Adam Black

Adam Black is an education and technology executive, board member and strategic advisor with more than 30 years of experience leading growth, product innovation and digital transformation across global education businesses.

He previously held senior executive roles at Pearson and Macmillan Learning, including Chief Strategy Officer of Macmillan Learning and Chief Technology Officer of Pearson English. Earlier at Pearson, he conceived and led the development of its Mastering courseware business, growing revenues from $70 million to $230 million. Across his career, he has led the development of paid digital learning products used by more than 65 million learners across K–12, higher education, English language learning and consumer education.

Today, Adam is the founder of enablinginsights, advising education and technology companies, boards and investors on growth strategy, AI and digital transformation, product strategy and M&A. He has assessed more than 160 education technology businesses for acquisition or growth strategy and held long-term strategic advisory roles with organisations including the Gates Foundation, Faculty AI, Perlego, Grammarly and Gutenberg Technology.

Adam holds a PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Cambridge and a first-class degree in Physics from the University of Edinburgh.