Laurent Fauville is the new head of IT at Taaleem, which is the second largest operator of premium schools in the UAE. His responsibilities include future IT strategy and coordinating all applications, infrastructure and support for Taaleem schools. He is also responsible for data management and security.

His immediate focus is to ensure that Taaleem, as a group, is VAT ready for the changes coming on January 1, 2018. Alongside this, Taaleem’s strategy is to move more of its operation into the cloud and into an extremely agile model. This will give all their schools much more flexibility to use technologies such as virtual reality that enhances learning opportunities. Data intelligence will also play a key part in the first year to enable all levels of leadership within the organization to have accurate, real time information to enable smarter, dynamic, decision making.

Laurent is a strong supporter of empowering those in the education sector to create digital, and hands-on learning experiences that are customisable, adaptable, and highly relevant. He also strongly believes that central to his operational role is the enhancement of opportunities in schools and the development of the young people needed to fill the ever-increasing demand for talent in the digital world.

Prior to joining Taaleem, Fauville was head of IT in a variety of organisations ranging from luxury brands to the military sector. Before coming to the UAE, he had over 13 years of experience as a head of IT and IT manager in the financial, FMG, search and rescue industries.