Keynote: Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith
Independent Consultant Researcher / Co-Founder of The National PedTech Partnership
Named in 2024 as one of the Top 5 Visionary Women in Education, and in 2025 as one of the Top 50 Influential People in Education, Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith is an award winning teacher, leader and academic with a passion for supporting those who work with children and young people. As Founder of PedTech and Director of One Life Learning, Fiona works closely with schools and trusts, professional learning providers and EdTech companies. She is also an Associate Lecturer, PhD supervisor and Consultant Researcher at a number of universities. Fiona is Co-founder of the National PedTech Partnership and Open School UK, and sits on a number of advisory and charitable boards; championing learner agency, practice based research and forensic thinking about the structural support for learning.
Co-author of the best selling book From EdTech to PedTech: Changing the way we think about digital technology, Fiona is a regular contributor to events and publications about Education, Pedagogy and Education Technology. She is a Founding Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching, and has been awarded Fellowships by RSA, NAACE and the HEA.
In 2023, Fiona was made a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Educators (becoming a Liveryman in 2026), and in 2024, Fiona was granted Freedom of the City of London.
In 2025, Fiona was named EduFuturist of the Year 2025.
https://www.onelifelearning.co.uk/about
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Keynote: Clare Morley
Vocational qualifications Consultant & Former Professional Body Director and Think Tank CEO
Clare is a senior leader and consultant with over three decades of experience in the global professional body and vocational qualification sector. She has a deep commitment to “real-world” assessment—ensuring that qualifications test the skills employers demand in a shifting world.
Clare worked at AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) for 20 years and held a number of Director roles spanning Membership, Education, and Global Development, gaining an understanding of how professional bodies must evolve to serve a global workforce. Here she introduced AAT’s first computer based assessments.
Whilst at AAT, she gained her Masters in Lifelong Learning from the Institute of Education in London.
She then transitioned into the world of national policy as the Chief Executive of Policy Connect. Leading this influential cross-party Think Tank, she worked at the intersection of government and industry, overseeing portfolios in Skills, Health, Design, and Sustainability. This experience provided a unique vantage point on how legislative change and societal shifts impact the qualifications landscape.
For the past decade, Clare has operated as a specialist consultant, providing consultancy to professional bodies on the modernisation of vocational qualifications. She is interested in finding pragmatic, human-centred solutions to the exciting and challenging changes currently facing the assessment community.
Bringing a unique perspective, Clare also works as a non-religious funeral and wedding celebrant. This role reinforces her belief in the power of clear communication, pragmatism, and the importance of life’s “high-stakes” milestones.
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Keynote: Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith
Independent Consultant Researcher / Co-Founder of The National PedTech Partnership
Named in 2024 as one of the Top 5 Visionary Women in Education, and in 2025 as one of the Top 50 Influential People in Education, Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith is an award winning teacher, leader and academic with a passion for supporting those who work with children and young people. As Founder of PedTech and Director of One Life Learning, Fiona works closely with schools and trusts, professional learning providers and EdTech companies. She is also an Associate Lecturer, PhD supervisor and Consultant Researcher at a number of universities. Fiona is Co-founder of the National PedTech Partnership and Open School UK, and sits on a number of advisory and charitable boards; championing learner agency, practice based research and forensic thinking about the structural support for learning.
Co-author of the best selling book From EdTech to PedTech: Changing the way we think about digital technology, Fiona is a regular contributor to events and publications about Education, Pedagogy and Education Technology. She is a Founding Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching, and has been awarded Fellowships by RSA, NAACE and the HEA.
In 2023, Fiona was made a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Educators (becoming a Liveryman in 2026), and in 2024, Fiona was granted Freedom of the City of London.
In 2025, Fiona was named EduFuturist of the Year 2025.
Gemma Baker
Common Registration Assessment Delivery Lead
Gemma is the Common Registration Assessment Delivery Lead at the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), where she has worked for over 10 years. She leads the delivery of the Common Registration Assessment, a high-stakes assessment sat by trainee pharmacists twice a year. In 2020, Gemma successfully led the transition from a paper-based assessment to a computer-based testing model, helping to modernise and strengthen the assessment process. Over the last four years, she has worked closely with the Surpass Test Centre Network team to ensure the reliable and secure delivery of assessments across multiple locations. Gemma is passionate about continuous improvement and is committed to providing a fair, reliable and positive assessment experience for trainee pharmacists, while maintaining the highest standards of assessment integrity and quality.
