Dave Taylor - Chief Operating Officer

Dave Taylor

Position: Chief Operating Officer

With over 20 years leading education organisations across the UK, Europe and the Middle East, Dave specialises in scaling school networks sustainably while maintaining quality and culture.

Dave brings to Artemis a wide range of experience and skills including; operational excellence, strategic growth, and building high-performing teams that deliver in complex environments.

Previously having led the transformation of Aldar Education from 6 schools to a network of 33 schools serving 38,000+ students with 5,000 employees – in under 6 years. Which required balancing rapid expansion with deep operational rigour and an unwavering commitment to educational outcomes.

Dave brings both strategic vision and frontline realities – a genuine understanding of what works in boardrooms and what supports the work in classrooms. Dave shares Artemis’s passionate about education’s power to transform communities, and about creating the conditions for that transformation to happen at scale.