Our team

Adrian Underhill is series editor of the Macmillan Books for Teachers, author of Sound Foundations: Learning and Teaching Pronunciation, co-founder

Alan has a degree in Social Anthropology and is qualified in the Trinity CertTESOL and Cambridge Delta. He has been

Alana has been living and teaching in Barcelona for since 2011. She teaches all ages, however her passions lie in

Trinity DipTESOL Course Director Andréia Zakime has worked in the field of language teaching for more than 15 years. She

Nationality: British Qualifications: Trinity Diploma in TESOL , Cambridge CELTA, BA English Language, Certificate in Teaching Business English, Young Learners,

Angelos Bollas is a teacher and teacher trainer. He started teaching English in 2006. Since then, he has taught learners

Course Director (Barcelona) Qualifications: Trinity Licentiate Diploma in TESOL (DipTESOL), Master in Audiovisual Translation, BA (Hons) degree in European Business

Anthony Gaughan is a teacher and teacher-trainer with over 25 years of experience working in the corporate, state secondary, higher

Diploma Tutor (Online and Face-to-Face) Qualifications: Cambridge Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Coaching Barney has extensive experience

Becky Ray was born and raised in the UK and has been living in Barcelona since 2011. A keen traveller,

Billie is a teacher and teacher trainer based at oxford TEFL in Barcelona. She has an MA in communication research and phonetics and has also worked as a primary school teacher before moving into the world that is EFL teaching.

Course Tutor – Barcelona Qualifications: Degree in English and French, MA in Marketing and Business Communication. Cat has a degree in

Language Tutor/Course Tutor Qualifications: MA in TEFL Ceri has been working in the world of ELT for over 25 years.

Business English and YLs Tutor Qualifications: Trinity Licentiate Diploma in TESOL (DipTESOL), Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other

Christopher Graham holds a degree in Politics from Warwick University, a Cambridge DELTA, and is a Fellow of the Royal

Qualifications: CELTA, DELTA and an MA in TESOL from Manchester University. Chris Roland, has taught and trained in Seville, Damascus, Aleppo,

Damian started his TEFL career seven years ago in Bogotá, Colombia and has subsequently taught in the Netherlands, the UK

Dan came to Prague to teach English in August 2004 and aside from a two-year break in Slovakia, has been there ever since. Over this period he has been a teacher and director of studies and has been involve in some form of teacher development and training since 2008.

Course Director (Cádiz) Qualifications: BA in French, Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA) and Diploma

Dan is a teacher, trainer and writer based in Cádiz, Spain. He has taught for 27 years, in Mexico, the

Daniel Lawrence is a freelance online English teacher, materials creator and translator. He is also one of our Trinity CertTESOL and Trinity DipTESOL graduates.

Course Tutor – Barcelona Qualifications: Trinity Licentiate Diploma in TESOL, Postgraduate Diploma in TESOL Danny started teaching in 2001 and

Qualifications: Trinity Licentiate Diploma in TESOL (DipTESOL) David joined the Oxford TEFL team in October 2001 having worked teaching a

Careers Advisor and Visa Support officer Diana has been teaching English since 2014. Originally from Slovakia, she lived in several

Director of Teacher Training Qualifications: MEd in TESOL, Trinity Licentiate Diploma in TESOL (DipTESOL). Duncan Foord is the Director of OxfordTEFL,

Farid Bashiri is a Trinity DipTESOL and IB-certified educator with a Master’s in TEFL and a Bachelor’s in English Literature.

Sales and Marketing Director Fran Austin is the Sales & Marketing Director for Oxford TEFL. Prior to this, she taught

James Waltz is from Missouri, USA. He started his TESOL career in France in 2014 before moving to Japan, where

Jane has been a CELTA trainer since 1999. She has a degree in History and also a BEd. She is

Course Director: London I completed my initial training in 2003 hoping to work in London. Since then I’ve had a

Justine Demirkol has taught English for more than a decade working with school age children and adults from around the

Keith is one of our online Leadership in ELT graduates. He is also a tech-savvy curriculum specialist who writes about

Kim joined the Oxford TEFL team as a part-time Diploma tutor in 2019. Since getting her post-CELTA teaching job at

Teacher Trainer: London I started teacher training in 2014. I run the ‘Unknown Foreign Language’ component of the CertTESOL course,

Lindsay is a Canadian trainer, teacher and award-winning author. He’s the series editor of the Delta Teacher Development Series, the

Marcela Cintra is the Head of Products in the Academic Department at Cultura Inglesa SP/BA/SC in Brazil. She is a

Course tutor Mark is a teacher, trainer and materials writer. He has written supplementary materials for Global, Straightforward and onestopenglish.com.

Postgraduate Certificate in Dyslexia and Literacy, Trinity CertTESOL, QTS, MSc E-Business Management, BSc Computer Science Moira began her career in

Since 1996, Nigel has become an experienced teacher and Delta-qualified teacher trainer with extensive work experience in the education industry.

Main Tutor on the CLIL course Qualifications: MA TEFL/SL (Merit), Cambridge Delta, Cambridge CELTA. Ollie first joined the OxfordTEFL team as

Course tutor, Barcelona Regina has been teaching English since 2006 in Mexico and Spain. She moved to Barcelona in 2010 to

Rubens Heredia is a CELTA tutor and teacher trainer based in Barcelona. He is one of the creators of the

Qualifications: Degree in Tourism (BA Hons), Trinity CertTESOL, Cambridge Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages (DELTA), Trinity

Sandy is a freelance ELT consultant, CELTA and independent teacher trainer, materials writer and teacher. She also has 6 years

Sarka holds Trinity Diploma in TESOL and MA in English and Swedish philology. She works as a teacher trainer in

Scott Thornbury is a teacher and teacher educator, with over 30 years’ experience in English language teaching, and an MA

Course Tutor – Prague Qualifications: Trinity Licentiate Diploma in TESOL (DipTESOL), Trinity Certificate in TESOL (CertTESOL), Degree in English Literature

Sheila is an experienced ELT teacher, teacher trainer, materials writer and examination writer with a particular interest in authentic listening

TYLE Course Director/DOS/Course Tutor (Cadiz) Qualifications: BA in English, Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA)

Sinem is from Istanbul, Turkey, and works as a teacher, teacher trainer, Assistant Director of Studies and Centre Administrator. She has

Stephen Mander is a teacher and teacher educator based in Portugal. He has over fifteen years experience teaching General, Business

Teresa Bestwick started teaching in Spain in 2004 and took her Trinity DipTESOL with OxfordTEFL in 2013. She is based

Tyson Seburn is an EAP instructor and Assistant Academic Director of International Programs at New College, University of Toronto. He