Johnny Rich is managing director of Push and a consultant in higher education and media. His recent clients include the European Commission, HEFCE and a number of recruiters, education bodies and media organisations. He is also a director of the Higher Education Academy.

Since founding Push in 1992, Johnny has built it into an award-winning social enterprise providing information, advice and research about UK universities and student life. Push is currently expanding its collaborative outreach work, with events in nearly 400 schools in 2012, reflecting Push's reputation for high quality information delivered in a humorous, uncompromising and impartial way.

As a member of various think tanks and strategy bodies, Johnny contributes widely to policy debates on education, careers, wider participation and social mobility. With degrees from the Universities of Durham and East Anglia, his background also includes journalism, publishing, media relations, television and the web.

He appears regularly on television and radio and his debut novel The Human Script will be published later this year.