Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Jamie founded the company at the age of 18 from Auckland, New Zealand. He graduated from Harvard University, Magna Cum Laude in 2016 (two years ahead of schedule) with a double-degree in Applied Mathematics-Economics and Applied Math. He was also one of the youngest in the world to be accepted to Stanford’s Graduate School of Business at age 20. Jamie graduated from Stanford with an MBA in Computer Science and Education Technology - the youngest ever recipient of the Arjay Miller Award (Top 10% of his class) - having simultaneously begun his PhD as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford.

In 2016 Jamie was awarded NZ Innovation Councils’ Young Innovator of the Year and In 2017 he and Crimson co-founder Sharndre Kushor were featured on the 2017 Forbes Asia - 30 Under 30 List.

Co-founder and Chief Product Officer

“FZ” graduated from the Australian National University as the International University Scholar with two Bachelor’s degrees. He then studied Management Science & Engineering at Stanford University. Born in Shaanxi, China, FZ moved to New Zealand at the age of 16 and attended Rangitoto College. In his final year of high school, he became the first and only international student in the history of NZ to be named a Premier Scholar.

In 2017, he was named New Zealand Student Entrepreneur of the Year and in 2019, he was selected as a Schwarzman Scholar to pursue a Master of Global Affairs at Tsinghua University. Over the last eight years at Crimson, Fangzhou has advised hundreds of students around the world to help them access their dream universities and careers.

Global Business Partner, People and Performance

Yesha has spent her career working in tech startups. After completing a Bachelor of Commerce, double majoring in Commercial Law and Taxation, she entered the People team ‘world’ first working in employee experience and operations.Originally pursuing a career in Investor Relations, Yesha saw the strategic value that a People function brings to an organisation and since joining Crimson two years ago, has served across four different roles, from People and Performance Project Coordinator, Advisor, Senior Advisor and now Global Business Partner

Regional Manager and Senior Strategy Consultant

After graduating from Duke University with a BA in Psychology (Cum Laude), Carolina worked to support students on their road to university admissions pathways and rewarding careers.In her current role and based in Brazil, Carolina supports a team who are responsible for 500+ student journeys. ensuring customer satisfaction, team engagement and student results. Training sessions and events that contribute to company culture for employees worldwide are also a focus area in her role.

Carol is aligned to Crimson’s core goal - to empower our students through talented mentors with local insight and global expertise in any professional or educational endeavour they choose to embark on.

Regional Manager, Middle East and Africa

Soraya launched one of Crimson Education's fastest growing markets - U.A.E and is currently the Managing Director for Crimson MENA, where she leads regional strategy, business development and innovation for the whole region.Soraya holds a Bachelor’s degree in Middle Eastern and African studies; Anthropology and graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Soraya has experience living and working in UAE, NYC, SPB Russia, Vietnam, Jordan and NZ. Soraya recently matriculated from IBM Blockchain Accelerator after spending the last three years researching and working in refugee camps around Europe and the Middle East for Karvan, a blockchain-based fintech startup she founded after returning from Calais to Columbia. Karvan has been recognized in the Hult Social Impact Prize, the Columbia Innovation Award and the CTA Startup of the Year Prize.