John Botham OBE, B Ed (Hons).

Owner of Semperior Ltd.

John Botham OBE, Owner of Semperior Ltd. has over 40 years experience working within education and the education technology market.
After retiring as Director of Education at Apple Computers, John founded Semperior, an independent consultancy company providing advice, business and strategic planning and consulting services to a broad spectrum of educational and commercial institutions. During his time at Apple he created over 180 Training Centres in LA/Apple partnerships across the UK.

John has worked on a consultancy basis with a number of large organisations, as Executive Chairman with The Backstage Academy with responsibility for international commercial development. Consultant Director of Education with D-Link with responsibility for strategic planning, John set up 12 Centres of Excellence across the UK for D-Link.

John is currently working with an African organisation to set up a vocational and business college in West Africa ready for next year.

Honoured in 1997 for his ‘Services to Education’ in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List, John held a number of important posts within education, including his role as Head Teacher, Director of Education for Sheffield Education Action Zone, and as an Advisor to the Secretary of State for Education.

Much sought after on the conference circuit, John has presented at the BETT Educational technology show in London, The Global Education Forum in Dubai and the Ministry of Education Conference in Bahrain. He has also been commissioned to advise Education Ministries across the globe about their ICT requirements and solutions, including to name but a few, the Ministries of Education in Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait, Turkey and Russia.
He has featured in numerous articles on TV, radio and newspapers.

John is fluent in German, has a good command of French and is married with two grown up children.

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