Meet Our Team
Course Presenters
Edward Watson
Edward is an Oxford graduate who served seven years in the Army, worked in strategy management consultancy, then in the video games industry. He founded InnerDrive in 2006, where he continues to design and deliver teacher CPD workshops throughout the UK and around the world.
Bradley Busch
Bradley is a chartered psychologist and one of the leading experts on applying psychological research to improve how people think, learn and perform. Outside of education, he works with Premiership footballers and was instrumental in helping members of Team GB win medals at London 2012, Rio 2016, and Tokyo 2021.
Matthew Shaw
After completing his MSc in sport psychology with full honours, Matthew has been working with schools to help improve how students and educators think, learn and perform. Outside of education, he works with elite athletes, including Team GB athletes preparing for Tokyo 2021.
Michael Chiles
Michael is a senior leader and principal examiner. He is an experienced trainer and has delivered training, both nationally and internationally, to support teachers in their approaches to implementing effective assessment practices. Michael is the author of The CRAFT of Assessment, The Feedback Pendulum and The Sweet Spot.
Dr Pippa Busch
Dr Pippa Busch is a Child and Exercise Psychologist, specialising in working with SEND students. Dr Busch has worked with thousands of teachers from hundreds of schools, helping them translate psychological research into day-to-day strategies that they can use in their classroom.
Hanna Gildam-Clark
Hanna is an alumni of InnerDrive. She now works in performance sport psychology after previously working in the Middle East, where she was a whole-school Physical and Health Education teacher, mental skills coach and international rugby player.
Academy Team
Patrick Ibbotson
Patrick oversees the InnerDrive Teacher CPD Academy and works with our team of experts to create Teacher CPD training and provide outstanding customer service. He has an MSc in Psychology with a Distinction and previously worked at Naomi Korn Associates and the Museum of London.
Molly Stone
Molly's main role has been to design and build the Teacher CPD Academy. She is our main guru in all things technical. She is also involved in the dissemination of key themes in recent psychology literature, and the creation of social media content.
Lou Bogatchek
Lou oversees InnerDrive’s marketing efforts, content creation and research team. They love using their background in graphic design and passion for storytelling to make Teaching & Learning findings more accessible to the educators and students who need them most.
Expert Insight Contributors
Blake Harvard
AP Psychology Teacher
Doug Lemov
Dr Faria Sana
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY
Jade Pearce
Dr Jo Castelino
Professor
John Dunlosky
Professor
John Hattie
Dr Kathryn Wissman
Dr Kripa Sundar
Dr Ludmila Nunes
Dr Mustafa Sarkar
Dr Shana Carpenter
Katie Holmes
Yamina Bibi
Dr Zach Groshell
Dr Jonathan Firth
Sarah Cottingham
