About Us

Our Story

At Global Study Partners, we are dedicated to linking international students with education providers worldwide. GSP enables digital transformation in student recruitment through our unique all-in-one technology platform.

Our Vision

To provide students around the world with access to educational choices that will positively change their lives and ultimately impact the world for the better.

Our mission is to connect recruitment partners globally with education providers globally through a unique online B2B Edtech platform that enables students to access the most comprehensive selection of study options anywhere in the world.

We embrace our mission and live it every day and we are committed to transforming lives through education!

Our Values

At GSP we pride ourselves on providing information that is accurate and transparent, offering personalised services that are unrivalled in international education. We are passionate about building and nurturing strong partnerships and value diversity, integrity and collaboration. Engagement with our staff, institutional partners and recruitment partners enables us to learn more and informs our service offerings.

We take accountability for providing even more opportunities and greater options for students who wish to study abroad.

We believe our GSP technology is beautiful and highly functional. Our software is the expression of commitment to our partners to bring meaningful process to student recruitment and contribute to achievement of better business outcomes.

Our Advantage

GSP has recast the traditional international student recruitment model into one that is more collaborative, more integrated, more transparent, more comprehensive, and more intimate. It is a shared business model, offered without cost, where we focus our technology to create competitive advantages for our recruitment and institutional partners.

Our Beginning

Founded on the digital disruption approach , Elaine Starkey and Bipul Kafley were determined to create a compelling proposition for the international education sector. That early vision started with a proto-type Course Search and apply function in 2014. After visiting Kathmandu for an initial proof of concept Elaine experienced firsthand the problems that students faced when embarking to study overseas.

The industry was manual , paper based, low/no tech and lacking in transparent and choice. This resulted in students often being placed in the wrong course and institution. Elaine was driven by addressing this lack of access and choice to deliver the best possible outcome for the student as she understood the enormous sacrifices parents make every day to send their students to study overseas. GSP Nepal was the first international office to provide more diverse and equitable access for Nepalese students to quality institutions.

From that early vision, GSP started to build a small central team in Australia – Kevin Morgan COO and Director, John McPartland VP International, Nicole Zabbal Director partnerships/student services This was followed by the opening of our first offshore offices in India – Shivali Mahendale, Nepal – David Shakya, and Vietnam – Annie Hua. Each day, we were learning from our experience and planning how to assist students in connecting with education institutions with a far better experience.

Today, that original GSP website is now a revolutionary cloud-based tech platform that is widely used as a tool to drive vital business operations in international student recruitment.

Our People

Creating a two-sided EdTech marketplace for international student recruitment needed careful consideration of staff from across the international education and technology spectrum. Our small central team formed a solid foundation for GSP to rapidly extend its global footprint.

In conjunction with GSP’s Chairman and advocate, Jim FitzSimons, Elaine quickly established an outstanding board of directors with deep domain experience in international education and technology.

This led to the addition of Vienne Baker – VP of conversions and compliance together with Kevin Morgan and the GSP development team, Vienne first focused on codifying the GSP methodology to position the technology platform to rapidly scale.

GSP know 2020 has been a difficult year for the international education sector, we have set up additional offices to help support our institutional and recruitment partners. GSP continued growth and expansion opening GSP Pakistan, GSP Brazil, GSP Bangladesh, GSP Sri Lanka and GSP Canada. We have added to our leadership teams in our markets and continuously seek to provide better outcomes for our partners.

Learn more about Our Team and how they can help you build your business in your region.

Our Story

At Global Study Partners, we are dedicated to linking international students with education providers worldwide. GSP enables digital transformation in student recruitment through our unique all-in-one technology platform.

Our Vision

To provide students around the world with access to educational choices that will positively change their lives and ultimately impact the world for the better.

Our mission is to connect recruitment partners globally with education providers globally through a unique online B2B Edtech platform that enables students to access the most comprehensive
selection of study options anywhere in the world.

We embrace our mission and live it every day and we are committed to transforming lives through education!

Our Values

At GSP we pride ourselves on providing information that is accurate and transparent, offering personalised services that are unrivalled in international education. We are passionate about building and nurturing strong partnerships and value diversity, integrity and collaboration. Engagement with our staff, institutional partners and recruitment partners enables us to learn more and informs our service offerings

We take accountability for providing even more opportunities and greater options for students who wish to study abroad.

We believe our GSP technology is beautiful and highly functional. Our software is the expression of commitment to our partners to bring meaningful process to student recruitment and contribute to achievement of better business outcomes.

Our Advantage

GSP has recast the traditional international student recruitment model into one that is more collaborative, more integrated, more transparent, more comprehensive, and more intimate. It is a shared business model, offered without cost, where we focus our technology to create competitive advantages for our recruitment and institutional partners.

