Meet our team

All of our teachers are qualified and hold either the Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) or the Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults (DELTA).

Fay Drewry – Managing Director

I joined LSBF in 2010 as the Director of Studies, after many years of experience as an ELT teacher trainer in Europe and Asia. With previous experience in the financial sector, examining for Trinity London, and assessing for Cambridge ESOL, I am now the Managing Director of the School of English. In my free time I enjoy travelling, playing polo and socialising.

John Reid – Academic Manager

My name is John. I have many years teaching experience including courses from beginner to advanced and IELTS/exam courses to business English. I joined LSBF in 2010 as the Assistant Director of Studies and am now the Academic Manager. I'm always available for students to talk to about academic matters.

Chiara Farina-Ibbs – Academic Manager

My name is Chiara and I'm one of the Academic Managers at LSBF. I have over 11 years' experience in teaching, in England and abroad. I have trained English teachers at CELTA and Delta levels as well as other training qualifications since 2011.  I have an MA in ELT and Applied Linguistics from King's College London, and I'm interested in Second Language Acquisition and Socio- and Psycholinguistics, especially aspects of which can improve the teachers' and students' experience in the classroom.

Nousha Eshghipour – IELTS Manager

I have 14 year experience teaching English as a foreign language of which 12 have been teaching Cambridge exam classes (FCE, CAE, PCE). For the last 8 years I have been teaching IELTS preparation classes. In addition to managing the IELTS department, I manage the Academic Writing courses at the School of English. In my free time, I enjoy practising Jeet Kune Do and socialising.

Saira Ahmed – Operations Officer

I graduated from Brighton University and took a CELTA teaching qualification. I have experience in sales in the international business sector and I understand the importance of learning and teaching  English as it is the main language of business and finance in the world today. I make sure everyone comes to school and that students are in the right class.

Laxmi Hirani – Senior Customer Care Manager

Hello, my name is Lax Hirani.  I'm a qualified Legal Executive by education and a Public Relations Manager by experience and profession.  I've over 14 years of experience in Education Industry.  The education market is very competitive so it's essential that I build up and maintain good relationships with students and clients likewise.  I'm currently working as a Senior Customer Care Manager at LSBF.  I have also participated in several educational events, conferences and seminars both locally and internationally. My secret second passion is modelling!

Meet some of our teachers

Name: Celine McDaid - Teacher
Qualifications: FCE/CAE Cambridge Examiner, CELTA, BA 2:1 Classics Oriel College – University of Oxford
Experience: Teaching for almost six years consecutively, four in IELTS. Taught Business English, FCE, CAE, IELTS, BEC (Vantage and Higher)
Interests: Preparing students for the British style of teaching in universities (much more independent work / also writer-responsible language not reader – clarity of expression)

Name: George Newth - Teacher
Qualifications: CELTA, BA (1st) - University of Wales, MA - University College London
Experience: worked in the EFL industry for 4 years and specialise in teaching lower level students.
Interests: lower levels, teaching via Skype, using multimedia to assist learning.

Name: Frank Bajorek - Teacher
Qualifications: BSc (2:1) Food European Studies - Cannington College, DELTA, Member of English UK
Experience: worked as an EFL teacher for 15 years with 18 months as an Academic Manager. Experience teaching all levels, strong in teaching exam classes.
Interests: dogme approach, lexical approach.

Name: Heather Roberts - Teacher
Qualifications: CELTA, BA, MA (Merit) in Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Communications - Birkbeck College, University of London
Experience: 17 years experience , specialising in ESP, EAP, in Business English and Intercultural Communication. Has worked with business people in large multinationals at all levels, particularly in the finance and legal sectors.
Interests: pragmatics, sociolinguistics and critical discourse analysis. Teaching Financial, Business and Academic English.

Name: Robert Steward - Teacher
Qualifications: CELTA, DELTA, HNC
Experience: background experience in business, catering and building / construction; has taught General English, Medical English, Cambridge Exam Classes and IELTS.
Interests: a constant movement towards improving learning and teaching techniques and a desire to make learning more entertaining.