Saul Nassé

Saul Nassé was appointed Group Chief Executive of Cambridge Assessment in April 2018, having served as Chief Executive of Cambridge Assessment English since 2014.

Saul studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University and spent three years as a research scientist at Cranfield University, before joining the BBC. In a 23 year career at the corporation he was Editor of prime-time science show Tomorrow’s World, Head of Religion & Ethics and General Manager of BBC Worldwide Productions in Mumbai, where he was responsible for the Indian version of Strictly Come Dancing.

His last job at the BBC before joining Cambridge Assessment English was as Controller of BBC Learning, where he ran the department that commissioned and produced the BBC’s education programmes and websites. These included Stargazing Live, BBC Food, Bitesize, and the innovative new learning product, iWonder.