Brief Christopher Bell (BA, PGCE, MSc) is an international educationalist specialising in English as a Second/Foreign Language. He has over 25 years experience in international education, principally in managing educational institutions, projects and businesses worldwide. Since 1994 he has been the Chief Executive of CfBT Education Services in Brunei Darussalam and Director of CfBT Education Services in East Asia with regional operations in Brunei, Malaysia and China. He manages CfBT’s education businesses and operations in East Asia, employing over 300 personnel including over 250 specialist English language teachers, teacher trainers, and materials developers. He also has overall responsibility for CfBT’s international operations in English Language Teaching (ELT), including ICT, the Internet and multimedia in education, educational consultancies and teacher training, ELT materials development, and the evaluation and monitoring of ELT projects. He has previously managed schools, projects and education businesses in Spain, the USA, Britain, Ireland and Malaysia and speaks fluent Malay and Spanish. |