Alastair Black
Digital Assessment Manager, Qualifications Scotland
Alastair Black is Digital Assessment Manager at Qualifications Scotland. Alastair has worked at Qualifications Scotland (and its predecessor SQA) in assessment production for 21 years and has been Digital Assessment Manager since 2022. In this role he manages SOLAR – Qualifications Scotland’s brand name for their instance of the Surpass Platform – and the team that develops and delivers all Qualifications Scotland’s digital assessment content. Qualifications Scotland delivers about 120,000 assessments through the Surpass Platform annually, across a wide range of qualifications.
Alastair is passionate about digital assessment, the many benefits it can bring and its role in enhancing the assessment experience for learners, enabling them to achieve the best outcomes.
Jim Crawford
Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Director, Surpass Assessment
Jim manages Surpass’ global business development, marketing and innovation functions, and works closely with technical departments to ensure that our products and services are strategically aligned with the growing Surpass Community.
With over 20 years’ experience in the learning and assessment industry, Jim has been instrumental in establishing Surpass as a world-leader in assessment services and innovation, driving forward projects that include cutting-edge, national computer-adaptive testing programs, AI-assistive authoring and scoring technologies and, most recently, advancements in physical and virtual performance-based assessment.
Jim was invited to be a judge at the e-Assessment Association Awards, has served as a committee member at e-ATP and is a regular speaker at assessment events, with a particular focus on innovation and emerging technologies.
Sayali Dombe
Solutions Architect, Surpass Assessment
Sayali Dombe is a Solutions Architect in Surpass’ Solutions team, focused on turning complex customer requirements into practical, scalable assessment solutions. Having progressed through developer and senior developer roles before moving into architecture, she brings a strong technical foundation to her work. With around seven years at Surpass, she has built her expertise across discovery, solution definition and architecture — helping organisations move from an idea of what they need to a clear, deliverable design.
Much of Sayali’s work involves leading discovery workshops, mapping business processes, and defining how systems should fit together to deliver a seamless assessment journey. She enjoys working at the intersection of the technical and the practical — shaping integrations and system architecture on one hand, while keeping user experience, accessibility and operational reality firmly in view on the other. Above all, she likes bringing clarity to ambiguity, so that customers feel confident and delivery teams have a solid foundation to build on.
Scott Flockton
Senior Solutions Architect, Surpass Assessment
Scott Flockton is a Senior Solutions Architect in Surpass’ Solutions team. Having worked in the assessment industry for more than a decade, Scott brings experience from both the International Baccalaureate and Surpass. Joining Surpass in 2011, he has progressed through a variety of roles, starting on the Service Desk before moving into the Product Management team as a Technical Product Specialist, Product Owner, and ultimately a Solution Architect. This experience gives him a unique perspective on the challenges faced by assessment teams.
Scott works closely with customers, technology partners, and internal teams to design assessment solutions, integrations, and product enhancements that solve complex business challenges while maximising the value of the Surpass platform. His work spans assessment delivery, booking and scheduling, item banking, reporting, systems integration, and emerging technologies, helping organisations onboard to the Surpass platform and streamline their assessment operations.
Adam Foley
Head of Digital Innovation, Surpass Assessment
Adam Foley is Head of Digital Innovation at Surpass Assessment, a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, and a Director of the e-Assessment Association (eAA), where he helps shape the future direction of digital assessment globally.
With over 25 years’ experience, Adam has been at the forefront of transforming assessment, from early adoption of onscreen delivery to pioneering the responsible integration of AI. He has worked across vocational, professional and high-stakes qualifications, addressing systemic challenges in capacity, consistency, accessibility and learner support.
His current focus is on redefining how assessment operates at scale through AI-assisted tutoring and marking, combining advanced automation with rigorous human oversight to deliver more consistent, inclusive and trusted outcomes.
Adam is a recognised advocate for ethical, evidence-led innovation. He believes that assessment is a cornerstone of opportunity, and that thoughtfully applied technology can unlock a fairer, more adaptive and future-ready education systems.
