Multiverse bolsters VP team with two new hires

Following on from the recent appointment of Jillian Gillespie as CFO and Martha Lane Fox to the board, the tech credentials of the new VP appointees underline Multiverse’s ambitions to be a generational technology company.

Helen Greul joins Multiverse from a varied career at Spotify, having most recently headed up its open source Backstage product, which streamlines workflows for developers. Prior to this she worked on the infrastructure of Spotify’s content platform, contributing to the successful launch of Podcasts in 2018. With more than 15 years in the tech industry Helen will help supercharge Multiverse’s high-performing engineering team, enabling Multiverse to deliver its AI-driven education platform to learners across the world.

She said, “Growing up in a family of educators, I understand the transformative power of education. In the current macro-economic environment where upskilling is a necessity for every field, I’m looking forward to creating a learning experience in which the next generation of talent can learn the skills they need to thrive.”

Asha Haji, meanwhile, joins Multiverse having successfully built and exited her own edtech company, Framework, prior to which she spent almost seven years at Education First. In her time as an entrepreneur she secured investment from Google’s Black Founders Fund and earned a finalist slot in Harvard Business School’s New Venture Competition. Haji also secured funding from VCs, founders and CxOs behind the likes of Netflix, Calm and YouTube. Having reskilled many times, working in everything from sales and partnerships, to talent acquisition and product management, she is well-placed to steer Multiverse to success in its operations.

She said, “I'm passionate about helping people from all backgrounds grow further in their careers and develop technical aptitude, so I’m hugely excited by Multiverse’s mission. I’m looking forward to helping it tackle the problem of delivering high quality, applied learning at scale.”

Euan Blair, Founder and CEO of Multiverse, said: “Continuing to build a world-beating senior team is essential for Multiverse to achieve its ambitions. I’m beyond excited to be welcoming two more brilliant individuals to the organisation, who will help continue our rapid growth in the right way and enable us to realise our far-reaching ambitions.”