Our Beginning

Founded on the digital disruption approach , Elaine Starkey and Bipul Kafley were determined to create a compelling proposition for the international education sector. That early vision started with a proto-type Course Search and apply function in 2014. After visiting Kathmandu for an initial proof of concept Elaine experienced firsthand the problems that students faced when embarking to study overseas.

The industry was manual , paper based, low/no tech and lacking in transparent and choice. This resulted in students often being placed in the wrong course and institution. Elaine was driven by addressing this lack of access and choice to deliver the best possible outcome for the student as she understood the enormous sacrifices parents make every day to send their students to study overseas. GSP Nepal was the first international office to provide more diverse and equitable access for Nepalese students to quality institutions.

From that early vision, GSP started to build a small central team in Australia – Kevin Morgan COO and Director, John McPartland VP International, Nicole Zabbal Director partnerships/student services This was followed by the opening of our first offshore offices in India – Shivali Mahendale, Nepal – David Shakya, and Vietnam – Annie Hua. Each day, we were learning from our experience and planning how to assist students in connecting with education institutions with a far better experience.

Today, that original GSP website is now a revolutionary cloud-based tech platform that is widely used as a tool to drive vital business operations in international student recruitment.

Our People

Creating a two-sided EdTech marketplace for international student recruitment needed careful consideration of staff from across the international education and technology spectrum. Our small central team formed a solid foundation for GSP to rapidly extend its global footprint.

In conjunction with GSP’s Chairman and advocate, Jim FitzSimons, Elaine quickly established an outstanding board of directors with deep domain experience in international education and technology.

This led to the addition of Vienne Baker – VP of conversions and compliance and Marcel Creed- Global VP recruitment. Together with Kevin Morgan and the GSP development team, Vienne first focused on codifying the GSP methodology to position the technology platform to rapidly scale.

GSP know 2020 has been a difficult year for the international education sector, we have set up additional offices to help support our institutional and recruitment partners. Led by Marcel Creed , GSP continued growth and expansion opening GSP Pakistan, GSP Brazil, GSP Bangladesh, GSP Sri Lanka and GSP Canada. We have added to our leadership teams in our markets and continuously seek to provide better outcomes for our partners.

Learn more about Our Team and how they can help you build your business in your region.

GSP Board

Partners & Advisory Board

Global Study Partners Board & Advisory Board

Elaine Starkey

Co-Founder and CEO

From a teacher of Mathematics, to starting a global publishing company, to co-founding an International Education Enterprise, Irish born Elaine Starkey is passionate about ensuring students have a truly rewarding international education experience.

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She is a strong believer in the transformational power of education. When harnessed with real commitment, education can have a global impact. As the Co-Founder of the Studylane aggregation platform (Global Study Partners), Elaine is an inspiring leader and strategist, committed to delivering unparalleled access for students to study anywhere in the world, at any time – creating global leaders through education.

Geoff Carrick

Director

Geoff has had a 20+ year career in Australian equity capital markets. Geoff’s career included time as head of ECM at Commonwealth Bank, more than a decade at Macquarie Capital and most recently the Head of Corporate Finance...

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in Shaw and Partners since 2016.

Jim FitzSimons

Chairman

Jim FitzSimons was a partner of Clayton Utz for 22 years before deciding to concentrate on providing strategic advice to start-ups. He served on the Council of the Tokyo based Inter-Pacific Bar Association, the premier organisation for commercial...

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lawyers in APAC, and was President of the IPBA in 2006-7. He continues to practise law at international firm Bird & Bird and he is consistently rated as one of Australia’s leading lawyers in his field of IT/IP law. Six years of providing strategic advice to a diverse range of growing businesses and helping them achieve their goals has given Jim a profound understanding of the issues and opportunities facing such businesses in Australia. Jim has been an adviser to Studylane since its very early stages in 2014 and understands the business at a very deep level.

Tim Praill

Director

Tim’s previous roles included head of Navitas Ventures, GM strategy and Transformation Navitas and partner at Guinevere capital. He has recently taken up the role of COO At Faethm AI.

Kevin Morgan

COO and Director

Kevin is a deeply experienced CEO, COO and Board member with over 3 decades of operational , sales, technology and senior executive success across financial services enterprises, global technology businesses and start up digital enterprises.

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He previously drove the multi-million dollar Australian operation of a global services business and has run the regional operations of some of Australia’s largest listed technology companies. Kevin has been with Studylane since inception and has been intimately involved in every aspect of the business. As COO he drives key relationships, product strategy and execution; technology and operational processes across the business.

Victor Jiang

Director

Founding Chairman of Sapien Ventures – a fintech and high growth business focused VC firm with a presence across Silicon Valley, Australia and China; Victor sits on the Board of 6 technology companies across the 3 continents...

