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Daniel George
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Daniel George is the founder and CEO of StepEx, a company he established in 2017 to address financial barriers in higher education.12 StepEx provides Future Earnings Agreements (FEAs) and other flexible payment plans to make professional development and education more accessible.3
Background and Education
Daniel holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management and a Bachelor of Economics from The University of Queensland.1 He has additional certifications from Harvard University, MPAC Group of Companies, Association for Project Management, and St Johns Ambulance.3
Professional Experience
Before founding StepEx, Daniel worked in various roles:
- Director at Mansion House Consulting (August 2016 - January 2018)
- Principal Consultant and Senior Consultant at Mansion House Consulting (March 2015 - July 2016)
- Economist for the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences13
StepEx
Daniel founded StepEx based on his personal experience of facing financial barriers while pursuing his MBA.2 The company aims to remove price barriers to education by offering Future Earnings Agreements, allowing students to pay for their qualifications with a small share of their initial post-graduation earnings.4
StepEx utilizes Open Banking data and machine learning to predict and verify applicants' future earnings, providing data-driven feedback to education and financial institution partners about course pricing and value.4
Additional Roles and Involvement
- Board Member of CAASF (Cranfield Australian Alumni Scholarship Foundation)
- Former Mentor at King's Entrepreneurship Institute
- Participated in NatWest's first fintech cohort3
Daniel George's LinkedIn username is danfgeorge.3
