Michael Brand

Michael Brand Teacher Trainer Michael Brand is a Teacher Trainer for Pearson. A passionate linguist, he studied French and German at Durham University, followed by a PGCE in Modern Languages. Having taught in England and Spain, he has experience in the public, private and state-assisted sectors and has taught young learners, teens and adults. He…

Miranda Hamilton

Miranda Hamilton Exam Support Manager, Cambridge Assessment English Miranda Hamilton has more than 20 years’ experience working as a teacher and teacher trainer in the UK and in Spain. She has a Masters and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. Her research interests are understanding the nature of the relationship between technology and learner autonomy, and Learning Oriented…

Karen Saxby

Karen SaxbyMaterials writer and consultant Karen Saxby has produced a wealth of material for younger learners of English, with recent published works including the ‘Fun For’ series for Starters, Movers and Flyers, the ‘Story Fun’ series and ‘KET for Schools Trainer’, all written for Cambridge University Press.  Karen has an RSA TEFL diploma and a first…

Scott Thornbury

Scott ThornburyAuthor, Teacher, Teacher Trainer Scott Thornbury has taught and trained in Egypt, UK, Spain, and in his native New Zealand. His writing credits include several award-winning books for teachers on language and methodology. His latest books are 30 Language Teaching Methods and 101 Grammar Questions (Cambridge). He is also the series editor for the…

Dan Shepherd

Dan ShepherdDirector of Operations, Hubbub Labs Dan Shepherd has worked in ELT since 2010. Before starting his own education marketing agency, Hubbub Labs, he  worked as a teacher, teacher trainer and academic manager. He is also a Cambridge English Speaking Examiner, Team Leader and conference presenter at Exams Catalunya.

Sara Cantelar

Sara Cantelar Marketing Manager, Spain & Portugal. Cambridge Assessment English Sara Cantelar has worked for Cambridge English since 2017 as Digital Marketing Manager for Spain and Portugal.   She has been involved in projects such as increasing school and higher education sectors and website traffic. She has represented Cambridge English at events around Iberia. Her greatest…

Graham Ward

Graham Ward Official Cambridge Assessment English presenter, Head of English at Fundació Collserolla Graham Ward BA MA has been working as an ELT teacher in Barcelona since 1997. He is the Head of English at the Fundació Collserola schools as well as director of the extra-curricular English programme. As Cambridge English schools, Graham leads the…

Sarah Johnston

Sarah JohnstonExams Catalunya Team Leader, Director of Studies Sarah Johnston started her teaching career in Barcelona in 1985. She completed her CAP (Certificat d’Aptitud Pedagògica) and then went on to do her RSA (now DELTA).  She is currently Director of Studies at My School in El Prat de Llobregat.  Sarah is a Speaking Examiner Team Leader for CPE,…

George Chilton

George ChiltonTeacher, Materials Writer George Chilton is originally from the UK, but has spent the past decade living in South Korea, Colombia and Spain. He started out as an ESL teacher, before beginning his own lesson sharing blog Designer Lessons. From there he became a materials writer and then a full-time editor at Wall Street English, later…

John Lavery

John Lavery Teacher, Teacher Trainer John Lavery has taught English in Spain for over twenty years. He was Senior Teacher at The British Council Young Learners Centre, Barcelona between 2010 and 2018. Before this, he worked as a social worker in Belfast and Edinburgh. He has recently completed an MA in Teaching English to Young…