Introducing Success Tutoring’s 2026 Global Executive Leadership Team

Success Tutoring’s 2026 Executive Team brings 50+ years of combined leadership experience across franchising, education, and global consumer brands, including former CEOs, COOs and senior executives from industry leaders such as Kumon, Starbucks and Cluey.

This leadership group has scaled multi-site franchise networks, built global education platforms, and operated at enterprise level. Today, they are focused on accelerating Success Tutoring’s global expansion across Australia, New Zealand, North America and Asia, with a disciplined approach to growth, unit economics and network performance.

The executive team is responsible for developing Success Tutoring’s global operating framework, performance benchmarks, partner support infrastructure and education standards; positioning the business for scalable and capital-efficient expansion.

Success Tutoring is building a category-defining global education platform.

This team is building the engine behind it.

Michael Black

Founder & Global CEO

Michael Black is the visionary founder and Global CEO of Success Tutoring. What began as a small tutoring venture in a spare room has evolved into one of the fastest-growing education franchise systems in the world.

Michael built Success Tutoring on a core philosophy: Motivate. Inspire. Uplift. His mission is to transform tutoring from a transactional service into a powerful personal development journey for students and a scalable business opportunity for franchise partners.

As Global CEO, Michael leads the company’s global strategy, brand vision, franchise expansion innovation roadmap. He is responsible for driving Success Tutoring’s international footprint, partnerships long-term vision to reach millions of students worldwide.

Kate Youssef

Chief of Staff

Kate Youssef serves as Chief of Staff, acting as the strategic backbone of the organisation.

With a strong background in growth strategy, operations performance management, Kate works closely with the executive team to ensure strategic initiatives are executed at speed and scale. She coordinates global initiatives, aligns departments and ensures that Success Tutoring’s rapid expansion is supported by world-class internal systems and accountability frameworks.

Kate plays a critical role in turning vision into execution, ensuring franchise partners benefit from consistent systems and leadership across all markets.

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Sylvio Angelone

Head of Global Growth & Performance

Sylvio Angelone brings decades of global operational leadership experience, including senior executive roles in multinational brands such as Starbucks.

As Head of Global Growth & Performance, Sylvio is responsible for scaling Success Tutoring’s operational model across countries. He focuses on performance benchmarks, scalability frameworks to ensure franchise partners have the systems and KPIs needed to build high-performing tutoring centres.

Sylvio’s role is to ensure Success Tutoring achieves operational excellence, while maintaining the agility and culture that made it successful.

Rick Molineux

Head of Global Education

Rick Molineux leads Success Tutoring’s academic strategy and curriculum development as Head of Global Education.

With extensive experience in publicly listed Cluey Learning and various global education leadership roles, Rick ensures Success Tutoring’s academic frameworks are rigorous, modern and globally relevant. He oversees curriculum design, learning methodologies and educational innovation.

Rick’s focus is to ensure every Success Tutoring student (anywhere in the world) receives consistent, high-quality, outcomes-driven tutoring that builds confidence, capability for lifelong learning skills.

Allan Menagh

Head of Global Partnerships

Allan Menagh leads global partnerships, strategic alliances and enterprise relationships.

As Head of Global Partnerships, Allan works on building relationships with corporate partners, education institutions, technology providers and global franchise stakeholders. Allan uses his 20+ years of experience in education franchising and as former CEO of Kumon, to expand Success Tutoring’s ecosystem.

Allan helps ensure franchise partners benefit from strong brand partnerships, enterprise opportunities and long-term strategic growth initiatives.

Michele Saidi

Head of Global Franchise Recruitment

Michele Saidi leads franchise recruitment and expansion worldwide.

With deep expertise in franchise sales, recruitment partner selection, Michele ensures Success Tutoring attracts high-calibre franchise partners aligned with the brand’s values and growth ambitions. She oversees global franchise pipelines, territory expansion and building partner qualification processes.

Michele’s role is to help franchise partners find the right territories, understand the business model and confidently step into the Success Tutoring network with clarity and support.

Jaimee Leah

Head of Global Leasing

Jaimee Leah oversees global site selection, leasing strategy and property development.

As Head of Global Leasing, Jaimee works with franchise partners to identify optimal locations, negotiate leases and ensure each Success Tutoring centre meets brand and operational requirements. Her expertise helps franchise partners secure strategic, high-visibility locations that support enrollment growth and brand presence.

Jaimee’s work ensures Success Tutoring centres are positioned for long-term success from day one.

Maryam Aishiaia

Head of Global Onboarding

Maryam Aishiaia leads franchise onboarding, training and launch support.

As Head of Global Onboarding, Maryam ensures new franchise partners are fully equipped with systems, training, processes and operational playbooks before opening. She manages onboarding frameworks, training programs and launch milestones to ensure franchise partners hit the ground running.

Maryam’s role is to turn new partners into confident, capable operators with a clear roadmap to profitability.

A Leadership Team Built for Global Scale

Success Tutoring’s executive team combines entrepreneurial vision, corporate leadership experience, education expertise and franchise growth strategy.

Together, they are building the infrastructure, systems global brand presence required to scale Success Tutoring into a worldwide household name; while ensuring franchise partners receive the support, frameworks guidance needed to succeed.

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