Explain yourself in three words or phrases.
Curious, agile, decisive.
What do you like a lot of about your task?
I’m lucky to have invested my entire career in global education. What I like today is the very same as twenty years back — the privilege of getting to be part of an international community, using education to assist construct bridges to opportunities, and helping to foster interactions and understanding.As director of innovation, I likewise take pleasure in the variety and imagination every day brings. Assisting shape solutions that make international education the smartest choice for trainees is exceptionally rewarding.What’s a piece of work you take pride in– and what did it teach you?I’m proud
to have actually recently supplied tactical leadership for Study hall’s shipment of
the ambitious and transformative digital education initiative, the pilot’Program Munafis’ in 2025– in partnership with the Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia. This distinct program for high school students represented a vibrant action towards equipping higher varieties of Saudi Arabia’s greatest high school students with the scholastic structure, worldwide outlook, and confidence required to thrive on elite university programs both in-country and internationally. The program and partnership reinforced for me the value of great discussion. It was n’t constantly simple, however we browsed any difficulties through professionalism, talent, resilience, and shared respect. What’s a small day-to-day routine that helps you in your work? I like to accept the Japanese idea of’ma'(time out in time and space). I do this by securing thinking time. I keep a brief block of every day deliberately unscheduled. It’s seldom significant– simply time to reflect on a
problem, sometimes through stillness, often more actively like jumping on my trampoline– simply thinking without immediate output. In fast-moving environments, that time out avoids shallow choices and I think enhances the quality of my interactions and what I deliver. What’s one modification you ‘d like to see in your sector over the next couple of years? I wish federal governments would embrace forward believing policies that actively encourage worldwide students to study in their nations, identifying the important role worldwide mobility plays in
reinforcing education systems and economies. By welcoming globalised education, countries can cultivate richer cultural exchange, drive development, and prepare their workforce for an interconnected world. What idea, book, podcast or conversation has stayed with you just recently? A book I frequently return to and’dip in’ to is,’The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century’ (2007)by the American music critic Alex Ross. I tend to choose non-fiction andwhat I take pleasure in about this one is the weaving narrative, academic insight, and how
it deepens my understanding on a subject I’m less knowledgeable about. These are
also some of themes I value at Study Group in the jobs, partners and people I have the opportunity to engage with. What’s one piece of recommendations you ‘d offer to someone beginning in this field? Be brave. Be passionate. Think global.