Nigel Killick (Founder and CEO), brings eight years sales and marketing experience for Unilever and ICI, primarily in the Asian region where he was responsible for substantial sales growth in a number of countries. Nigel received an MBA with distinction from the Harvard Business School in 2001 and has a BA Hons. in History from the University of Cambridge, UK.

Simon le Maistre (Director ELT), has 15 years' experience in teaching and course design, including managing and training teams specializing in teaching English as a foreign language. Simon has a BA Hons. in History from the University of Cambridge, UK.

Matthew Barnard (Creative Director), has 16 years' experience teaching English, of which 12 years were spent teacher training in English as a foreign language. Matthew has a BA Hons. in Modern Languages from the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, UK.

David Killick (Company Secretary), has extensive project finance and project management experience after a long career with the Commonwealth Development Corporation. David was a Fellow of the UK Chartered Institute of Secretaries, is a Barrister, and has an MA in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford, UK.

 

Management Team in China

Jeremy Wegerer (Managing Director, Greater China), brings to reallyenglish fifteen years of broad experience in business, technology and foreign language education. He recently completed an MA in Classical Chinese Literature from the University of Colorado and has near-native ability in spoken and written Mandarin Chinese. He holds a BA in Accountancy from Northern Illinois University and has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1992.

David Akast (General Manager, reallyenglish Hong Kong Ltd.), manages reallyenglish's operations in Hong Kong and southeast Asia. He has 8 years of business development experience, acquired working in 20 cities across China. He holds a BA Hons. in Politics and International Relations from Lancaster University, UK and an MSc in Political Economy from the London School of Economics (LSE), UK.

Christina Wong (Sales Manager), has more than 10 years sales and marketing experience in leading publishing houses and multi-media companies. She has been working in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia and is now currently based in China. Christina has a BA Hons, in Social Work from the University of Hong Kong Polytechnic.

Hans Cao (Sales Manager), has worked in the e-learning industry for the last 15 years, primarily in sales and project implementation. Most of that time has been spent in global distance education companies serving well-known multinational and local Chinese companies such as Siemens, Schneider, ABB, Johnson & Johnson, Shell Oil, China Construction Bank, China Merchants Bank, the Legend Group, CNOOC and many others. Hans has experience working in all the major markets in China and is currently based in Beijing. He holds a B.S. degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

 

Management Team in Japan

Yoshihito Niizuma (Chief Technical Officer), brings wide-ranging programming and computer technical expertise after a number of years working in various start-up ventures in the US, as well as three years with Cambridge Technology Partners. Yoshihito has a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems from Utah State University, US.

Ben Porter (Sales Director), has spent the last 10 years in the ELT industry in Japan, 7 of these in sales and development of e-learning products and services. He is fluent in Japanese and has a BA from Wesleyan University in Connecticut, USA.

Hideki Sugai (Corporate Sales Department, Sales Director), has worked with major companies in Japan as a global human resources development consultant for more than ten years. He has a BA from St. Paul's University in Japan.

 

Management Team in New Zealand

Chris Bullsmith (Learning Services Director), has been teaching since 1996 and an e-learning specialist since 2002. He holds an MPhil (Philosophy, King's College/University of London), an MA (Applied Linguistics/TESOL, Victoria University), a BA Hons. and a BSc (Canterbury University). Chris has been a Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Scholar and a Commonwealth Scholar, and is fluent in Japanese.

Glynn Jones (Human Resource Director), has 21 years' experience teaching English, of which 14 years were spent training teachers with the International House network of schools. Glynn has a BA Hons. in International History and Politics from the University of Leeds, UK.