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Bharat Mansukhani

Bharat Mansukhani

by | 4 December, 2023 | Executive Committee

Divisional CEO – Middle East and Europe

Bharat is the Divisional CEO for the Middle East & Europe, having previously held the position of Regional Managing Director – Middle East, where he oversaw the acquisition, build and growth of the ISP schools in the region.

Bharat is an experienced senior professional with twenty years of experience working in Private Equity, Investment Banking and Education Management. Prior to joining ISP in 2015, he was a Vice President at NBK Capital Partners, a Dubai-based alternative investment firm in the MENA region.



At NBK Capital Partners, Bharat focused on growth equity and middle-market investments and played an active role in managing portfolio companies in the education and consumer space. Bharat was directly responsible for the fund’s investments in Newton Schools in Qatar and Heriot-Watt University in the UAE. He was also instrumental in exiting several other portfolio companies through strategic and sponsor sales.



Bharat began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Bank of America Securities in Chicago, working on large M&A transactions across a variety of sectors including food & beverage, consumer services and business services. Bharat received his B.A. in Economics and Political Science from The University of Michigan, USA in 2003.



In his spare time, Bharat likes to read biographies and memoirs. He is a big sports fan and follows tennis and his favourite teams, Michigan Wolverines and Manchester United. He met his wife in Dubai and they have two boys and a dog.

Juan Romero

Juan Romero

by | 4 December, 2023 | Executive Committee

Divisional CEO – Latin America

Juan oversees the acquisition, build and growth of ISP schools in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America.


Juan has held CEO positions in education and media in the US, Latin America and Europe and has a strong track record in leadership, general management, scaling business, M&A and business transformation.

Prior to joining ISP, Juan spent over 25 years in senior leadership roles at Pearson, GEMS Education, Scala Learning, Thomson Reuters, Metro (a Kinnevik company) and Booz Allen among others. As CEO of Scala Learning, he led the creation of one of the leading OPM´s in Latin America partnering with universities across the region to launch and grow online businesses.



Whilst at GEMS Global, he was responsible for 11 schools across Europe, Africa and Asia and led the successful acquisition of Pamoja, the only accredited IB online program. In his role as CEO of Pearson Latin America, Juan led the transformation of an $80 million publishing business into a $500 million educational services and content provider through organic growth and acquisitions; this included a JV to launch Utel, the leading online university in Mexico.



Juan graduated with honors with a B.S. in Finance from The Wharton School and an MBA from Columbia Business School. In his spare time, he enjoys podcasts, reading, walking in whatever city he finds himself in and traditional Uruguayan BBQ´s (“asados”). He and his family have lived in New York, Mexico City, São Paulo, London and Montevideo.