MEET OUR ELEARNING TEAM AND CONSULTANTS
Our eLearning team and consultants
Get to know about our eLearning team with 20+ years of expertise.
Ciphr eLearning: delivered by Ciphr, powered by Marshalls
Our team are committed to developing and delivering high-quality, innovative and engaging eLearning for any client within any sector.
With many years of experience across our team, we are proud of our status as the leading eLearning provider in the UK.
Offering off-the-shelf, customised and bespoke eLearning, we can cater our eLearning solutions to suit your needs and offer you a tailored experience.
Working with clients across the all professional sectors, from financial and corporate organisations to local government and not-for-profit institutions, we have delivered eLearning on a number of topics to a high standard.
We are proud to work with most UK universities and higher-education (HE) organisations.
Specialising in diversity and inclusion, we are continually expanding our eLearning library to encapsulate topics outside of this sphere, with eLearning available on FCA Compliance, health and safety, safeguarding and wellbeing.
David Marshall
David is the founder of Marshall E-Learning [Marshalls, part of Ciphr Group] and is now a managing director at Ciphr.
David founded Marshall E-Learning in 2002, since then he has gone on to develop a global eLearning business specialising in diversity and inclusion. His first business, Marshall ACM, grew from being a niche online diversity training consultancy to now serving as the UK’s leading provider of eLearning.
In 2023, Marshall E-Learning was acquired by Ciphr, and David is now the managing director of the eLearning division. David is the primary point of contact for our clients and runs all of our partnerships and enjoys a hands-on approach to eLearning projects.
Ann Allcock
Ann is our head of diversity, focusing on the company’s broader diversity training and consultancy offer.
Her aim is to support all clients to become diversity-leading organisations and to accelerate and embed culture change via blended learning.
Ann is our in-house diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) specialist and works to advise on eLearning content, providing a diversity and inclusion-focused outlook across all projects and content and offers invaluable facilitated training to organisations across all sectors.
Ann’s facilitated training is available in conjunction with eLearning or as a standalone offering.
Tamar Elderton-Welch
Tamar is our head of eLearning and is an award-winning instructional designer.
Tamar has a long history in eLearning, working for some of the biggest brands from Coca Cola, MBDA, Michelin, BP and Sainsbury’s, to name a few.
Tamar’s background is in academic research and magazine journalism, having been a PhD scholar in Ancient History and assistant editor for John Lewis Chronicle.
Tamar specialises in researching new content and translating complex topics into easily digestible, informative and engaging eLearning courses.
Gregor Brown
Gregor Brown is our head of account management. He joined us in 2021 having previously worked at Vodafone for 18 years in various sales and account management roles.
Engaging with customers, understanding their businesses and drivers and building trust underpins his way of working, along with professional values of integrity and transparency.
He takes commitments to customers very seriously and being open, professional and knowledgeable are keys to his success. Gregor leads our account management and also supports sales, marketing and project management functions within the team.
James Sellers
James is our general manager based in Leeds. James runs our learning management systems (LMS) which complement our eLearning offering.
James has implemented a wide variety of commercial and open source LMS for a wide variety of public and private sector organisations.
He has a BA in Economics and Business Management.
Arjun Gill
Arjun Gill serves as the digital projects lead, playing a pivotal role in both the technical and strategic aspects of course production.
With a keen eye for detail and a deep understanding of digital tools and cutting-edge technologies, Arjun oversees the day-to-day technical operations involved in creating engaging and effective eLearning courses.
Beyond his technical expertise, he also significantly contributes to shaping project management methodologies and implementation strategies. Arjun is instrumental in large-scale LMS implementation projects, ensuring seamless integration, robust functionality, and scalability.
Hara Giannelaki
Hara is one of our senior developers and creates our eLearning courses using authorware tools.
Hara has worked on a wide variety of bespoke courses over the years, multiple customisations for various clients and continually contributing to the development of our eLearning library.
Hara also provides LMS support and other course-related queries.
Vishnu Pillai
Vishnu is one of our senior developers and leads the development of eLearning courses working alongside our instructional designers to produce engaging and interactive courses using various authorware tools.
Vishnu also manages the LMS and provides technical support to clients. Vishnu has been working within Marshalls, now Ciphr eLearning, for over nine years, working on a variety of challenging bespoke solutions for various organisations across corporate, education and health sectors.
Meg Shona Halpin-Webster
Meg is our associate instructional designer and joined Ciphr as a graduate eLearning content writer in 2023.
Meg’s day-to-day role involves researching content for innovative and engaging eLearning courses.
Meg has experience customising eLearning content and working on bespoke projects with a number of clients across various fields, including some of the leading UK universities.