English UK structure, rules and boards

Mark Rendell (Chair) is the CEO of International House London. Prior to joining IH London in 2019 he was principal of St Giles International London Central for seven years. Mark is a member of Accreditation UK's Executive Board and has a BA in English and History, Trinity Licentiate Diploma in TESOL and an MSc in ELT Management.

Shoko Doherty (Vice Chair) is CEO of Celtic English Academy in Cardiff. She has worked in the industry for over 15 years, having first come to the UK as an international student. She has been an active committee member of English UK Wales for the past five years.

Jago Brown is commercial director at UK Language Courses (UKLC) which has ten centres located across the UK. He has over 20 years expereince in senior leadership roles, often leading teams through significant change and uncertainty. He is based in the north and is a former chair of English UK Scotland.

Tim Cooke is CEO of Elac Study Vacations a language school which has been delivering year-round and multi-centre summer school courses for juniors for 30 years.  He worked in the industry for over 20 years and was previously treasurer of Young Learners English UK.

Mary Doody has been director of Kings Young Learners, part of Kings Education since 2014. Mary trained as a school teacher in Ireland before moving into the world of international education. She has worked in many different roles with young learners right from activity leader up to operations manager.

Spencer Fordham worked in marketing and advertising in national newspapers for a decade before moving into ELT. He founded the Capital School of English in Bournemouth in 2003 with his wife Paulina, and is now managing director. He has recently created Future Success, a pioneering two-week programme during which English students collaborate with local businesses and school students on real-world projects.

Neil Harris is director of marketing and lead teacher trainer at CELT Cardiff and has been involved in ELT since the mid-1990s. He has worked as a teacher, director of studies, teacher trainer, agent and marketing director. He has been an active member of the English UK Wales committee for 4 years.

Farhan Quraishi is CEO and co-owner of Speak Up London, which he founded with his partner almost ten years ago.

Stephan Roussounis is managing director at Bayswater Education, which he founded in 2018. He was managing director of Stafford House International for over six years where he oversaw the opening of three new schools in London, Brighton and Cambridge, and led on major acquisitions in the US and Canada. He has over 20 years expereince in the sector. 

Richard Simpson is director of the English language teaching centre (ELTC) at the University of Sheffield. He has worked for the ELTC for 25+ years and has been a director since 2007. Before joining the ELTC Richard studied and worked at the University of Newcastle after returning from teaching in the private sector in Japan and Italy. Richard is a Doctor of Education (EdD).

Leon Zhang is CEO at KKCL English, an English language school based in Harrow, North West London. He became the owner and director of KKCL at the age of 24 and has experience of running English language schools, summer camps (in the UK and China), Early Years nursery schools, educational travel, and online TEFL training.

Shoko Doherty (Chair from January 2023) is CEO of Celtic English Academy in Cardiff. She has worked in the industry for over 15 years, having first come to the UK as an international student. She has been an active committee member of English UK Wales for the past five years and is a trustee of English UK. She first joined the Enterprises Board in February 2021.

Peter Hayes is managing director of International House Manchester and chairperson at International House World Organisation. Peter joined the Enterprises Board in December 2021.

Michael Quinn has been working in the ELT business now for over 19 years with Centre of English Studies. He is an owner and director of CES and has worked in nearly every role involved in the running of a school.

Judith Haste (Chair) is finance director at Bell Educational Services Ltd. She is a senior ACMA qualified accountant, with strong international commercial experience. She has worked in a range of sectors and organisation sizes, including as director of finance in both a FTSE 250 international group and a conservation charity before joining Bell in 2014.

Vimala Jayaraman is a senior director in the finance practise with a global research and advisory firm. With 20+ years' experience in senior finance roles across the private and public sector, Vimala specialises in sustainable transformation of organisations with particular focus on financial and commercial strategies; aligning financial performance with organisational strategy to sustain enhanced financial performance and resilience. She holds a Bachelor's in Commerce, MBA and is a Fellow of CIMA.

Gareth Mainwaring is director of operations and development for the Birmingham International Academy (BIA) at the University of Birmingham. Following 12 years in government, including the Department for Education, he joined the HE sector. He has operational responsibility for the growth and delivery of Foundation Pathway, Presessional English and Insessional programmes at the university. He also worked with the university to open its first international branch campus in Dubai and continues to work on other TNE initiatives.

Huan Japes (Chair)

English UK

Timothy Blake (Chair)

London School of English