Antonia Sood

Antonia Sood was born in the UK and completed a degree in Russian at the University of Bristol. She worked for the UK Ministry of Defence then, after travelling widely, worked in the third world aid sector focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa. She subsequently completed an MBA at London Business School, after which she worked in financial publishing before co-founding a publishing business, which was successfully sold after 16 years.

Having set up The Beacon Scholarship with Ajay in 2008 as a fellow Trustee, Antonia has been involved in all aspects of the Beacon, but has now stepped back to an oversight role, with a particular focus on Scholar monitoring and content management.