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As at 17 November 2017, the board of IDP Education comprised seven members. The profile of
one of these board members, David Battersby, is described by IDP Education as a career educator
with extensive experience in the post-secondary education sector (IDP Education, 2017b). The
other six members’ profiles, as detailed on IDP Education’s webpage portrays these directors as
career corporate executives. For example, “Ariane [Barker currently] heads the Products and
Markets division at wealth management firm JBWere.” (IDP Education, 2017b)
1.8 British Council
The British Council is a founding member of the IELTS consortium. The British Council is
responsible for managing IELTS test centers in locations based in the Americas, the Middle East,
Africa, Europe and Asia (IELTS, 2017b).
1.9 University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge’s wholly owned subsidiary, Cambridge Assessment Group, authors
and pre-tests official IELTS examination test materials.
Cambridge Assessment Group authors 16 other tests in additional to IELTS. Figure 8, overleaf,
lists these test as extracted from Cambridge Assessment’s official website.