Meet the Team

Rob started the business back in 2010, after a career in Sales and Marketing for large multinational companies. This was the first time that Rob had run his own business and loves the freedom it provides to really deliver the kind of service that is not always possible in a corporate environment.

Rob continues to lead the team with Lynne, and manages the marketing, and whilst still very hands-on with most elements of the day to day, his focus is increasingly on the development of the business, in particular with schools and delivering the requirements for the National Tutoring Programme.

Lynne’s got a very strong business background, having worked for many years at Tesco to senior positions within their HR function.

For Tutor Doctor, Lynne leads the operational side of things within the office including financial matters and the various processes that must be in place to ensure everything runs as it should. Lynne and Rob first worked together when they were on the same Business degree course at University and, some 30 years later teamed up again. To be fair they’ve been a pretty decent team in between times too; who says husbands and wives can’t work together…?

Natalie joined us in October 2022, working within the Families team on tutor matching and dealing with customer enquiries and ongoing support. Natalie again has a really interesting background with a raft of experiences across different industries and presents the positive and can-do attitude, always with a smile on her face that we have running through the team. Natalie also leads our all-important compliance work, ensuring all our tutors adhere to the necessary Safer Recruitment standards.

Ellie is the most recent addition for the team, based in Norwich where we are expanding our offering presently, Ellie tutored for us at first and then stepped in when we had a vacancy to pick up responsibility for new customer enquiries from prospective parents and also providing the ongoing point of contact for us as we ensure the tutoring programme continues to deliver the outcomes our students and their parents are after. Ellie also leads our recruitment work as a company ensuring we hire the best tutors who have the necessary skills, experience and values that we promise to our clients.

Lindsaye was the first new member of the team to work purely on the Schools and Local Authorities side of the business. Lindsaye is the first point of contact for our school partners in and around Cambridge ensuring that the programmes are organised and structured appropriately and that the desired outcomes for the students are achieved. Lindsaye also is the main point person for our work with Cambridgeshire County Council, working with students who are out of school for various reasons.

Lindsaye’s background is in children’s publishing and journalism including a long involvement with educational newspaper First News and four years working for children’s education charity Achievement for All. She got to know Lynne during a five-year stint as a school governor and, when she decided to give up her long commute to work, was quickly persuaded to join the team here.

Lisa joined us in response to Tutor Doctor Cambridge’s successful application to be part of the Department for Education’s National Tutoring Programme. The huge upturn in demand for our services, working with disadvantaged students most impacted by the various lockdowns led to us needing to build the team and Lisa has been a fantastic addition.

That was a long time ago now and Lisa has become a core member of the Schools and Local Authorities support team working with schools around Cambridge and in Norwich, including leading the various GCSE group revision programmes we now offer, which are run after school or during the holidays.

Again, Lisa brings a wealth of experience across different industries. In 2006, Lisa qualified as a Counsellor and most recently worked as a Co-ordinator for an organisation providing therapists to provide mental health and wellbeing support for children, teens, individuals and families and prior to that for a local charity, supporting vulnerable families, both of which brings a valuable dimension to her role and the team at Tutor Doctor.

Belinda joined us in 2023 to become our third Schools Coordinator, so the point person for our ever increasing school and council partners and for the tutors working on these programmes. Belinda is increasingly focusing her time on the Local Authorities side of our service, managing programmes with Cambridgeshire and Norfolk County Council colleagues and managing the delivery for children who find themselves outside of mainstream education.

Before working here, Belinda’s background was all in event management and she’s some fantastic experiences to lean on in the work she’s now doing here. She slotted into things brilliantly by being organised, committed and very human in how she goes about her work in meeting the needs and expectations of everyone involved in the programmes she is managing.

Ceri has been working with us since 2014, initially “just” tutoring, but in 2016 Ceri started carrying out the in-home consultations as well and it’s something she loves doing: meeting the students (albeit online now) and understanding their situation so that we can start the journey in getting the right solution in place.

Ceri’s background is in Science. Ceri had 34 years’ experience of teaching science in state and independent secondary schools and taught for 14 years at Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge. She has also had links with primary schools where she has done some supply teaching and primary liaison work. Ceri has taught students ranging from 7 to 19 across all ability ranges, but is enjoying her semi-retirement. (Although we are keeping her rather busy doing this!)