Benjamin Freud, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Bali, Indonesia

Bali, Indonesia

• Head of High School and Middle School
• Member of Senior Leadership Team (GSEC)
• Originated idea of and am a principal project lead for for Biomimicry Regenerative Design Lab, a first of its kind in the world space for learning and doing that asks Nature for ideas to respond to local problems
• Involved in strategy and operations and everything that is required to run Upper School
• Banging the drum on regenerative practices.

Global

• Coconut Thinking is an advisory that supports schools and learning organizations to co-create, co-develop, co-stress test, and co-implement ideas that nurture the conditions for emergent learning. Coconut Thinking.
• Strategy, implementation and systems evaluation
• Ideation and creativity support (and coaching)
• Faculty and staff professional development
• Student initiatives and leadership

Thailand

• Member of the Senior Leadership Team.
• (Adult) Co-Chair of Eco-Committee, achieved Green Flag Status in first year from Eco-Schools and the WWF (1 of 7 schools in Thailand; there are 57,000 Eco-Schools worldwide).
• Launched Project-Based Learning as a pedagogical approach. Provided coaching, mentoring, and professional development to teachers across the school in PBL.
• Created and implemented strategic pedagogical initiatives, weaving through PD and continuous supported practice, in assessment, appraisals, learning extension, personalization, and centralizing creative practices.
• Launched Professional Learning Community Hubs, anchored in how to raise the quality of learning for all careholders.
• Leading the implementation of Harvard Graduate School of Education Project Zero Thinking Routines across the school.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• Member of the Senior Leadership Team.
• Strategic and day-to-day leadership and operations, including:curriculum design, constructing personalized PD, relationswith MOE, leading outside consultants, coaching, teacherobservations, recruitment, performance.
• Created a whole school curriculum within blending PYP andPBL frameworks, based on constructivist principles, criteraandcompetency-based assessment, and the transformationaluse of technology.
• Designed a framework for personalized learning wherestudents design their own long term learning projects.
• Head of School for Boys’ School (AY18/19).

Hong Kong

• Member of the Senior Leadership Team.
• Involved in growing the High School student body by over 400% and the High School Faculty from three to 28 staff.
• Developed a complete structure of modular course offerings to meet the needs of gifted students, mainstream students, and students with special needs.
• Developed a student-centric culture where learners were encouraged to explore their personal and professional interests within the context of the class, influencing the development of curriculum to meet learner goals.
• Designed curriculum from scratch for a variety of disciplines, Emphasized essential skills as well as content through the nurturing of critical thinking, adaptability, analysis, collaboration, influence, presentation.
• Re-designed and continuously updated the Social Studies Curriculum for all grades at the school (PK-12).

Stamford, CT, USA

The Spire School and Pinnacle are part of the Greenwich Education Group. Spire is a school for adolescents, grades 6-12, struggling with depression, anxiety, and other emotional challenges. Pinnacle is a school for students, grades 3-12, diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Non-Verbal Learning Disability and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity.

Singapore

Fully responsible for two tutorial (breakout) classes of around 25 students each, held biweekly every semester. Planned lesson, prepared materials, and presented subject matter; organized and guided discussions around specific themes related to the course with complete autonomy. Guest lecturer for the entire class (125 to 150 students).Graded papers.

Tokyo

• Left after the sudden passing of Eban Japan’s founder and ahead of moving to Singa-pore.Focused on sell-side (mainly equities) and buy-side financial services in both front-office and back-office/infrastructure areas.
• Responsible for business development and execution of senior level searches (SVPand above) for foreign financial institutions operating in Japan, managing eachproject throughout its entire life cycle.
• Built, developed, and maintained relationships with local and foreign clients andcandidates in multicultural environments, often bridging fundamental cultural di-vides to ensure successful completion of assignments.
• Managed three research associates.
• Attended and participated in interviews conducted in Japanese.

Tokyo

• French Embassy in Japan (Tokyo)Six month project.
• Working alongside the Conseiller Culturel and the Cultural Attachés, conducted astudy of the Japanese educational and cultural landscapes with a particular empha-sis on French influence in the country in order to.

London

Left to move to Japan when my wife was promoted and transferred.Global Consumer Practice May 2004 - Nov 2004Global Board Services Practice May 2003 - May 2004Global Technology Practice May 2001 - May 2003In close collaboration with company partners, integrally participated in working with global, blue chip companies to identify and hire key executives.

San Francisco

Left to go to business school.Exclusively retained by and partnered with early stage Internet start-ups (post- Series A funding, 5-25 employees) to build beta teams for the release of their 1.0 product. Focused on Engineering, Operations, Sales, Marketing, and Business Development functions from CXO and Vice President to Manager/ Lead levels.

San Francisco

Left to join a retained search firm start-up.Exclusively retained by start-ups and recently public companies (Internet, Software, and Hardware) to conduct executive searches in Engineering (Vice President to Individual Contributor levels).

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), History, 3.9 Gpa

Dissertation: Master of Indochina After God: Decoux’s own Brand of Authoritarianism to Maintain French Sovereignty in Indochina. This.

Masters Of Business Administration (Mba), International Business, 3.5 Gpa

Masters Of Science (Msc), Education, 3.9 Gpa

Masters Of Arts (Ma), International Relations, 3.8 Gpa

Bachelors Of Arts (Ba), International Affairs, 3.6 Gpa

Post Graduate Degree, Innovation And Design Thinking

Postgraduate Degree, Leadership