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WORKSHOP LEADERS
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Margaret Abbott |
| Margaret Abbott has worked in the not-for-profit sector in both the UK and the US for more than 30 years and has lived in the UK since 1989. Her various roles have included serving as a trustee, development director, volunteer, corporate foundation director and community foundation grants officer. more>> |
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Professor Ben Bryant |
Ben Bryant is Professor of Leadership and Organization at IMD in Lausanne.
He is a highly effective teacher, facilitator and speaker. He has presented his research at many leading academic institutions and is a regular speaker at management conferences around the world.
For more than 15 years, Ben’s focus has been in developing leadership in and of organisations. more>> |
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Jim Buckheit |
| Jim Buckheit is the founding head of Vistamar School in Los Angeles, an innovative high school serving one of the most diverse student populations in the United States. His experience as an independent school head spans 33 years at diverse institutions, including the Common School in Massachusetts, the Anglo-American School of Moscow, St. Paul Academy and Summit School in Minnesota, Frankfurt International School in Germany, and Baylor School in Tennessee. more>> |
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Matthew Chuck |
| Matthew Chuck is a science graduate from Cambridge University, and was a senior commercial manager with one of America’s most successful materials’ companies, based in Frankfurt. He developed his interest in international education both as a parent and as a trustee of the Frankfurt International School, in which role he contributed to several long-term projects in various capacities, including Chair of the Trustees’ Committee, and Treasurer. more>> |
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Dominic Currer |
| Dominic Currer is currently Director of the International School of Zug and Luzern. He was educated in the UK and received degrees from the University of Southampton. After brief flirtations with defence intelligence and banking, he took the plunge, and trained to become a teacher of History. more>> |
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Dr. David Hawley |
| Dr. David Hawley is the Director of Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, one of the twelve United World Colleges (UWCs), located on five continents. The United World Colleges are committed to making education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. Dr. Hawley served as Headmaster and President of AtlantaInternational School in Georgia prior to going to Canada. Earlier responsibilities included roles as principal and teacher at schools in Latin America and Europe. more>> |
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Adele Hodgson |
| Adele Hodgson’s experience spans the business and not for profit worlds ranging from banking, to medical research, to education. She is the author/editor of three books, and numerous articles on strategic planning, marketing and development, and governance. She worked very successfully with the Frankfurt International School for 12 years. more>> |
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Mary Langford |
Mary Langford has worked almost every facet of school life: admissions, alumni, public relations, marketing and communications, administration and personnel, teaching, and head in European-based schools offering a combination of US, UK and IB curricula. She has also been a consultant advising expatriate families seeking school placements in the UK and abroad, and in her early career before moving to Europe she worked on Capitol Hill and in a Washington embassy. Her undergraduate studies were undertaken at The College of William and Mary in Virginia, George Mason University, and University of Texas where she received a BA. more>> |
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Diana Maughan |
| Since 1997, Diana Maughan has been working in partnership with Peter B. Ditchburn in providing services for Canadian independent schools. Diana is a past Chair of York House School in Vancouver and during that time founded the first Chairs Session at the Canadian Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) Annual Conference in 1994. Through Ditchburn and Maughan Partners, Diana has presented on a regular basis to the CAIS Annual Conference to new Heads and Chairs on the importance of the partnership between the Head and the Chair and Board. more>> |
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John Stopford |
John Stopford is Professor Emeritus of the London Business School, where he was the founding Chairman of the Strategic and International Management Area. He is also Chairman of TLP International Inc. and of the Advisory Council of Helperby Therapeutics Plc. Professor Stopford is a board-level consultant and coach for chief executives, as well as designer of senior executive education programs for many multinationals. His services have been retained by governments, including Brazil, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and the UK. Assessing the effectiveness of boards and working closely with boards of educational and not-for-profit organizations has been a particular preoccupation in recent years. more>> |
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Professor Paul Strebel |
| Paul Strebel is the Sandoz Family Foundation Professor at IMD (International Institute for Management Development, named by the Financial Times as the top business school in Europe (3rd in the world) for executive education programmes (ref: Financial Times, 14.5.07) . He focuses on governance, strategic breakpoints and the leadership of change over time, for which he has developed the principles of trajectory management. His work on the anticipation and management of breakpoints and change has influenced many organizations such as HSBC, ABB, ABN Amro, Bosch, ECB and the UN. more>> |
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