Meet the Team

Ed Tranham
Managing Director

Ed has been actively involved in the development of a number of publishing and
service companies within the Education sector over the past 20 years and has also
undertaken a number of projects on behalf of corporate and private equity clients.
Before founding Meissa, Ed was at AIM listed Electric Word plc which he joined
following the sale of his publishing company, Optimus Publishing. At Electric Word,
Ed grew the company’s education business both organically and through
acquisitions. Prior to joining Electric Word, he was also joint managing partner at
Tranham Kington and held senior positions at Cambridge Education Associates and
Pitman Publishing. Ed is responsible for Meissa’s corporate finance consulting
practice.
Contact: ed.tranham@meissa-limited.com

Richard Taylor
Director and Executive Editor of the assignment report

Richard started his working career as a jackaroo, went to Monash and got into funds
management at ANZ and NAB, before accidentally getting into the business of
education. He set up and ran Educations Communications in Australia for 8 years
before selling the company to the UK based EdComs. Relocating to the UK in 2003 he
spent two years as Deputy Director at the Business Development Unit of the then
Department for Education and Skills, where he also represented the department on
the Government Sponsorship Steering Committee. After leaving the DfES, he
established the assignment report in 2005, a subscription-based business intelligence
publication looking at the UK education market. The title became part of Meissa in
December 2007.
Contact: richard.taylor@meissa-limited.com