Grzegorz Esz is an executive with experience in management, business development, marketing and building organisations in competitive markets. Since 2019 he has been the founder and President of the Management Board of Maple Bear Polska, responsible for growing its network of Canadian preschools and schools in Poland. He previously served as a management board member or vice-president responsible for marketing and sales at UPC Polska, Netia and MTS, and led the HEYAH brand at T-Mobile. He also worked as Vice-President of Business Development at Softbank S.A. and as Marketing Director of the Showmax platform. He holds an Executive MBA from London Business School, completed an executive programme at IMD in Lausanne, and studied at Warsaw University of Technology. He combines corporate experience with a practical understanding of how schools work, what parents and teachers need, and how to scale an education network. At the School Readiness Institute he is responsible for assessing whether the Foundation’s standards and tools are organisationally workable and meet schools’ real needs.