Bob Gomersall
Founder and Chair, Surpass Assessment
Bob founded Surpass in 1985 after recognising the difference a judicious use of technology could make to the way we learn and assess knowledge. Prior to this, he was educated at the universities of Durham and Bristol, and he worked as a theoretical physicist at the Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart. He taught physics at Manchester Grammar School and Bradford Grammar School, where he was Head of Physics.
He is the former Chair and Founder of the Virtual College Group plc (now part of Netex Learning) and the Advanced Digital Innovations (now MyPathway Solutions). Bob has a particular interest in innovation and formerly chaired the Leeds City Region Business Innovation and Growth Panel. He is the author of Worthwhile Wealth – an entrepreneur’s guide to success that satisfies.
In March 2017, Dr Gomersall’s contributions to the field of educational assessment were recognised by the assessment community when he was awarded the Lifetime Contribution Award at the first International e-Assessment Awards.
Ashleigh Greaves
Assessment Specialist and Technical Author, Surpass Assessment
Ashleigh is an Assessment Specialist and Technical Author in the Supporting Services and Technical Communications team. The majority of her role focuses on assessment specialism — developing and delivering platform demonstrations and presentations to sales prospects, showcasing the breadth of the Surpass suite, and supporting the Business Development team to achieve their strategic goals. She draws on deep, hands-on knowledge of the platform to help prospective customers understand how Surpass can meet their assessment needs, from item authoring and test construction through to delivery, marking, and reporting.
Alongside this, Ashleigh authors and maintains the technical documentation, tooltips, release notes, and help-site content that underpin the Surpass platform, translating complex functionality into clear, practical guidance for customers and colleagues.
Ashleigh graduated from York St John University with a BA in English Literature and an MA in Creative Writing, and worked in Higher Education administration — in event management and employability coaching — before joining Surpass Assessment in 2018. Over the past eight years she has held a range of roles across the business, starting as a Technical Author and progressing to Head of Supporting Services, where she led the Training, Test Conversion, Test Publishing, and Managed Service teams. She now applies the customer-facing and leadership skills built in that role to her work as an Assessment Specialist, bridging the gap between product knowledge, customer needs, and commercial strategy. Ashleigh is TAP and COLF certified, ISTC accredited in Technical Authoring, and holds the APM Fundamentals in Project Management.
Sophie Grogan
Senior Product owner, Surpass Assessment
As a Product Owner, Sophie is part of the wider Product Management team. Her primary responsibility is the successful delivery of new features for the Surpass Platform. She collaborates with Solutions, UX Design, and Technical Architects to ensure new changes and features align with internal business strategies, investments, and the overall product vision. Sophie translates requirements into a prioritised backlog for development Scrum teams, providing clear context through refinement, review, and acceptance, whilst also maintaining open communication between technical product development, stakeholders, and customers.
Sophie joined Surpass in 2024 after working as a Product Owner in the legal sector. Since joining Surpass, she has successfully delivered numerous feature-rich functionalities which have added value to the product. She has also obtained and maintained her A-CSPO certification with the Scrum Alliance. Sophie is committed to understanding customer processes across various sectors and developing features that meet their business needs.
Emma Gilmartin
Senior Customer Success Manager, Surpass Assessment
Emma is a Senior Customer Success Manager at Surpass Assessment, supporting awarding organisations and assessment providers across the UK, Europe and Africa in the successful delivery of digital assessment solutions. Having spent more than a decade at Surpass, she has developed extensive expertise in helping organisations implement and maximise the value of digital assessment technologies.
Over a career spanning 25+ years, Emma has delivered complex implementation, migration and business change programmes across the assessment and healthcare sectors. Her expertise includes customer success, project management, stakeholder engagement, team leadership and business transformation.
Emma holds the APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ), is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (FCMI), and has a Master’s degree in Executive Leadership from the University of Leeds. She is fluent in English and German.
Ceri Harper
Chief Services Officer, Surpass Assessment
Ceri Harper leads Surpass’ Test Delivery Services, overseeing both the Test Centre Network and Online Proctoring Services. With over 20 years’ experience across candidate services, assessment delivery, and high-stakes testing, she brings a unique perspective on delivering secure, scalable, and candidate-focused assessment experiences.
