Pearson announced the appointment of Vishaal Guptaas President of Pearson's Workforce Skills division. Vishaal will report to CEO Omar Abboshand lead the next phase in the development of Pearson's enterprise solutions and vocational qualifications business. Vishaal succeeds current Workforce Skills division President Mike Howells, who will leave the company in March.

Vishaal brings 29 years of global experience as a highly accomplished business leader in the enterprise technology space. He joins Pearson from Accenture, where he currently serves as a Senior Managing Director and member of the Global Leadership Council. During his tenure at Accenture, Vishaal has served in several leadership roles including Europe Technology Sales, Solutions and Ecosystem Lead, Google Cloud Platform Sales Lead, Global Technology Industry Lead for Telecoms and Media and most recently as the EMEA Market Maker for Strategic deals.

Prior to Accenture, Vishaal worked with world class technology services organizations like Tech Mahindra and HCL Technologies in addition to co-founding a product start-up called Unimobile, which was later acquired by Verisign. Vishaal holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and a Computer Engineering degree from the DelhiCollege of Engineering. He is also involved in various projects to improve literacy in schools and communities across India.

Vishaal is based in Zurich, Switzerland.