Emma

Emma Latham-Jones is a highly experienced bilingual (French & English) tutor with over 4,900 hours billed and a decade of experience. Emma has won numerous teaching, communications and debating awards, including the University of Cambridge’s Mountford Communications Prize, the Oxford Union’s Schools’ Debating competition and the Excellence in Teaching prize. Alongside tutoring, she works part-time as a Senior Manager for Responsible Investing in the City of London and a Strategic Advisor for a range of startups.

Emma has an MPhil in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge (awarded full scholarship), as well as degrees from UC Berkeley, Sciences Po Paris and the University of Warwick (awarded academic scholarships at all institutions), and a certificate from Harvard Business School. For her undergraduate degree, she was awarded a First Class and the prize for the highest-performing student in the department. Emma is currently studying for the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst).

Prior to her current role, she worked in Paris as a diplomat at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and as a civil servant (for BEIS) in the UK. To become an Official at the OECD, she had to pass multiple tests and interviews, including logical reasoning tests, written tests and quantitative reasoning. Ultimately, she was chosen as one of the top six successful applicants of the 2,600 candidates who applied for the post. Many of the skills she learnt whilst preparing for these tests, she teaches to her students preparing for verbal and non-verbal reasoning entrance exams.

During this time, she had the opportunity to meet numerous heads of state, ambassadors, city mayors and CEOs of FTSE 100 companies as part of the programme. She has thus seen politics and economics play out in real-time and enjoy sharing these insights with her social science students. She continues to work closely with leading social scientists , most recently speaking on a roundtable discussion with former Director of Public Prosecutions, Sir Max Hill KC, and on a panel at The Law Society with Sharif Shivji KC.

Emma’s tutoring style is first and foremost nurturing. She prides herself on being enthusiastic, engaging and sensitive to the individual’s needs, in order to bring out the best in each pupil. Many of Emma’s tutees have been with her for over 5 years, and she continues to develop long-term, meaningful relationships with each of her clients, to support them through each step on their academic journey.

In her first tutorials, she will conduct an assessment to gauge the student’s current level, then set out clear objectives and target grades with the student and family.

I am a keen sportswoman, swimming, riding, playing golf, and doing cycling in my spare time. I have also cycled over 1000km across France. I enjoy scuba diving in the holidays and am PADI qualified. My other hobbies are painting, bird watching, gardening and clay pigeon shooting.