Prior to joining Surpass in 2018, Ceri held roles with AAT and Pitman Training. During her ten years at AAT, she established and led the Student Recruitment Team, driving learner engagement and supporting organisational growth. At Pitman Training, she set up and managed a professional UK test centre, overseeing the delivery of high-stakes examinations for organisations including ICAEW.
Since joining Surpass, Ceri has played a key role in the growth and evolution of the organisation’s Test Delivery Services. Passionate about delivering secure, reliable, and candidate-centric assessments, her expertise spans global test centre operations, online proctoring, supplier partnerships, and the delivery of high-stakes assessments at scale.
Gareth Hopkins
Solutions Manager, Surpass Assessment
Gareth leads Surpass’ Solutions team, whose primary role is to act as the bridge between customers and technical teams when developing new features, as well as working on other aspects such as onboarding, integrations and implementation.
Gareth has been at Surpass since 2021, joining as an Assessment Solutions Specialist before becoming the Solutions Manager in 2023. Prior to joining Surpass, Gareth spent 16 years at City & Guilds, where he worked in a variety of roles, with projects including the manual creation of onscreen tests, helping design Functional Skills tests for screen, and contributing to the migration of item banks between systems.
He is active in the wider e-assessment community, having spent 6 years on the e-Assessment Association Board, including hosting and editing the eAA’s podcast and working on the organising team for the e-Assessment Association Annual Conference. He’s also been a judge for the eAssessment Awards every year since their inception.
Jeff Lutrell
Technical Product Owner (TPO) for Test Content Development, NBME
Jeff has been the TPO managing Surpass integrations at NBME since 2020 and prior to that, has been a primary Subject Matter Expert for Test Content Development processes and workflows, first joining the project team in 2017. He was involved in the initial development of many Surpass modules, including the implementation of Surpass Authoring, Review, Item Analysis, and Standard Setting tasks, Tag Collection Groups, and many other foundational features.
In addition to helping define feature requirements, Jeff is directly involved with the development of user documentation and training for NBME Test Development Staff, and serves as the support lead at NBME for all things Surpass.
Ibi Layi-Ojo
Chief Assessment Officer, Surpass Assessment
Ibidun Layi-Ojo is the Chief Assessment Officer at Surpass Assessment. Ibi is responsible for shaping and communicating the strategic direction of Surpass products and services, ensuring alignment with client needs and assessment strategy. She leads initiatives exploring AI and other technologies to enhance assessment integrity, efficiency, and user and candidate experience.
Ibi draws from more than 15 years’ experience across psychometrics, educational measurement, comprehensive assessment design and delivery, assessment policy, and global testing strategy. She is well known for her enthusiasm and her ability to translate complex assessment concepts into clear, accessible language that resonates with boards and senior leadership teams. Her work blends best-practice guidance with deep industry experience to define business strategies and develop service offerings that support program success.
She has held executive-level roles in both global assessment organizations and certification bodies, most recently at CFP Board and Prometric. Beyond her professional roles, Ibi is highly active in advancing the credentialing profession. She served on the Board of the Certification Network Group (CNG) and previously held the role of Vice Chair of the Accreditation Services Council (ASC) at the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE). She has authored and presented more than 20 papers and presentations at industry conferences. Ibi holds a master’s degree in industrial and organizational psychology from the University of Baltimore, as well as a master’s degree in Educational Measurement and Statistics (Psychometrics) from the University of Maryland, College Park. Ibi holds the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Senior HR Certified Professional (SHRM[1]SCP), Certified Association Professional (CAE) and the ICE-CCP (Certified Credentialing Professional), demonstrating competence across all professional credentialing activities.
Amy McAlpine
Product Trainer, Surpass Assessment
Amy McAlpine is a Product Trainer in Surpass’ Supporting Services and Technical Communications team. She leads customer training and learning initiatives across the Surpass product suite, helping customers adopt, implement, and maximise the value of their assessment technology. Through instructor-led training, self-paced learning resources, and expert guidance, Amy helps customers build the knowledge and confidence needed to succeed with Surpass.
