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Plot summary

Lucy Brennan is a tough, potty-mouthed, sadistic, bisexual personal trainer. When she’s not finding new ways to insult her clients and hitting Miami’s nightclubs, she diligently tracks her calories with an app called Life map. Lucy leaves a failed romantic evening. She gets caught up in a chase—one gunman and two fleeing homeless victims on the road she finds herself on. In an instant, she reacts and knocks the gunman to the ground, allowing the other two to get off.

She becomes a huge media story when the incident is recorded by Lena Sorenson, an overweight,  successful sculpture sorely lacking in self-confidence. Lucy's heroic intervention to stop the murderous assault gets a lot of media attention and unsurprisingly, Sorenson’s video turns Brennan into a media sensation. The story competes for airtime and America’s rapt attention with a story about conjoined twins Anabelle and Amy and the should-they/ shouldn’t-they debate about a risky separation operation so Anabelle can have sex with her boyfriend.

Lucy Brennan is a body-obsessed personal trainer, and Lena Sorenson is a food-obsessed sculptor. They are bot fascinated with shape and form and suffer from trauma-induced ruts.

In an exciting twist, it turns out that the two frightened men; Lucy saves from the angry gunman, turned out to be paedophiles. The media focus shifts quickly from the heroine to whether she should have stopped a victim of sex abuse from getting his revenge.

We find this all out just as Lucy and Lena are getting closer, the latter having hired the former as her trainer. What initially appears to be a one-way relationship bordering on stalking, Lena to Lucy, turns out to be much more. Lena gradually becomes Lucy's obsession, and more specifically Lucy's obsession with removing the fat from Lena's body.

When Lena keeps sneaking key lime pies, Lucy's behavior turns abusive while her interest in Lena turns perversely sexual. Lena is finally drugged and imprisoned in an abandoned apartment complex after she runs out of patience. Lena finally manages to lose weight thanks to her captor's blueberry and protein shake diet, which leaves her alone in her home gym and treadmill. Despite being cuffed to a pillar and urinating into a bucket, she still looks amazing.

Just as America becomes obsessed with the sex lives of the twins, Lucy and Lena become increasingly intertwined with one another’s lives- what starts as a seemingly innocuous. However, this curious friendship soon explodes into an intensely sadomasochistic tango, which leads to kidnapping, commando-regulated diets and murder.

Reception

Similarities have been drawn between this book and Welsh's first novel, Trainspotting. Elena Seymenliyska of The Daily Telegraph wrote, "It's a bit like his debut, Trainspotting (1993), only instead of the tenements of Leith, we're in the condos of Miami Beach. And in place of heroin addicts, alcoholics and violent psychos, here we have fitness instructors, poseurs – and violent psychos."

The Guardian published a review of the book on 8 May 2014. In the review Sandra Newman takes issue with the lead character: "The pleasure of the book is spoiled by a radically misjudged narrator." Welsh's novel received a much more positive review from David Pollock, published in The Independent on 24 April 2014.

Acting

Duncan began his acting career in 2005 appearing in a Channel 4 TV miniseries titled Psycho. Also he 2005, he first appeared in the Sky 1 drama series Dream Team as the character Liam MacKay. Dream Team is a British sports drama television series produced by Hewland International that aired on Sky One from 1997 to 2007; it chronicled the on-field and off-field affairs of the fictional Premier League football club, Harchester United. Duncan appeared in 61 episodes until the show ended in 2007.

From 2008 until 2010, Duncan played a staring role in the BBC medical drama Holby City. Holby City is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999; the show ran until 29 March 2022. It follows the lives of medical and ancillary staff at the fictional Holby City Hospital, the same hospital as Casualty, in the fictional city of Holby, and features occasional crossovers of characters and plots

Afterwards, Duncan went on to appear and star in many more television programmes in the UK and USA, including The Wrong Mans (2013), Waterloo Road (2013), Law & Order: UK (2014), 24: Live Another Day (2014), Humans (2015), The Night Manager (2016) , and Black Mirror (2016).

