Eight educators. One network.

Neil is an experienced school leader and executive manager. He has held two international school headships, as well as director and senior management roles outside education.

He knows school start-up, growth and expansion from the inside, and has a long record in leadership coaching and teacher training. He is especially interested in holistic principles such as mindfulness, environmental awareness and social-emotional learning, and in seeing them work in real schools.

Neil has worked across the private, public and voluntary sectors in the UK and Thailand. Alongside 11 years of school leadership, he has been director of a research centre, a teacher, a community services manager, a radio presenter and a football coach.

Gary has spent 30 years in education, as a teacher and head teacher in primary and secondary schools in Thailand, China and New Zealand. He is also a trained guidance counsellor.

Along the way he co-founded a language school and held a range of management roles, most recently as principal of an international school in Chiang Mai. He is passionate about enquiry-based learning, curriculum development and helping teachers grow their skills.

Away from school he loves the outdoors, and is often found trekking or cycling through the forests of northern Thailand.

Michel has been an educator for nearly 40 years, teaching every level from nursery to high school and spending twenty of those years in leadership.

He has been principal of a K-12 school in Canada, founding CEO of an outdoor education centre, and primary school principal and mindfulness director at an international school in Thailand. An experienced professional development trainer, he is an ACC-certified ICF leadership coach and an NLP coach, and he is now undertaking doctoral research in educational leadership.

Somehow he still finds time to cycle, hike, swim, rock climb and watch action films, then calm down again with meditation.

Jeerawan (Aae) has more than 12 years of experience as an early years educator at a values-based international school, and is devoted to building a deep love of learning in her students.

She brings therapeutic practice into the classroom, creating spaces where children feel connected and thrive emotionally as well as academically. Passionate about play-based learning and mindful interaction, she designs experiences that support the whole child, so that each one can reach their full potential.

Outside the classroom she enjoys hiking, travelling and time in nature.

Elizabeth is an enthusiastic educator with more than 25 years of experience teaching primary school and English as a second language.

She believes every child can learn in an engaging, supportive environment, and she sets out to help each student find a love of learning. A sustainability-focused teacher, she specialises in bringing mindfulness techniques into her lessons. She has taught in the US, Japan, Colombia and her favourite, Thailand.

A lifelong learner, Elizabeth enjoys yoga, art, travel, gardening, languages, meditation, volunteering, reading and hiking with her dog.

Jettana is a school start-up and enrolment specialist who spent ten years as head of marketing, admissions and parent support at two international schools, and has since worked as a school start-up consultant.

An experienced manager and trainer, Jettana is skilled at building strong school support teams, setting up communication channels that work and nurturing constructive relationships between school and parents.

Outside school, Jettana has a passion for interior design and loves to travel.

Anthony is an experienced early years practitioner who specialises in play-based education. He has worked in schools for 15 years and recently co-founded a successful multi-age, play-based preschool in Chiang Mai.

He is passionate about bringing positive values such as empathy, compassion and patience into the classroom, and he is always looking for, and trying out, innovative and creative strategies grounded in the latest educational thinking.

A former competitive swimmer and a fully qualified lifeguard, Anthony spends his spare time motorcycling and rock climbing.

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