With a degree in Education and a background as a teacher, Amy brings first-hand experience of learning, assessment, and learner engagement to her role. As Surpass’ lead trainer, she is passionate about creating practical, engaging learning experiences and develops the training materials, documentation, and help-site content that support customers throughout their journey.
Andy McAnulla
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Surpass Assessment
Andy has been heavily involved in the design and implementation of assessment technology for over 25 years. Andy has a strong technology background in software engineering and architecture and is highly experienced in leading software development at large scale. Earlier in his career at Surpass, Andy received the IT Practitioner of the Year Award from the UK’s Chartered Institute of IT for his leadership and implementation of the breakthrough assessment technology that later became known as the Surpass Platform. Surpass now powers many of the world’s largest and most prestigious assessment programmes.
In 2017, Andy relocated with his family from the UK to establish the US office in Pennsylvania to service the North American assessment market. As Co-CEO, Andy works in partnership with Sonya Whitworth to continue the strong growth of Surpass Assessment globally and supports the technology team in the ongoing development of the Surpass Platform and roadmap.
Andy has served as a director for various industry associations, including ATP and the e-Assessment Association, as well as on various industry committees, providing guidance on the judicious use of technology in the assessment process. Andy is passionate about sharing experiences and good practices that may help organisations to provide students with the best possible assessment experiences and outcomes.
Keynote: Clare Morley
Vocational qualifications Consultant & Former Professional Body Director and Think Tank CEO
Clare is a senior leader and consultant with over three decades of experience in the global professional body and vocational qualification sector. She has a deep commitment to “real-world” assessment—ensuring that qualifications test the skills employers demand in a shifting world.
Clare worked at AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) for 20 years and held a number of Director roles spanning Membership, Education, and Global Development, gaining an understanding of how professional bodies must evolve to serve a global workforce. Here she introduced AAT’s first computer based assessments.
Whilst at AAT, she gained her Masters in Lifelong Learning from the Institute of Education in London.
She then transitioned into the world of national policy as the Chief Executive of Policy Connect. Leading this influential cross-party Think Tank, she worked at the intersection of government and industry, overseeing portfolios in Skills, Health, Design, and Sustainability. This experience provided a unique vantage point on how legislative change and societal shifts impact the qualifications landscape.
For the past decade, Clare has operated as a specialist consultant, providing consultancy to professional bodies on the modernisation of vocational qualifications. She is interested in finding pragmatic, human-centred solutions to the exciting and challenging changes currently facing the assessment community.
Bringing a unique perspective, Clare also works as a non-religious funeral and wedding celebrant. This role reinforces her belief in the power of clear communication, pragmatism, and the importance of life’s “high-stakes” milestones.
Chris Morrison
Senior Product Owner, Surpass Assessment
Chris helps shape the direction of the Surpass platform and turn complex requirements into practical solutions. He works closely with development teams, customers, and subject matter experts to improve the creation, delivery, and management of assessments. With a background spanning product development, process improvement, and customer collaboration, Chris enjoys taking on difficult challenges, bringing clarity to complex systems, and helping teams build useful, thoughtful software.
Romana Moss
Director of Education, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)
Romana Moss is Director of Education at the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), where she leads the College’s largest directorates, overseeing examinations, training, international education, education transformation, eLearning and quality and standards. She has extensive experience in assessment, educational strategy and organisational transformation, with a particular interest in using technology and artificial intelligence to improve the quality, fairness and accessibility of medical education. Romana has led major programmes to modernise high stakes assessment and enhance the experience of candidates, examiners and educators. She is passionate about ensuring assessment remains robust, inclusive and fit for the future.
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Becca Murdoch
Chief Information Officer, Surpass Assessment
Becca Murdoch is Chief Information Officer at Surpass Assessment, leading information security, AI governance, operational resilience, and internal technology services. She is accountable for ensuring the organisation operates securely and responsibly, and with appropriate governance, supporting both customer assurance and business growth.
Since joining Surpass in 2015, Becca has held roles across product management, quality, and strategic delivery, giving her a broad perspective on technology, operations, and governance. As CIO and a member of the Senior Leadership Team and Compliance Group, she contributes to organisational strategy, governance, and risk management.
Becca’s work focuses on embedding practical governance frameworks that balance innovation with control, including alignment to standards such as ISO 27001 and ISO 42001. She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and is particularly interested in responsible adoption of new technologies, balancing innovation with trust, accountability, and governance.
