The global community for education leaders to meet trusted peers, gain sharper insights, and make the next big decision better.
Leadership can be lonely. The bigger your responsibilities get, the harder it becomes to find trusted peers who truly understand what you’re navigating.
ELF started with a simple but powerful idea: leaders make better decisions when they have friends or trusted peers around them.
Not keynotes. Not panels. But real conversations with real people (read: friends) who understand the weight of the decisions you’re making, because they’re making them or have made them too.
ELF is grounded in three values: insights, collaboration, and friendship. From CEO referrals and investor introductions to landmark deals like a $1.2bn school acquisition, to cross-border collaborations such as the launch of a dual-diploma programme between two member firms, and even learning design innovation exchanges between Peru and South Africa – this is a community where growth happens because trust runs deep.
If you’ve ever wondered where the actual conversations in education are happening – the ones that move the dial when it matters most – they’re happening here.
One membership. Three powerful levers to help you make better decisions.
Every conversation is grounded in what’s real: rethinking a campus or expanding into a new market, or diversifying revenue streams. No fluff - just honest dialogue with decision makers who’ve done it before and are generous with the how.
Our role-based communities offer spaces for off-the record conversations. It is YOUR community where trust runs deep, and support for high-stakes business decisions is just a WhatsApp message away.
ELF is a community you build with. Our members raise capital, enter partnerships from across continents, and share playbooks - all starting with conversations inside our community. This is where real business gets done.
Every applicant is vetted and interviewed before joining our community.
If you are an investor, advisor, or a consulting business leading the education vertical, fill out our waitlist form to explore other partnership opportunities.
Individual members gain access to one of ELF’s role-based communities – CEO, Strategy, Talent, MarComms, Global Education, Women in Leadership – plus priority invites to working sessions and curated peer groups. Invites to working sessions, curated peer groups, Soul Retreats, delegations to high-growth markets and the ELF Deal Room.
Referred by a current member? You may be fast-tracked.
For education businesses growing with purpose
For CxOs shaping the future of education
Every applicant is vetted and interviewed before joining our community.
If you are an investor, advisor, or a consulting business leading the education vertical, fill out our waitlist form to explore other partnership opportunities.
Individual members gain access to one of ELF’s role-based communities – CEO, Strategy, Talent, MarComms, Global Education, Women in Leadership – plus priority invites to working sessions and curated peer groups. Invites to working sessions, curated peer groups, Soul Retreats, delegations to high-growth markets and the ELF Deal Room.
Referred by a current member? You may be fast-tracked.
For education businesses ready to grow with purpose
For CxOs shaping the future of education
ELF is more than a membership – it’s your advisory board, your growth partner, and your global community in one.