Throughout his career, Duncan has also appeared in independent films, and in 2016 he landed a role in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Post his first appearance in the Star Wars franchise Duncan has continued his career in television, appearing in Playground (2017), Henry IX (2017), Silent Witness (2018) , The Salisbury Poisonings (2020) , La Fortuna (2021), and Halo (2022). He also appeared in the computer game Ghost Recon: Breakpoint (2019), before reprising his role as a rebel in Star Wars: Andor (2022).

Holby City

It was first announced on 6 November 2007 that Duncan had been cast in the role of Linden Cullen, when series producer Diana Kyle described the new character as "dishy...good-looking and sexy". In the context of the show, Linden was introduced as the new head of the hospital's Acute Assessment Unit at the end of the show's ninth series. He made his first appearance in the episode "Stolen", broadcast on 15 January 2008. The character was the head of Holby City Hospital's surgical admissions ward.

In an interview a year into his time in this leading role on the show, Pow commented: "I don't think I've ever enjoyed a job as much. It is a pleasure to get up every morning and spend my days working at Holby. From the producers, writers and production staff through to the crew and the cast, everyone is lovely to work with and the atmosphere is always positive and good fun. What more could I wish for? I'm getting paid to do something I love [...] Linden is a very complex character to play and getting your teeth into him has been a dream, any actor would relish the opportunity, I just feel lucky and privileged that it was me that was given the chance".

In 2009, Linden was voted Holby City fans' "Favourite Newcomer of Series 10", receiving 58.5% of the vote. Pow commented on his character's popularity and award win: "I try not to think too much about Linden and how he is viewed by fans. I think it's great that you guys voted Linden as Best Newcomer and that he has been well received but I guess the fact he has a fan base is down to Tony McHale, Diana Kyle and the writing team coming up with such an interesting character and Tony, Diana, Liz Stoll and Julia Crampsie for giving me the opportunity to play him". Discussing the feedback he receives from viewers about Linden, Pow explained that people "like his honesty and dedication to others", commenting that: "he's quite selfless, I guess, and that is an incredibly endearing quality".

He was killed off at the end of the twelfth series on 12 October 2010.

Star Wars

Duncan Pow plays the role of Ruescott Melshi in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" (2016). The character is a sergeant in the Special Forces of the Alliance to Restore the Republic and helps Cassian Andor and Jyn Erso.

As was reported on the Instagram channel Bespin Bulletin in June 2021, Duncan was to reprise the role in the "Andor (TV series)". In the series, Melshi and Andor meet for the first time as fellow inmates on level 5 of the Imperial factory facility on Narkina 5, and breakout together to later join the Rebel Alliance. The character first appears in episode number 8 "Narkina 5", first aired on Disney+ on October 26 2022. Pow appears again in episode 9 "Nobody's Listening!", and episode 10 "One Way Out".

The decision to bring Duncan Pow back to the Star Wars franchise was made by Tony Gilroy, creator of Andor. As reported by series writer Beau Willimon in an interview with Collider "I remember Tony talking about how much he enjoyed working with that actor and was looking for an opportunity to bring Melshi back...I don't remember who said it out loud first, but what if Melshi's in that prison? And it's like, "Oh, my god."". In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Tony Gilroy stated "I love the character. Duncan Pow, who plays Melshi, was a great hang on Rogue, and I just really liked him. So I was just like, “How can we get him back in?”".

Ruescott Melshi was a human male that served as a sergeant in the Alliance to Restore the Republic Special Forces during the early years of the Galactic Civil War against the Galactic Empire. In 5 BBY, he spent time on Narkina 5 as a prisoner and was sentenced to work Unit Five-Two-D's Table five section. During that time, he met fellow prisoner Cassian Andor.

During his time in the rebellion, he was a close friend of Andor, who had become a Rebel Alliance Intelligence Service captain. Melshi was a veteran soldier and a respected commander, leading his troops by personal example. In 0 BBY, when the Alliance learned about the existence of the Empire's Death Star superweapon, Melshi led a rebel extraction team during the rescue of Jyn Erso—daughter of Galen Erso, the Death Star project's chief engineer—from a labor camp on the planet Wobani.

