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FOBISIA CEO is a Man on the Move
FOBISIA CEO John Gwyn Jones has been a man on the move! As borders reopen, he has once again taken to the skies to represent FOBISIA and make connections.
John supporting the launch of BETT Asia at BETT London John speaking at the LEARNIT event in London
John also had the chance to speak at the LEARNIT event at the Excel Exhibition Centre in London as a panelist on the topic of Tech in the Classroom-Widening the Net. In addition to his speaking engagements, John held many key meetings; he met with the iQTS team at the Department for Education (DfE), Donna Stevens, the Chief Executive of the Girls’ Schools Association in the UK, Sarah Chigdey and members of her team at the Department for International Trade (DIT) that are responsible for International Education, as well as Colin Bell, the CEO of COBIS. John's trip to the UK turned out to be a fruitful one, he participated in the BETT show in London where he was on the stage as one of the invited speakers alongside representatives from the Department of International Trade as well as from the British Embassy in Bangkok to launch BETT Asia to the audience and show how FOBISIA supports the event.
John with Donna Stevens, the Chief Executive of the Girls’ Schools Association in the UK John with Sarah Chigdey, the Head of International Education at the Department of International Trade
John with the team at the Department for Education (DfE)
FOBISIA and COBIS CEO's get together in London (John and Colin)
John also took the opportunity to meet with one of the popular keynote speakers from the Annual Leadership Conference, Diana Osagie, and had the chance to convince her to visit SE Asia. Finally, he met with the organisers of the Education World Forum and India Didactic.
John with Diana Osagie to discuss her visit of our schools in November 2022.
A quick return to Thailand for a flurry of meetings; a two day membership visit to Rugby School Thailand with Paul Schofield, the Principal of St. Andrews School Bangkok, before a brief hop to Singapore where he met with Heads of FOBISIA Schools (Nick Magnus, Craig Considine and Richard Dyer) along with a visit to an aspiring school then a meeting with members of the team at HSBC who oversee the FOBISIA account, a meeting with Mark Wilton and George Kolovos of Sports Management Worldwide (formerly SCA), before finally, calling in on Ben Schmidt of CIE.
John with Ben Schmidt and Melvyn at Cambridge (CIE) in Singapore
John with members of the HSBC Singapore team that manage our banking needs John with Heads of Schools - Nick Magnus (Dulwich College (Singapore)) Richard Dyer (Dover Court International School) and Craig Considine (Tanglin Trust School, Singapore)
John meeting with Mark and George of Sports Management Worldwide
It was then on to the BSME Conference in Dubai where John connected with colleagues from schools in the Middle East as well as many of our Affiliate Members.
John with Caroline Wright the Chief Executive of BESA, at BETT London
John at the English School of Mongolia
John at the TES stand at BETT London
