Former Meta executive joins European edTech leaders Lepaya

Amsterdam, 15 October 2024 - Former Meta and DropBox Executive, Nazir Ul-Ghani, has today been announced as Chief Revenue Officer at Lepaya, Europe’s leading people development company.  

A leading executive across Meta platforms for over five years, Ul-Ghani drove a number of digital transformations and led enterprise SaaS sales at some of the largest ‘societal phenomenon’ platforms in the world, including through in his roles at Facebook, WhatsApp and other leading brands including DropBox. Having seen firsthand the importance of identifying and successfully bridging workforce skills gaps during his two decades of experience scaling SaaS B2B businesses, Ul-Ghani brings a wealth of insight into the importance of scalable EdTech for some of the world's leading organisations, as well as a passion for enabling learning and development at every level of a business.

Nazir Ul-Ghani, Chief Revenue officer at Lepaya, said: “I’m thrilled to be joining Lepaya to help continue the company’s strong growth and empower an even wider range of businesses to upskill their workforce. Across my previous roles at Meta, DropBox and others, I’ve seen first-hand the importance of developing a platform that changes society, and I see the same potential in the huge impact next-gen edtech platforms can have on personal development and our society at large.  

Lepaya is leading the way in the EdTech space, already supporting some of the world’s leading organisations such as KPMG, ING, and Lego, so I’m more than excited to be able to play a part in their journey.”    

With over two decades of experience scaling SaaS B2B businesses across the world, Ul-Ghani has held various roles as CEO, Co-Founder and Senior Executive at a range of leading global organisations. Prior to joining Lepaya, Ul-Ghani held a number of director-level positions at Meta, including director of Sales for EMEA and APAC and as Facebook’s Director of Sales, GTM Workplace for North America and EMEA. He helped to drive digitalisation at DropBox as Country Manager for UK/I and Africa, and also spent time as Head of Media, Telco and High-Tech at leading Spanish professional services company Avanade.  

As Chief Revenue Officer, Ul-Ghani will work with the Lepaya team to transform the company and build a new category of EdTech that empowers employers to identify and bridge skills gaps, ensuring that learning and development is both engaging and has a tangible impact on business goals.

Rene Janssen, co-founder and CEO of Lepaya, said:

“As organisations across the world continue to seek out ways to bridge workforce skills gaps, Lepaya is ready to support with the development of people that work in the companies shaping the future.

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I’m really excited to welcome Nazir to the Lepaya team, who brings with him a wealth of experience working to drive growth across some of the world’s biggest organisations. I’m looking forward to working with him as Lepaya continues to work with the world’s leading enterprises to improve talent retention, productivity, and organisational growth.”

About Lepaya

Lepaya is Europe’s leading people’s development company that takes a strategic and scalable approach to workplace learning through its global upskilling academies for every career level. Founded by René Janssen and Peter Kuperus in 2018 with the perspective that the right training, at the right time, focused on the right skill, makes organizations productive and enables overall business growth.

As a leader in a fragmented corporate upskilling market that represents an USD 800B opportunity according to Morgan Stanley, Lepaya responds to the upskilling needs of global enterprises and fast-growing companies, such as Roche, ING, Microsoft, Dell, Freundenberg, Just-Eat-Take-away. Lepaya supports millions of professionals by combining hard skills with soft skills, offered together as Power Skills via an AI-powered capability platform.

Lepaya is backed by Endeit, Educapital, Target Global, Mediahuis Ventures, and Tablomonto. It has made 4 acquisitions: SmartenUp (2020), vCoach (2022), SpeakFirst (2022) and Krauthammer (2023). The company has raised USD 80 million to date.

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