Jamie Bettles

Jamie is a founder with over 15 years of experience in experiential learning and sustainable overseas programmes within higher education. As the founder of Pagoda Projects, he grew the company into an award-winning, B Corp certified provider of international experiences, partnering with 50+ universities and companies around the world. Jamie’s expertise spans intercultural fluency, sustainability and commercial strategy. Jamie works as a strategic advisor and mentors other founders whilst co-founding high-impact startups.

Jamie first discovered K4Cs work during James' session at the 2016 ASET conference. He stayed in touch with James ever since and followed K4C's journey. Jamie's motivation for joining as a trustee is to support the strategic growth of K4Cs programmes which have the potential to set the standard when it comes to equitable, impactful global volunteering.