Zelmira Koch Polk is the managing director of the Hearth Advisors, a global Education and Healthcare advisory firm specialized in setting up institutions and businesses internationally. Zelmira is a Chartered Director from the IOD, serves on the board of EdTech X Holdings the world’s first publicly listed special purpose acquisition company focused on education, training and edtech, OBRIZUM Group a Cambridge based AI powered online professional training and accreditation group, Trustee of Aspen Institute Britain and board of ARFA Röhrenwerke AG, a Swiss steel company. Prior to Hearth, Zelmira ran the international division of Chartwell Education Group.