About me
My career in education spans almost two decades, from classroom teaching in the UK to senior leadership in two of the world's leading British international schools. Since 2025 I have been working in an advisory capacity, first as Academic Director for a new education group based in Vietnam, and increasingly through my independent practice as a strategic adviser to schools and education groups.
Education & career
I was educated at Colfe's School in South East London and then UCL, where I read Economics, before completing a PGCE in Business and Economics Education at the Institute of Education. My teaching career began with roles in the economics and business departments of Coulsdon College and Whitgift School. I moved into middle leadership when I joined Tiffin School as Head of Economics, and my final post in the UK was that of Head of Economics and Business at Trinity School.
In August 2017 I transitioned into international education, moving to South Korea and joining NLCS Jeju. There, I served as Head of Sixth Form and IBDP Coordinator before being promoted to Vice Principal (Academic). I later joined the founding Senior Team at NLCS (Singapore) in the same role, and was subsequently appointed Senior Vice Principal. This included deputising for the Principal, as well as taking responsibility for all aspects of the school's academic programme, university/careers guidance and the day-to-day running of the Senior School.
Since August 2025, I have been working as Academic Director for Millennia Education, supporting the pre-launch phase of a new premium British international school in Ho Chi Minh City. My work spans educational strategy and guiding statements, curriculum and staffing models, policy development, and senior staff recruitment and selection. Beyond this, I have also provided advisory input at group level, spanning commercial positioning, expansion planning, and educational programme development.
The bigger picture
Outside work, my interests tend toward things that are well made and built to last — objects that reward close attention and reflect the craft that went into creating them. I am slowly building a collection of mechanical watches, not in pursuit of a single perfect piece, but a curated set in which each has a distinct character and a specific place. The same instinct draws me to fine fountain pens and good paper, and to coffee approached with perhaps more seriousness than is strictly necessary.
Photography has been a consistent thread for many years, street and people first and foremost, though the lens tends to wander across landscape, architecture, and the occasional oddment that resists easy categorisation. Writing, mostly on LinkedIn, runs alongside it as an occasional outlet — on education, leadership, and whatever else happens to be occupying my thinking.
I have lived and worked across South East Asia since 2017, in South Korea, Singapore, and Vietnam, and will be relocating to Budapest in 2026. It has been a privilege to experience how differently each culture approaches life, while discovering that teenagers, somehow, are teenagers wherever you go.
