About Us
IQA Education is a professional company intent on providing expert advice on the pathway towards a career in Quality Assurance. We want people to connect with a common vision of setting and upholding standards in whatever sector they
work in. Our organization specializes in creating solutions that occur within the operational roles of Internal and External Quality Assurers and to communicate messages to the international market.

Peter Davies
Profile
I would like to think of myself as being a good example of making a
success of a career change...
Having retired as a Detective after completing 30 years in the Police Service, I then followed my passion into the Health, Fitness and Well-being industry in a full-time capacity.
During the last 11 years of my Police Service, in my spare time, I gained several qualifications to support my passion and development of a career into Health & Fitness that included establishing a successful gym and fitness membership in a private members sports club, and which, I have no doubt, helped me in gaining my first full-time job in the industry, as a Health and Fitness Manager with David Lloyd Leisure.
I then progressed to working full-time as an External Verifier, with a top UK Awarding Body, and which included a dual-purpose role as Special Projects Manager in partnership with The Fitness Industry Association and their Codes of Practice. I also achieved an award as the Outstanding External Verifier at the Company’s 20th year anniversary awards event. During my career in this industry, I have gained numerous qualifications and progressed to becoming an Assessor, Internal and External Verifier. Over the past 6 years I have been working with several Internationally recognised Training Providers and Organisations to establish a more recognised standard for exercise professionals.
I am very much a people person and enjoy the face-to-face environment, but also appreciate the importance of social media and digital inclusions.
Having retired as a Detective after completing 30 years in the Police Service, I then followed my passion into the Health, Fitness and Well-being industry in a full-time capacity.
During the last 11 years of my Police Service, in my spare time, I gained several qualifications to support my passion and development of a career into Health & Fitness that included establishing a successful gym and fitness membership in a private members sports club, and which, I have no doubt, helped me in gaining my first full-time job in the industry, as a Health and Fitness Manager with David Lloyd Leisure.
I then progressed to working full-time as an External Verifier, with a top UK Awarding Body, and which included a dual-purpose role as Special Projects Manager in partnership with The Fitness Industry Association and their Codes of Practice. I also achieved an award as the Outstanding External Verifier at the Company’s 20th year anniversary awards event. During my career in this industry, I have gained numerous qualifications and progressed to becoming an Assessor, Internal and External Verifier. Over the past 6 years I have been working with several Internationally recognised Training Providers and Organisations to establish a more recognised standard for exercise professionals.
I am very much a people person and enjoy the face-to-face environment, but also appreciate the importance of social media and digital inclusions.

Ellie Harries
Profile
Ellie has spent over 25 years in training and development and is passionate about
quality assurance. She owns and runs a small training centre, developing and
providing qualifications for practitioners to become Assessors, IQA’s and EQA’s. She
works with several awarding organisations, large and small, as an External Quality
Consultant and has developed different qualifications and resource materials as well
carrying out many compliance visits to centres, nationally and internationally.
She started her career within the hospitality industry working as a hotel manager and licensee both in UK and in Australia. She then joined a large training provider as an Assessor and IQA progressing to Quality Manager managing a team of 15 IQA’s across the UK.
She loves to see her students doing well and enjoying their jobs, improving systems and procedures to achieve a high standard of quality within their organisations.
She started her career within the hospitality industry working as a hotel manager and licensee both in UK and in Australia. She then joined a large training provider as an Assessor and IQA progressing to Quality Manager managing a team of 15 IQA’s across the UK.
She loves to see her students doing well and enjoying their jobs, improving systems and procedures to achieve a high standard of quality within their organisations.

Lee Havern
Profile
Lee has been working in the Health and Fitness Industry since he left school in 2000 and has gained a range of qualifications.
He worked as a Fitness Instructor, Swim Coach, Class Instructor, Manager, Tutor, Assessor, Internal Verifier, ran his own Personal Training business and then decided to open up Platinum Training Institute in 2014 - Lee is very passionate about education and especially proper standards.
As of January 2020 Lee took on the role of Secretary General for REPs Malta which will be striving to increase the Standards in the Health and Fitness Industry in the country of Malta.
Lee is also the Founder of Fit Mind Matters which is a Mental Health Blog and Podcast.
He is very passionate about Mental Health, having worked with various Mental Health Charities and incorporates it into Platinum Training Institute qualifications. He wants to spread the Health First message as far as possible.
Lee is delighted to be part of IQA Education to help spread the Quality Assurance message in all industries worldwide.
He worked as a Fitness Instructor, Swim Coach, Class Instructor, Manager, Tutor, Assessor, Internal Verifier, ran his own Personal Training business and then decided to open up Platinum Training Institute in 2014 - Lee is very passionate about education and especially proper standards.
As of January 2020 Lee took on the role of Secretary General for REPs Malta which will be striving to increase the Standards in the Health and Fitness Industry in the country of Malta.
Lee is also the Founder of Fit Mind Matters which is a Mental Health Blog and Podcast.
He is very passionate about Mental Health, having worked with various Mental Health Charities and incorporates it into Platinum Training Institute qualifications. He wants to spread the Health First message as far as possible.
Lee is delighted to be part of IQA Education to help spread the Quality Assurance message in all industries worldwide.

Mahdi Jafargholizadeh
Profile
With over 15 years of working within the fitness industry, I have built up a wealth of knowledge in many different areas.
Working as a PT all the way to the management level has afforded me a broad range of experience in many different roles.
During these years I have also become a business developer for many leading education organizations in Europe and the middle east such as FAE-College(Fitness Academy Europe) based in Malta and NFE(Nordic Fitness Education ) based in Finland. Alongside my career in fitness as a teacher and examiner, I got involved with IRANREPS First as an IV (Internal Verifier) and later on become the lead EV(External Verifier).
I am also helping over 4 different national registers to develop their standard as well as quality assurance. Since 2021 I am also part of the Europe Active /EREPS coalition.
Working as a PT all the way to the management level has afforded me a broad range of experience in many different roles.
During these years I have also become a business developer for many leading education organizations in Europe and the middle east such as FAE-College(Fitness Academy Europe) based in Malta and NFE(Nordic Fitness Education ) based in Finland. Alongside my career in fitness as a teacher and examiner, I got involved with IRANREPS First as an IV (Internal Verifier) and later on become the lead EV(External Verifier).
I am also helping over 4 different national registers to develop their standard as well as quality assurance. Since 2021 I am also part of the Europe Active /EREPS coalition.