After Erso's liberation, the Alliance employed her to make contact with her father, discovering that he had deliberately left a crucial weakness in the Death Star's design as an act of sabotage. In an effort to retrieve the Death Star's schematics needed to pinpoint that weak spot, Melshi helped Andor assemble a ragtag group of volunteers dubbed "Rogue One." The squad then set off on a mission to the Imperial security complex on the planet Scarif, where the plans were being stored. During the subsequent battle on the planet, Melshi and the rest of Rogue One successfully obtained the Death Star plans, but they all gave their lives to ensure the mission's success.

Ruescott Melshi first appeared in the 2016 Star Wars Anthology film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, in which he was portrayed by actor Duncan Pow. Pow reprised his role for the Andor television series, released in 2022. Melshi was first revealed in the second trailer for the film on October 13, 2016. In the film, the character was addressed only by his last name; the first name "Ruescott" was established in the film's novelization, as well as the books Star Wars: Rogue One: Secret Mission and Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide, all released simultaneously with the film on December 16, 2016.

Duncan Pow joined the crew working on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story during the early stages of the film's production, initially as an assistant helping with actor auditions and screen tests. Eventually, he was himself cast as Melshi, an opportunity he was immensely grateful for. Pow described the experience of playing Sergeant Melshi and being a part of the Star Wars universe as a "dream come true," as Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back was the first ever film that he had seen at the cinema. He praised the overall filming experience as an amazing chance to live out his childhood dreams. With regard to the filming of the Scarif scenes—which were shot on the Maldives—Pow especially remembered the hot climate. His favorite scene to film was the action sequence in which Melshi got shot during the approach to the bunker. Pow has been following the portrayal of Melshi in other media adaptations of Rogue One, and he is aware of the first name of his character.

Inconsistencies

The adult and the junior novelizations of Rogue One give conflicting information with regard to the exact circumstances of Melshi's death. In the adult novel, Melshi succumbs to the blaster shot wound he received earlier and dies at the bunker doors. In the junior novel, more than four people reach the bunker doors. After Sefla unsuccessfully tries to reach the master switch, Melshi—seeing as there are no more volunteers to complete the mission—makes his own attempt to run for it rather than ordering one of his own men to do so. He makes it slightly farther than Sefla before he is gunned down by the enemy. Since his death in the film occurs off-screen, it is impossible to determine which variation of his death is canonical. This article currently follows the adult novel's depiction of events.

Another contradiction is presented in the book Star Wars: Rogue One: Ultimate Sticker Encyclopedia, which does not mention Melshi at any point. Instead, the book states that Lieutenant Sefla commanded the rebel troops on the ground during the Battle of Scarif. However, other sources, such as Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide, have established that Melshi was the commander of ground forces despite being outranked by Sefla.

Appearances

• Rebel Rising
• Rebel Rising audiobook
• Andor – "Narkina 5"
• Andor – "Nobody's Listening!"
• Andor – "One Way Out"
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (First appearance, simultaneous with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story audiobook, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization, Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel) (First identified as Melshi, simultaneous with Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel, Star Wars: Rogue One: Rebel Dossier)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization (First identified as Ruescott, simultaneous with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story audiobook, Star Wars: Rogue One: Secret Mission, Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story audiobook
• Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel
• Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel audiobook
• Star Wars: Rogue One Graphic Novel Adaptation
• Rogue One Adaptation 1
• Star Wars Battlefront: Rogue One: X-wing VR Mission (Indirect mention only)
• Rogue One Adaptation 4
• Rogue One Adaptation 5
• Rogue One Adaptation 6

Sources

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Trailer 2 on StarWars.com (backup link) (First pictured) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story "Together" TV Spot on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story "Hope" TV Spot on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Featurette on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story "Trust" on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story "Breath" TV Spot on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story "Prevail" TV Spot (:30) on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story "Chance" TV Spot (:30) on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Official Chinese Trailer on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) Star Wars: Rogue One: Rebel Dossier Star Wars: Rogue One: Secret Mission Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - The Official Collector's Edition Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - The Official Mission Debrief Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Sergeant Melshi - Star Wars: Rogue One - Rebel Forces) Star Wars: On the Front Lines Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z Star Wars: The Rebel Files Star Wars Helmet Collection 49 (Highlights of the Saga: Battle on the Beach) 2018 Topps Star Wars Galactic Files (Card: RO24 – Sergeant Melshi) (backup link) Star Wars Helmet Collection 62 (Helmets: Scarif Rebel Trooper (Sergeant Melshi); Highlights of the Saga: Leaving Wobani) Star Wars Bust Collection 38 (Star Wars Universe: Rebel Soldier) Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition "The Heroes of Rogue One" – Star Wars Encyclopedia In Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy, Go Inside the Crucible of War on StarWars.com (backup link) Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy "The Birth of the Rebellion" – Star Wars Encyclopedia Andor | Teaser Trailer | Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) Andor | Official Trailer | Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) Andor | "Episode 8: Narkina 5" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link) Andor | What's Happening on Level 2? | Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) Ruescott Melshi in the Databank (backup link) Wobani in the Databank (backup link) (Indirect mention only)

