Philip is the Chief Operating Officer of NCFE, a leading educational charity with business operations in Awarding and Assessment, learning technologies and resources. He is responsible for group operations, strategy, innovation and investment, marketing, communications and partnerships, and the organisation’s transformation.

Philip began his career as a teacher, working in several schools in Hackney as part of the Teach First programme. He then moved into PwC’s strategy team, where he worked on a suite of major reform programmes for central government. These included the development of higher-level apprenticeship pathways and the design and operation of an education and training fund supporting small and medium-sized employers' access to training.

Philip spent five years in Australia as a Director in PwC’s Consulting team, working with clients across the schools, further education, higher education and employment sectors. He led projects with the Australian Commonwealth Government to establish and operate a major, multi-year programme to review and develop national qualifications and training content and design and set up career pathway programmes for school leavers and older workers.

Outside of work, Philip has volunteered as a mentor for trainee teachers and as a school governor at two schools in Tottenham, London. He has been a Trustee of the Helena Kennedy Foundation since 2021.