With You Every Step: The Experience Behind The Community

The Experience Behind the Community

In many ways, the strength of a community comes down to the people behind it.

At Expat Academy, Global Mobility isn’t something observed from the outside - it’s something lived and experienced every day.

The team brings together decades of experience across the industry, spanning in-house roles, consultancy, and supplier-side expertise. They’ve managed complex mobility programmes, navigated compliance challenges, supported global workforces, and handled the kinds of real-world issues that don’t appear in textbooks.

That lived experience shapes everything.

It informs the events.
It strengthens the benchmarking.
And it ensures that every conversation within the community is grounded in practical, real-world insight.

The team understands the realities of the role: the operational pressures, the stakeholder demands, the compliance risks, and the constant balancing act that Global Mobility professionals face.

This isn’t theoretical support - it’s guidance built on experience.

Across the team are professionals who have held senior in-house Global Mobility roles and worked closely with mobility teams for years, including:

• Greg Smith – Global Mobility Regional Lead, Europe at Lockheed Martin; formerly Global Mobility Executive at British American Tobacco
• Chris Blair – Senior Global Mobility Manager at Aviva
• Roxy Opas – bringing over eight years of in-house Global Mobility experience
• Tony, Stu, Laura, and Natalie – contributing decades of supplier-side expertise

This blend of perspectives ensures the community benefits from trusted insight, practical guidance, and a deep understanding of the challenges faced across the profession.