Board Members
Our Board of Directors come from a wide range of backgrounds which enables us access to a broad knowledge base.
David Whelan
Chief Executive Officer
David is a tech entrepreneur and founder of Immersive VR Education. He is a former Editor-in-chief of Virtual Reality Reviewer and a multi-awarding winning VR director and producer with 10+ years web development, a background in app creation and programming large CRM systems. David believes in a future where education is accessible to all no matter your geographical location or financial status.
Richard Cooper
Non-Executive Chairman
Richard has over 25 years experience as a Finance Director, in both publicly traded and privately-owned companies in a variety of service industries including gaming, insurance, and financial services. Richard has significant operations and M&A skills, is highly commercial, possesses AIM, TSX and LSE official list technical experience and has extensive contacts in London City and in the Gaming sector.
Seamus Larrissey
Chief Financial Officer
Seamus has 11+ years experience in finance. His previous roles include a senior finance position at TSSG Group looking after 100+ staff and researchers and as an auditor for Ernst & Young.
Sandra Whelan
Chief Operating Officer
Sandra is a former editor at Virtual Reality Reviewer. She has considerable experience including many years in corporate accounts management at E-Drive Group Telematics. Sandra has also worked with large corporations contract management and holds a Diploma in Project Management from the University College Dublin Professional Academy.
Praveen Gupta
Non-Executive Director
Current VP of HTC Investments and Partnerships. Praveen has a wealth of experience in corporate business development and M&A with previous roles such as VP corporate and business development at SK Telecom, Director at Lucent/Nokia and executive director and partner at CDIB Ventures and management positions at Fujitsu-ICL Systems.
Dr Harry Kloor
Non-Executive Director
Harry is an entrepreneur, scientist, technologist, educator, policy advisor, and Hollywood producer and writer. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of Beyond Imagination, a company seeking to build general-purpose robotic humanoids. Harry is involved in the education sector and has significant experience in bringing science to the public. He has worked as an advisor for NASA, US Senate, Jet Propulsion Laboratories, and numerous other science organisations. Dr. Kloor was also one of the five founding team members of XPRIZE, the non-profit organisation that designs and hosts public competitions intended to encourage technological development to benefit humanity.
Tony Hanway
Non-Executive Director
Current C.E.O of Virgin Media Ireland. Tony is a results-driven CEO with 20 years experience in the ICT and media sectors. Strong commercial acumen with proven track record in Sales, Retail, E-commerce, Contact Centres, Business Transformation and M&A.