👨🏼‍🏫 Head of English and Head of House at Shrewsbury House School: an IAPS independent preparatory school located in Surrey, United Kingdom. Elected Fellow of Chartered College of Teaching (FCCT). 👨🏼‍🎓 Awarded Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Education by the University of Cambridge, concerning ecocriticism, environmental education and representations of environmental issues in English literature.🎓 Awarded Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in Education by the University of Cambridge, having also achieved 1st Class Honours in a Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree, specialising in English Language and Literature, and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). 📜 Awarded National Professional Qualification in Leading Teaching (NPQLT) by University College London (UCL), concerning educational leadership and programmes of study in environmental education.🌍 Two decades of experience teaching and leading curriculum areas in state, independent and British international schools across the United Kingdom, United States of America, State of Kuwait, State of Qatar and Czech Republic.🌺 Member of International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) and their international Task Force on Nature-based Education. Elected Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS) and a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London (FZS).🐢 Followed the trail of Charles Darwin and HMS Beagle around the Galápagos Islands, trekked through the Amazon Rainforest and observed the Northern Lights in the Arctic Circle. Now enjoys nature closer to home as a member of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.🐼 Competed in the London Marathon to raise money for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Also raised money for Cancer Research UK (CRUK) by competing in the Great North Run.