Staff - MC Academy - Our Amazing Teachers and Staff

Our Amazing Teachers and Staff!

Our staff are passionate about providing a secure and stimulating learning experience for students. Our teachers are qualified, and culturally-sensitive as many of them have previously taught English abroad.

If you want to read about the ELT/TESOL qualifications of our teaching staff then please read the British Council’s 2018 report here.

If you want to read the feedback collated from our most recent inspection, read the Private Further Education 2019 report here.

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Majid Abufares

CEO & Founder

Imad Ahmed

Executive Director

BA Middle Eastern Studies and Hebrew, MA International Business

Nicholas Kiley

Head of Development

BA (Hons) Sociology, MA Educational Technology and TESOL, CELTA, DELTA

Frances Carr

Director of Studies & Designated Safeguarding Lead

BA Contemporary Film & Video, CELTA

Joseph Grogan

Assistant Director of Studies

BA (Hons) Arabic Studies, CELTA

Harriet Burleigh

Administration Manager

BA (Hons) Psychology

Antonio Pecchillo

Finance & Enrolment Officer

Laila Romero

Finance & Enrolment Officer

BA (Hons) International Relations

Tatiana Bastos

Compliance & Enrolment Officer

BA (Hons) Graphic Design

Jade Lavin

School Secretary, HR & Accommodation

BA (Hons) Law LLB

Krystian Griffiths

Marketing Manager & Social Activities Coordinator

BA (Hons) Illustration with Animation

Morgan D’Arcy

EFL Teacher

BA (Hons) English with Music, CELTA

Charlie Davies

EFL Teacher

BA (Hons) Philosophy, MA TEFL, Trinity Cert. TESOL

Chris Nelligan

EFL teacher

BA (Hons) History, MA in Humanities, CELTA

Gill Gunn

EFL Teacher

BA (Hons) History & English, PGCE with History, MA in English Studies, CELTA

Paul Fernandez

EFL Teacher

BA (Hons) English Language, CELTA

Rahila Tauqeer

EFL Teacher

BA (Hons) Commerce (Gold Medalist), MA English, MA TESOL and Applied Linguistics, Post Graduate Certificate in International English Language Teaching and Applied Language Studies, CELTA