Crocodiles (band)

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Crocodiles
Origin	San Diego, California, United States
Genres	Noise pop, indie pop, post-punk revival, psychedelic rock, Lo-fi
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Fat Possum, Frenchkiss Records, Souterrain Transmissions. Hell, Yes!, Zoo Music
Members	Brandon Welchez (vocals, guitar), Charles Rowell (guitar), Atef Aouadhi (bass), Diego Dal Bon (drums)
Past members	Marco Rapisarda, Alianna Kalaba, Anna Schulte, Robin Eisenberg, Marco Gonzalez, Jay Weilminster, David Joshua Claxton, Robert Moutrey

Crocodiles are a noise pop/indie pop band from San Diego, California, US. The group was formed in 2008 by core members Brandon Welchez and Charles Rowell after the break-up of their former punk bands Some Girls and The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower. Crocodiles' sound has typically been likened to The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Archies, and Tommy James & The Shondells.

Contents

• 1History
• 2Discography
  • 2.1Albums
  • 2.2EP
  • 2.3Singles
• 3References
• 4External links

History[edit]

Whilst at the same time playing in an early incarnation of Dum Dum Girls (Welchez since divorced from frontwoman Dee Dee Penny, aka Kristin Kontrol), Crocodiles initially gained exposure in 2008 after fellow Southern California noise pop band No Age included their single "Neon Jesus" in a list of the year's best songs. This led to the duo being signed to Mississippi-based label Fat Possum Records, who released the band's self-recorded debut album Summer of Hate, in April 2009.

After touring in support of their debut full-length, the first half of 2010 saw Crocodiles go into a studio in the Mojave Desert with British producer James Ford. The resultant sessions comprise the band's second album Sleep Forever. The record was released by Fat Possum in the September of that year.

In September 2010, Crocodiles released an instrumental song, "Kill Joe Arpaio", referencing the controversial anti-immigrant Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. Arpaio heard the song and responded using Twitter, "Msg for the San Diego band 'Alligators' who wrote new song called 'Kill Joe Arpaio': BITE ME,". Arpaio also referenced the song during an appearance on Phoenix TV channel KPHO, saying "I'm a little concerned about the music, where kids can get this type of music. I think it sends a bad message. I understand freedom of speech, but there has to be a line of threatening a law enforcement official." Crocodiles responded via Spin Magazine saying "Maybe if the song was called 'I'm Gonna Kill Joe Arpaio,' he'd have a case but what we are attacking is the attitudes and policies he represents. In reality, we're keeping our fingers crossed that his much-deserved heart attack comes soon; the world can always use one less racist."

In September 2011, Charles Rowell and Brandon Welchez self-produced their third album, Endless Flowers in Berlin, Germany. The album was released in spring of 2012. Guests on the album include reggae singer Hollie Cook and Dum Dum Girls Dee Dee, performing back ups on the track "My Surfing Lucifer" under the moniker Les Fleurs Du Mal Girl's Choir.

In April 2013, Charles Rowell and Brandon Welchez recorded their fourth album, Crimes Of Passion. The album was produced by Sune Rose Wagner of The Raveonettes in Los Angeles, California. Guests on the album include Gregg Foreman of Delta 72 and Cat Power, soul singer Afrodyete of Breakestra as well as Welchez' brother, jazz musician Josh Welchez.

In addition to their own recordings, Crocodiles have collaborated with Television Personalities' frontman Dan Treacy as well as Dum Dum Girls. Although initially gigging as a two piece, Welchez and Rowell have expanded the band to include a live drummer, bassist and keyboard player. Musicians in the live band have included members of Blank Dogs, The Slits, A Place To Bury Strangers, Cat Power and Dum Dum Girls.