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(4 as Chairman); serial entrepreneur; worked across 12 countries, having worked with 5 of the largest consultancies in the world, 35 of the Fortune 50 companies as clients, and advised many start-ups.

Lew Wernick

Director

Lew’s wide range of experience as a Director for international student recruitment agencies, Digital student recruitment companies and International Offices within UK universities, colleges and pathway providers has provided him a unique perspective on the complexities of international education.

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Christopher Saxon

Director

Christopher has spent most of his career as Principal and Senior Partner of Baker McKenzie and in the immediate past National Chairman of the Australian Offices. He is an expert advisor on mergers & acquisitions and the...

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development of new projects across a range of sectors, and he has also advised governments on major trade sales and contracting arrangements, including restructuring and privatisations. Christopher is committed to working alongside Global Study Partner’s key executives to drive and execute a clear funding pathway to IPO.

Patrick Colabucci

Director

Having worked in countries like Japan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the US, Patrick has played a crucial role in serving students and institutions in California's private and public universities. He has also been involved in AIRC, agency management, and university partnership development.
Being an international student himself, Patrick understands the value of global exposure in shaping one's life...

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He is dedicated to providing students with access to high-quality education. Patrick believes GSP can provide life-changing experiences for students and rich globalisation for institutional partners.

GSP Team

Australia

Head Office

Elaine Starkey

Co-Founder and CEO

Kevin Morgan

COO and Director

John McPartland

Vice President International

Vienne Baker

Chief Commercial Officer

Cady Gan

Finance Manager

Nicole Zabbal

Director Global Student Services & Partnerships

Matt Beazley

Director, International ANZ

Grace Soria

Head of Global Marketing

university. Lalaine started with the GSPpathways2uni team through an internship two years ago and is now working with Global Study Partners on a part-time basis while completing her studies.

Ali Butt

Chief Growth Officer

Lalaine Dizon

Institution Partnerships Executive

university. Lalaine started with the GSPpathways2uni team through an internship two years ago and is now working with Global Study Partners on a part-time basis while completing her studies.

Ally Kingsmill

Marketing Executive

Vanessa Chan

Marketing Assistant

North America

Catherine Wilson

Senior Partnerships Manager - North America

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South Asia

India Team

Gaurav Kapoor

Regional Director - India and Onshore Subcontinent

Australian Universities for Indian students. Gaurav also played an important role in building business network for Australian Technical and Management college in India during his stint from 2012-2018.

Vyom Agrawal

Director - Operations ( South Asia)

last engagement headed operations for India in StudyLink (Business unit – Navitas) for over 10 years. He has extensive International marketing and Project Management exposure specifically in Indian Subcontinent, Australia, South – East Asia, Middle East, Western Europe (UK & Ireland) & US (East Coast – NY/NJ/PA). Armed with an MBA degree from The Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen Business School, Scotland, UK), Vyom brings together Strategic vision, Operations and Marketing acumen to drive business goals for the South Asian markets including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Burma.

Shivali Mehendale

Regional Head International Engagement (South Asia)

to Indian students wishing to study in Australia. Importantly, for the past 8 years, Shivali has been responsible for marketing and representing an Australian university in India. Using this deep regional operational knowledge and network of agents and influencers in the Indian market and her experience of the Australian education system requirements, Shivali is responsible for the development and management the GSP agent network program for India.

Nikita Gupta

Channel Manager - India

Operations and Market Research. She is a good communicator with excellent planning & interpersonal skills. She is skilled in managing team to work in sync with set parameters & motivating them for achieving business and individual goals. She is handling the Recruitment Partner Network for GSP for entire India.

Heena Gupta

Business Development Manager

Operations and Market Research. She is a good communicator with excellent planning & interpersonal skills. She is skilled in managing team to work in sync with set parameters & motivating them for achieving business and individual goals. She is handling the Recruitment Partner Network for GSP for entire India.

Bhavesh Patel

Regional Representative

Operations and Market Research. She is a good communicator with excellent planning & interpersonal skills. She is skilled in managing team to work in sync with set parameters & motivating them for achieving business and individual goals. She is handling the Recruitment Partner Network for GSP for entire India.

Shronit Bhatia

Business Development Manager

Operations and Market Research. She is a good communicator with excellent planning & interpersonal skills. She is skilled in managing team to work in sync with set parameters & motivating them for achieving business and individual goals. She is handling the Recruitment Partner Network for GSP for entire India.

Shebanii Gill

Manager – Operations

Operations and Market Research. She is a good communicator with excellent planning & interpersonal skills. She is skilled in managing team to work in sync with set parameters & motivating them for achieving business and individual goals. She is handling the Recruitment Partner Network for GSP for entire India.

Ridha Matto

Manager – HR

Operations and Market Research. She is a good communicator with excellent planning & interpersonal skills. She is skilled in managing team to work in sync with set parameters & motivating them for achieving business and individual goals. She is handling the Recruitment Partner Network for GSP for entire India.

