Judges

John Cruft is an educational consultant, manager and teacher trainer with extensive experience across the Asian region. John has worked and lived in Asia for over 20 years including China, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Vietnam, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. John works with...

Following an exciting career dedicated to education, Luz María has recently (1 January 2024) retired, after nine years at International School Basel (ISB) in Switzerland, as Director of Teaching and Learning. She started teaching in Chile, her country of origin, where...

Oleg Figlin is CEO of Faria Education Group, based in London. He is deeply passionate about EdTech because of the transformative impact it has on the lives of countless children and families. He is committed to empowering customers and the wider ecosystem to fully...

Formerly Principal of an award-winning international school in the Middle East, and with a long and varied career in school leadership both in the UK and internationally, Matthew now works closely with premium schools and school groups worldwide, helping them to use...

Alun Cooper has a distinguished career within education and the international schools market, with more than 40 years of senior leadership experience at prestigious international institutions in Thailand, Vietnam, Belgium, South America along many others. During his...

Mónica Pérez-Bedmar is a double national Spanish-American. Upon completion of primary and secondary school in her hometown of Madrid, she received a scholarship to study in Florida Tech University, where she completed a BS in Oceanography and thereafter a M.Sc in...

Paul has worked in the field of education as teacher, head teacher and principal for over thirty years, fifteen of them in international education. He has run schools in Kenya, the Ukraine, Bosnia and India and, as founding head, he has started up 2 new IB residential...

Dr Kevin Ruth is Managing Director of Westlake Global, an innovation and growth firm for K-12 independent and international schools, as well as domestic (US) and international post-secondary institutions and institutions of higher education. His leadership roles have...

Helen has an energetic career spanning 25 years to date in the UK and international education sector, including 13 years leading schools as Head, as well as a number of national and international roles, including as Vice-Chair of the Independent Schools’ Council,...

Jeremy Lewis served as Head of School at ACS Egham International School in the UK for 12 years.  Prior to joining ACS Egham, Jeremy held leadership roles in Turkey, Vietnam, Hungary, Japan and Kuwait.  During his 38 years in international education, Jeremy has acquired considerable experience in Recruitment, Accreditation, School Inspection, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Staff and Student Wellbeing, Strategic and Facilities Planning, Curriculum Development across all four IB programmes, Coaching and Mentoring, and School Governance.