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“Pumkin is a delightful way to learn English. It is fantastic and my kid really enjoys it!” - vivi221180 “The site is both interesting and entertaining, the more you use it the more you enjoy it.” - Nicholas White, China “So easy to learn and so much content!” - jbkenneth “I can highly recommend it for young children with no prior knowledge of English.” - Stephanie Venemas, The Netherlands “The content is very appealing to children and has a very well structured course.” - junru19850117 “So much fun! I will definitely introduce this to my friends!” - a2788a2799 “It is really interesting. I like it here.” - joe0296 “I feel so excited! Thank you for showing me the website.” - leannepesticcio “Great layout. Easy to use for kids.” - analisa_bm “I love it! I will do a sample lesson with my students and recommend this site to them.” - Guest “Excellent, keep it up. You have done a good job.” - errfanurfi “It is really a wonderful site.” - maymousha1721 “It's very funny. I love it.” - nayanamalee1 “It is interesting and didactic.” - cristinafx5 “This site is very useful for kids, they can learn with fun.” - indu_malhotra_07 “This site is very attractive for my children to learn English enjoyably and has very rich helpful contents.” - usman.riyadi “Absolutely fantastic. No words to thank for all the efforts put in to make learning today so interesting.” - sadiasalma “Excellent design and fun learning for kids.” - d_koti “Excellent!! We tried with alphabet and my daughter of 4 was very excited!” - sjorgelina “Great vocabulary and very interesting activities. Thank you.” - getso74 “Your site content is very interesting especially for children.” - pacaviraalfredo “Excellent introduction video...I look forward to sharing this site with my students as well as their parents. THANK YOU for such a great product!!” - elauble “The songs are simply great! My students love them! Congrats on the awesome work! ” - lilianmdm, Brazil “The site is very good for English learners.” - Guest

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Mission Statement

To make English learning more fun and effective for children around the world.

Management Team

The following team is at the heart of the development of Pumkin's curriculum,
its digital media and its growing business.

Mark Pemberton
Founder and CEO

BA(Hons.) Philosophy and Politics, University of Warwick, UK. Commercial and teaching experience in Taiwan since 1994.

Mateo Solares
Founder and CTO

BA(Hons.) Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK. Commercial and teaching experience in Taiwan since 1999; experience in leading new media agencies in London 1995-9.

Thomas Hayton
CFO

MBA, Cranfield School of Management, UK; BA(Hons.) Philosophy and Literature, University of Warwick, UK. Commercial and teaching experience in Taiwan since 2001, and Japan and Korea since 1996.

Jason Bakkum
Founder and Art Director

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, Chinese language specialisation. Teaching experience in Taiwan since 1995.

Eric Wilber
Video Producer

MA in Experimental Psychology, St Bonaventure University, USA. University lecturer, Korea and Taiwan since 1995.

This team leads a group of programmers, developers, studio engineers and
designers that generates the vibrant character of Pumkin's content.

Corporate Structure

Pumkin's corporate structure comprises a Hong Kong holding company with licensing and IPR subsidiaries in the British Virgin Islands and an operating subsidiary in Taiwan where staff are based and research and development is carried out.