Nepal Team

Anil Shrestha

Country Director

and expertise in handling operations of multinational corporations with strong communication skills, man management, performance optimization, resource allocation & quality assurance skills, Mr. Shrestha joined Global Study Partners after eleven & a half years career at VFS Global, which is the world’s largest outsourcing & technology service specialist for governments & their diplomatic missions worldwide. As a SPOC, he had successfully roll out Visa Application Centers for various missions & expand the business in Nepal. Mr. Shrestha is a graduate from Tribhuwan University and has completed his Business Management studies from Kathmandu.

Ashok Shahi

Senior Business Development Manager

students/clients on all possible opportunities or hardships that they might have to face. He started working as a international education consultant since 2016 and has participated in the application process at every stage, with the team of professionally qualified and experienced education counsellors and other backend departments, to keep improving the quality of operations and provide the best of the services to students. Anil has undergone many international training courses to diversify his skills. He joined Global Study Partners in January 2020 as a Business Development Manager. His role is to liaise extensively with recruitment partners and with a number of institutions for the purpose of student recruitment in countries such as Australia and the UK.

Aastha Karki

Business Development Manager

Being a Business Studies graduate from Tribhuwan University, she also has worked as marketing head in a project for a year. Young and energetic, best known for her interpersonal skills, she is someone who has actively participated in public speaking opportunities and personality development sessions since her early days. Currently working as a business development manager, her role is to market and represent various study destinations that GSP offers to our recruitment partners and is also responsible for assisting in management of systematic workflow with in the team as well.

Trisha Manandhar

Business Development Manager

Being a Business Studies graduate from Tribhuwan University, she also has worked as marketing head in a project for a year. Young and energetic, best known for her interpersonal skills, she is someone who has actively participated in public speaking opportunities and personality development sessions since her early days. Currently working as a business development manager, her role is to market and represent various study destinations that GSP offers to our recruitment partners and is also responsible for assisting in management of systematic workflow with in the team as well.

Bandana Rana

Conversion Manager

Being a Business Studies graduate from Tribhuwan University, she also has worked as marketing head in a project for a year. Young and energetic, best known for her interpersonal skills, she is someone who has actively participated in public speaking opportunities and personality development sessions since her early days. Currently working as a business development manager, her role is to market and represent various study destinations that GSP offers to our recruitment partners and is also responsible for assisting in management of systematic workflow with in the team as well.

Pakistan

Bangladesh, African & Middle East

Arslan Shamim

Business Development Manager

involved in screening of the students, documents checking, linkage activity with Pakistani institutions, keeping partner institutions profile high in this competitive education market.

Maryam Tariq

Business Development Manager

involved in screening of the students, documents checking, linkage activity with Pakistani institutions, keeping partner institutions profile high in this competitive education market.

Faisal Khan

Business Development Manager

involved in screening of the students, documents checking, linkage activity with Pakistani institutions, keeping partner institutions profile high in this competitive education market.

South East Asia

Vietnam Team

Philippines Team

Annie Hua

Regional Recruitment Director, SEA Onshore and Europe

Annie has a passion for delivering educational options and outcomes to Vietnamese and Australian students wishing to study in vocational training and higher education. Annie draws on her significant experience in international recruitment from Australia, Singapore, Canadian and US markets. She is now in charge of expanding our recruitment partner network in South-East Asia and helping secure recruitment of students.

Tricia Minh

Regional Recruitment Manager - Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar

Annie has a passion for delivering educational options and outcomes to Vietnamese and Australian students wishing to study in vocational training and higher education. Annie draws on her significant experience in international recruitment from Australia, Singapore, Canadian and US markets. She is now in charge of expanding our recruitment partner network in South-East Asia and helping secure recruitment of students.

Pauline Padlan

Business Development Manager

Annie has a passion for delivering educational options and outcomes to Vietnamese and Australian students wishing to study in vocational training and higher education. Annie draws on her significant experience in international recruitment from Australia, Singapore, Canadian and US markets. She is now in charge of expanding our recruitment partner network in South-East Asia and helping secure recruitment of students.

Nigelle Estrosos

Business Development Manager

Annie has a passion for delivering educational options and outcomes to Vietnamese and Australian students wishing to study in vocational training and higher education. Annie draws on her significant experience in international recruitment from Australia, Singapore, Canadian and US markets. She is now in charge of expanding our recruitment partner network in South-East Asia and helping secure recruitment of students.

About Us

Our Story

Our Vision

Our Values

Our Advantage

Our Beginning

Our People

GSP Board

Partners & Advisory Board

GSP Team

Australia

North America

South Asia

Pakistan

Bangladesh, African & Middle East

South East Asia

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