Our Amazing Teachers and Staff!


Majid Abufares
CEO & Founder

Imad Ahmed
Executive Director
BA Middle Eastern Studies and Hebrew, MA International Business

Holly Bremner
Head of Development
BA (Hons) English Language & Literature, CELTA, DELTA

Joseph Grogan
Director of Studies
ELBA (Hons) Arabic Studies, CELTA, DELTA

Harriet Burleigh
Administration Manager
BA (Hons) Psychology


Antonio Pecchillo
Finance & Enrolment Officer

Tatiana Bastos
Compliance & Enrolment Officer
BA (Hons) Graphic Design

Jade Lavin
School Secretary, HR & Accommodation
BA (Hons) Law LLB

Hannah Rowan
Enrolment Officer
BA (Hons) English Literature
MA in Modern Contemporary Literature

Aya Issa
Arabic Support Officer
MSc Medicinal Genomics


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

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

Hamza Tariq
EFL Teacher
BA (Hons) English Language & Literature, MA in TESOL, CELTA

Amama Forjani
ELF Teacher
BA (Hons) Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages with Italian, MA in Applied Linguistics, CELTA

Safwan Foy
EFL Teacher
BA (Hons) Japanese With Psychology, CELTA

Katy O'Donnell
EFL Teacher
CELTA

Russell Howell
EFL Teacher
BA (Hons) English Literature, CELTA

Méadhbh O'Donovan
EFL Teacher
BA (Hons) Fine Art, MEI-RELSA

Arfan Siddique
EFL Teacher
BSc (Hons) Management Science, CELTA
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