Jonny Parkes

Jonny has over 25 years’ experience in digital learning and is Chairperson of the Learnovate Centre. As the CEO of Electric Paper between 1996-2006, Jonny successfully built and exited the business to ThirdForce PLC which was subsequently acquired by Skillsoft. He is a co-founder of the Entrepreneurial Sales Institute (ESI) and a partner in Leaf Investments – which has invested in 10 early stage Edtech businesses in Ireland and the UK.  Jonny has an MBA from the Open University Business School in the UK and a degree in Micro-Electronic Engineering from Trinity College Dublin.