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Gray Mytton
Innovation Manager (AI and Technology), NCFE
Gray is part of the Research and Innovation directorate at NCFE, leading on AI and Technology. His work identifies and develops tech-based solutions that will enhance teaching, learning and assessment for the benefit of future learners. By providing insight to NCFE colleagues about how our assessment solutions should be developed and delivered, he helps NCFE to meet the complex demands of the future. More recently, Gray has led work to develop NCFE’s approach to responsible AI adoption, helping shape governance, policy and innovation strategy across the organisation. His work focuses on the safe and effective use of AI within assessment, qualification development and business operations, while contributing to wider sector discussions on the future of AI in education and assessment. Gray also leads initiatives to build AI capability across NCFE and supports the development of qualifications that help learners develop the skills needed to thrive in an AI-enabled workplace.
After developing a special interest in AI use in education, Gray has experienced the planning, building and deployment of safe and effective AI support tools including the personalisation of learning, automation of marking and feedback, the accelerated generation of assessment items, and the use of generative AI in a range of use cases. Gray has managed several innovation projects from conception to implementation and supported wider NCFE social investment and social value initiatives. Gray has previously worked at the Association of Colleges and before that spent 15 years on the front line of education at two large North-East colleges as a lecturer, curriculum leader and head of department in the curriculum areas of Sport, Public Services, Travel and A Level.
Niall Stewart-Kelcher
Specialist Assessment Lead, GPhC
Niall is the Specialist Assessment Lead at the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), where he leads the quality assurance, governance and development of the UK-wide Common Registration Assessment for trainee pharmacists. He is responsible for ensuring that this high-stakes assessment is fair, robust and evidence-based, working closely with higher education providers, assessment specialists and regulatory stakeholders to maintain confidence in the assessment standards. With expertise in assessment design, psychometric evaluation and standard setting, Niall has led initiatives to modernise the GPhC’s assessment framework, strengthen governance and enhance fairness through data-driven decision-making. His work uses assessment analytics to improve equity, validity and reliability across the national assessment. Alongside his regulatory role, Niall continues to practise as a highly specialist pharmacist in thoracic medicine, bringing current frontline healthcare experience to his work. He is passionate about advancing assessment practice across the healthcare professions and promoting fair, evidence-based approaches to professional regulation and competency-based assessment.
Sonya Whitworth
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Surpass Assessment
Sonya is a strong, dedicated leader at Surpass Assessment. With over 20 years in the assessment industry, she brings deep expertise and strategic vision to the business – working alongside Andy to lead Surpass and drive its growth. Her focus is on expanding the Surpass presence, both in the UK and internationally.
During her time at Surpass, Sonya has championed numerous initiatives, promoting continuous improvement, business growth, and company values. In addition to her leadership roles, she is dedicated to expanding Surpass’ portfolio of services, ensuring customers receive the support and flexibility they desire.
Sonya’s passion lies in empowering team members to experience variety, autonomy, challenges, and satisfaction in their work, with a view to making Surpass a fantastic place to work.
In 2019, Sonya’s leadership at Surpass was recognised with an international Stevie Award for Women in Business – as the only UK finalist in her category, a real mark of distinction among a global field of business leaders. In 2025 she added a second Stevie Award to that record, this time for Best Female CEO of the Year.
Ultimately, Surpass’ aim is to make sure that they have customers’ and candidates’ goals at the heart of everything they do, and Sonya strives to ensure that Surpass achieves that vision.
James Young
Senior Manager (Acting) – Examinations Development and Production Department, Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)
James Young, a Grenadian national, holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Education as well as a Master of Education in Testing, Measurement and Evaluation from the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill. He joined the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®) in 2016 and has served in various capacities, with his substantive post being that of Manager, Item Bank. Since April 2024, Dr Young has brought his years of extensive experience to the role of Acting Senior Manager in the Examinations Development and Production Department where he leads his team to ensure quality, fairness, and innovation in assessment. His passion is that of formative assessment, and innovation in assessment. More recently he has turned his attention to the use of Artificial Intelligence in developing, assessing and assuring the educational outcomes as well as special assessment accommodations for disadvantaged candidates.