Ian Wallace

Raiha MalikGovernors

As regional Director of Education for Cognita Middle East, Ian Wallace is an experienced and dedicated educational leader who champions the highest quality of educational leadership, educational standards, and governance to support our family of schools in the UAE. With a focus on school development and improvement strategies, he supports school entities to continually develop, grow and be the best at … Read More

David Baldwin

Raiha MalikGovernors

David Baldwin is an experienced educational leader with a passion for leadership, innovation, and collaboration. As Chief Executive Officer for Cognita Middle East, he has overseen the successful build of a new and growing region to 8 schools and over 10,000 students – including new school builds, acquisitions and strategic partnerships. Previously, David worked for Cognita UK as a Director … Read More

Fatima Al Abbas

Raiha MalikGovernors

Fatima Al Abbas joined the Repton Family in 2007. She is a devoted mother of four and has a commendable history of actively volunteering in the community and school. Having been born, raised, and educated in the United Arab Emirates, her professional background lies in marketing. Additionally, she has recently acquired qualifications in functional health, functional nutrition, and coaching. Fatima … Read More

Lizzie Varley

Raiha MalikGovernors

Lizzie Varley is an experienced education professional with a background in science and a strong focus on inclusive learning, wellbeing and safeguarding. Throughout her career, Lizzie has held significant leadership roles at educational institutions in both the UK and the UAE. She served as a SENCO at Danum Secondary Academy and as Strategic Lead for Inclusion in the largest secondary … Read More

Daniel Lewis

UmairEKIGovernors

Mr. Lewis is the Managing Director of the Repton Family of Schools globally. Prior to his current role, he led the international practice at RSAcademics Ltd across all areas of their services to schools. He has spent the past twenty years working in schools across three continents, in both teaching and leadership roles.  Mr. Lewis brings a wealth of knowledge … Read More

Mahdi Mattar

UmairEKIGovernors

Dr. Mattar is the Chief Executive Officer of Excella and the Chair of the Board of Governors. Excella focuses on establishing private schools offering a variety of curricula in the GCC region. Dr. Mattar was a Managing Partner at MMK Capital, a DFSA regulated investment management and advisory firm focusing on private equity and real estate investment. He has extensive … Read More

Ian Davenport

Divya DGovernors

Ian is currently serving as the Education Director for the Repton Family of Schools in the UAE.

Ismail Zorob

adminGovernors

Ismail Zorob is an experienced senior leader in the private education sector in the GCC region…