Outside of their activities with Crocodiles, Rowell has released music with Hollie Cook under the name Psychic Dancehall, while Welchez has released music with wife Dee Dee under the name Haunted Hearts. Both Rowell and Welchez have collaborated on poetry books with various friends, including late Cold Cave member Justin Benoit. Welchez and Dee Dee release records for other bands under the Zoo Music label name.

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

• Summer of Hate (2009)
• Sleep Forever (2010)
• Endless Flowers (2012)
• Crimes of Passion (2013)
• Boys (2015)
• Dreamless (2016)
• Love Is Here (2019)

EP[edit]

• "Fires Of Comparison" (2010)

Singles[edit]

• "Neon Jesus" (2008)
• "Refuse Angels" (split with Cold Cave) (2008)
• "Hollow Hollow Eyes" (split with Dum Dum Girls, Graffiti Island and PENS) (2009)
• "I Wanna Kill" (Fat Possum Record Store Day split with Wavves) (2009)
• "I Wanna Kill" (UK release) (2009)
• "Merry Xmas Baby (Please Don't Die)" (collaboration with Dum Dum Girls) (2009)
• "Sleep Forever" (2010)
• "Sunday (Psychic Conversation#9)" (2011)
• "Crybaby Demon" (2015)
• "Foolin' Around" (2015)

References[edit]

1. ^ Crocodiles at AllMusic

External links[edit]

• Filmed interview, August 2010
• Spin.com

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Richard Evans

Richard Evans (born 16th October 1990) is a British education entrepreneur. Evans won The Department for Education’s Open Data Competition in 2018, NatWest’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017 and Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur in 2019. He is co-founder of the tutoring companies The Profs and Spires as well as the online whiteboard Bitpaper. He is known as a thought leader in the tutoring industry and on education in England

Education

Evans attended Westminster School, a public school located in Westminster, London. He then attended London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he achieved a first-class honours degree in Economics and Philosophy.

Career

The Profs

In 2014, Evans founded The Profs, a tuition company specialising in university-level tutoring, alongside a group of experienced university tutors including his brother, Dr Leo Evans, a lecturer at Imperial College London and former Vice President at J.P. Morgan. A year after co-founding The Profs, Richard also co-founded EdTech start-up, Bitpaper, an online whiteboard used by hundreds of thousands of teachers, tutors and students worldwide. Later, he also co-founded another EdTech startup, Spires an innovative online tutoring platform. In 2017 The Profs was recognised as Best Private Tutoring Company at the Education Investor Awards, in 2018 The Telegraph’s Most Innovative SME Exporter and in 2022 Best Customer Service at The Tutors’ Association’s National Tutoring Awards. In 2020, The Profs acquired London-based tutoring company Tavistock Tutors in a share purchase.

Department for Education Open Data Competition App Winner

In December 2018, The Profs was one of two winners of The Department for Education’s Open Data Competition. Two contracts worth £150,000 were awarded to create a new app that would offer students a ‘personalised careers assistant’. Richard led the team to create TheWayUp - offering prospective students the chance to simulate a range of different graduate career paths through an innovative game. The contract was awarded through Innovate UK’s Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) for companies to develop digital tools that allow prospective students to access and compare earnings and employment outcomes from different degrees. In March 2019, TheWayUp was launched in a public beta.

The Tutors’ Association

In 2017, Richard Evans was elected the the board of The Tutors’ Association (TTA) as Non-Executive Director, and later in 2020 as Honorary Treasurer. The Tutors' Association is the only professional membership body for tutoring and the wider supplementary education sector in the UK. During his tenure on the board, Evans led on reforms to modernise the association and events focusing on the rise of online tutoring.

During the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic, Richard arranged free online training programmes that retrained 600 tutors within weeks of the first UK lockdown.

Although supportive of the initiative, Evans was critical of the management of The National Tutoring Program; in June 2020 he criticised the programme for not requiring experienced tutors, instead allowing inexperienced university students to become the majority of tutors - raising “... concerns that… the National Tutoring Programme funding may go to the cheapest, rather than the most cost-effective, interventions. In the tutoring world, you get what you pay for and … quality is always worth the extra investment.”

