ensuring businesses are delivering for customers.

He enjoys family walks with their 2 Japanese Shiba Inu’s, yoga, cooking and when time allows, snowboarding.

Vicki joined BIMM in November 2025 from NCUK, where she served as Chief Academic Officer from 2023. In that role, she set the organisation’s academic direction, strengthened assessment and quality assurance, and oversaw the development and launch of a record number of new programmes. She also led the creation of a new Learning and Teaching Strategy, providing a clear framework for sustainable academic growth.

Prior to NCUK, Vicki was Deputy Provost and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at Arden University, with responsibility for academic provision supporting more than 24,000 students in the UK and internationally. Her portfolio covered learning and teaching, assessment, staff development, student support and library services, with a strong emphasis on digital education and curriculum innovation.

David has spent 25 years championing the work of artists in the music industry.

Having graduated from Goldsmiths College, he started his career at the Ministry of Sound and went on to travel the world as a DJ and work as a label manager for independent producers.

He then joined EMI and went on to senior executive positions across creative, marketing and commercial functions, rising to Vice President of Global Campaigns.

After ten years, David moved to Universal Music, where he became Managing Director of the catalogue division, responsible for A&R, commerce and deal-making.

David has worked with an array of legendary artists and brings with him a deep understanding of what it takes to make it in the modern music business.

David is also well known for his non-executive work supporting the use of music in the treatment of dementia and as a supporter of a number of educational trusts that promote learning in the community.

Rich leads BIMM University’s governance, regulatory, and core academic services. He oversees the student data and academic administration, quality assurance and regulatory compliance, international student compliance, and academic partnerships teams. He ensures that governance structures enable effective decision‑making across the institution and wider group, and he supports the BIMM University Limited Board in meeting its responsibilities under the Office for Students’ regulatory framework.

Rich brings two decades of experience in UK higher education regulation, having held roles at the Office for Fair Access, the Higher Education Funding Council for England, and the Office for Students. His national policy work has spanned access and participation, teaching and learning, university funding, quality enhancement, and wider sector regulation. He also oversaw delivery of the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework. Rich holds a Master’s degree in Creative Music Technology, where his studies explored computer‑generated audiovisuals and performance.