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
Grant Farina-Ibbs
I have been working in EFL since 2001, working abroad as well as in London. I have been both a teacher at LSBF since May 2010 and a Trinity examiner for a couple of years. Currently I am one of the IELTS teachers and the Intermediate Academic English teacher.'
Rhys Williams
I completed my CELTA two years ago and have been teaching solidly ever since. In LSBF I teach both intermediate and elementary levels, and upper-intermediate conversation class. I like reading and my favourite colour is green.
Sarika Sabherwal
After working as a lawyer for three years I decided to get my CELTA qualification. Soon after that I got a job in Milan and started my career as an EFL teacher. I stayed put for five years and now speak decent Italian. I have recently moved to London and am enjoying teaching multilingual groups at LSBF. I would say that I like teaching and am most interested in the workings of a language.