About us
We’re a leading insights, strategy, recruitment and growth consultancy for universities and business schools worldwide.
With decades spent working with ambitious global institutions, we understand what it takes to attract quality student cohorts and achieve world-class performance.
We make you a promise
To pursue ambitious student enrolment targets that others shy away from.
Our team brings deep sector experience and razor-sharp insight into your competitive positioning. We bring critical knowledge of what today’s students are looking for at all education levels, from pre-experience to executive degrees.
You’re the expert in your field. We combine that with our proven strategies and expertise to deliver innovative, thoughtful ways to achieve sustainable student growth.
Our directors
When you work with Capstone Consultants, you work directly with directors who are unafraid of the heavy lifting. Clear in their thinking, collaborative in their approach, and committed to your success – that’s how we work.
Helen Robertson, Director
Helen has spent over two decades partnering with leading universities and business schools, specialising in international and post-experience education. Her expertise spans research, marketing and business development. She adds invaluable experience by helping institutions achieve ambitious growth targets.
Helen is best known for bringing critical thinking, thorough investigative skills and persuasive diplomacy to the projects she works on.
Before founding Capstone Consultants, Helen held a UK board position as Communications and Research Director at Hobsons PLC, a leading higher education services provider.
Leyla Gilbey, Director
Leyla has decades of experience building a highly successful career as a Commercial Director within the higher education sector. She has developed new business units specialising in technology and enquiry management to drive international student recruitment.
Known as a rainmaker for the businesses and clients she works with, Leyla brings a strong commercial edge to the academic arena. Before founding Capstone Consultants, Leyla was Sales Director for international student recruitment experts, Hobsons (part of DMGT).
Worked with world class institutions
‘Just as we moved from being known as the University College of Estate Management to the University of the Built Environment, I chose Capstone Consultants to deliver a strategic and market research review of our unique specialist MBA. I had worked with them successfully at a previous institution and I was aware of their extensive expertise in the post-experience education market. The work they undertook, a 360-degree review including B2B and B2C markets, gave us important insights and helped our decision-making relating to the future direction and development of our programme, as well as practical considerations related to our recruitment and alumni services. The data and analysis that they provided allowed us even better to understand our place in the market, and make long-term plans for future successful programmes and I would not hesitate to recommend them as research and consulting partners.’
Get in touch
Speak with us directly and see how we can help you achieve your student recruitment campaigns and programme ambitions.