In March 2022, Evans criticised the scheme for removing its targets relating to disadvantaged students, saying “... removing the focus on the most disadvantaged pupils, the National Tutoring Programme loses sight of its core purpose of helping the most in need.”

Tutoring Industry Advocacy and media

Richard Evans has often been interviewed as a Thought Leader for Education articles published in The Telegraph, The Times. The Sun,, and Metro, newspapers. Richard is an advocate of the HeForShe gender equality campaign. Through The Profs, Evans has also worked to professionalise the tutoring sector. In 2018, he launched the ‘Not In Our Name’ campaign to lobby the government to make essay mills and other unethical practices illegal. Essay mills were criminalised in the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill in 2021.

Awards

Richard Evans has won several awards:

• Forbes 30 Under 30 (2019) in the Social Entrepreneur Category
• Great British Young Entrepreneur of The Year (2017) at the Natwest Great British Entrepreneur Awards (GBEA)
• Young Entrepreneur to Watch (2016) by www.startups.co.uk

Leonard Evans

Dr Leonard Evans (born 8th May 1985) is a British EdTech entrepreneur. He is co-founder of the tutoring companies The Profs and Spires as well as the online whiteboard Bitpaper. He is known as thought leader in the tutoring and EdTech industries .

Education

Evans is an alumnus of Imperial College London, where he achieved a BSc in Physics (2003). In 2006 he obtained a fully funded scholarship to complete a MSc and PhD at Imperial college business school. He then went on to complete a Master’s in Finance (2007) and a PhD in Financial Economics (2011) at Imperial College Business School. In 2010 he presented the title paper of his PhD thesis at the American Finance Association in Denver, as was a winner of the prestigious [[AFA Doctoral Grant|AFA Doctoral Grant]].

He attended Bryanston School between 1998-2003 on a full academic scholarship, a co-educational boarding school located in Dorset, South West England. Bryanston is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Eton Group.

Career

Early career

Evans became Vice President at J.P. Morgan, working in the global markets strategy team, within the bond trading division. During his time at J.P. Morgan, Evans co-wrote several notable publications, such as the J.P. Morgan View, Flows & Liquidity, and Global Markets Outlook and Strategy and was quoted in the Financial Times.

Evans returned to Imperial College London as a visiting lecturer in 2012 where he designed and lectured Master’s students. He taught and lectured in Credit and equity derivatives, Financial Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Computational Finance, Econometrics, Macro Economics, and Statistics.

EdTech Entreprenuer

Evans has helped to modernise the tutoring sector by developing technology that facilitates online learning and tuition.

The Profs

In 2014, Leo Evans co-founded The Profs, a tuition company specialising in university-level tutoring, alongside a group of experienced university tutors including his brother, Richard Evans. In 2017 The Profs was recognised as Best Private Tutoring Company at the Education Investor Awards, in 2018 The Telegraph’s Most Innovative SME Exporter and in 2022 Best Customer Service at The Tutors’ Association’s National Tutoring Awards. In 2020, The Profs acquired London-based tutoring company Tavistock Tutors in a share purchase.

Bitpaper

In 2015, Evans saw an opportunity to innovate the technology used in the education sector and founded Bitpaper, a collaborative online whiteboard now used by hundreds of thousands of teachers, tutors and students worldwide..

Spires

After the initial success of both The Profs and Bitpaper, Evans combined technology with tuition to create online tutoring platform Spires. Tens of thousands of students around the world now use Spires to work with thousands of teachers and tutors, and the company has a presence in over 80 countries.

EdTech & Education Awards

Through his work, Evans’s companies have won many awards including:

• Best Customer Service at the National Tutoring Awards (2022)
• The Telegraph’s Most Innovative SME Exporter (2018)
• An Innovation grant from the Department of Education, presented by then minister of University Sam Gymiah
• Best Private Tutoring Company at the Education Investor Awards (2017)
• Made the The UK's Top 100 Startups list (2017)
• Runner-up in the Guardian Start-up of the year (2016)
• FSB WorldPay's Highly Commended Start-Up of Year (2016)