The British School of Lomé

Aine Quinn , Head of Science, Maths and IT	Aine was born and raised on the west coast of Ireland. She has been teaching science since 2005, holds both a Bachelor and Masters in Science as well as a Higher Diploma in Education. read more	Amanda Kristiansson, Primary	Amanda is British but left the UK to teach internationally almost 30 years ago. She is very excited about returning to West Africa, where she last taught in the 1980s. She has been teaching in Bangkok for the last four years, but her family home is in Sweden. read more

Bolaji Aliyu ICT	Bolaji Aliyu is from north central of Nigeria. She has National Diploma and Higher National Diploma in Computer Science; she also has post graduate degree in Education and post graduate degree in Management. read more	Christopher William Aryee Physical Education	Chris has been teaching Physical Education in the British School of Lomé since August of 1999 when he was employed by the school. He is a graduate (B. Ed) of the University of Cape Coast, one of the topmost universities in Ghana, west Africa and is a trained, certificated teacher for well over twenty years. read more

Diana Stroughair EIL/ESL	My fascination with languages, especially English, began at secondary school and continues until today. It led me to decide on a career of teaching English, which I have been pursuing for the last 13 years. I began by studying for a Master’s in English philology in Bulgaria and most recently completed a Master’s in Education (TESOL) with the University of New England, Australia. read more	Eliane Amegnizin Head of Modern Foreign Languages	Eliane teaches French as a foreign language in both primary and secondary school till IB level. She was born and brought up in France in her Togolese family. She graduated in 1990 from Universite du Benin in Togo with a BA and Master of Arts ( C1 and C2 in English Linguistics). read more

Francis Eric Anquandah Chemistry	Francis is a Ghanaian who is married with three children. Francis is a professional teacher with a BSc degree in Chemistry and a Diploma in Education. Currently, Francis is teaching Science IGCSE, IB Chemistry and is the Exam Coordinator at The British School of Lomé. read more	Gary McDonald Head of PE and Activities Coordinator	My name is Gary McDonald and I joined BSL in August 2010 as the Head of Physical Education read more

Guy Colborne, IB Coordinator and History	Guy Colborne was born on a submarine base in Scotland in 1973. His family now lives in Cornwall. After university he trained to teach English as a foreign language. He worked teaching English for several years in Turkey and Greece before finally moving to Ethiopia. read more	Ian David Stroughair, English and Drama	I have been a teacher for over 20 years. In that time, I have worked in the north east of England, Bulgaria, Botswana, Ukraine, Nigeria and, most recently, Brunei. Although my main subjects are English language and literature, I have also taught drama, media studies, humanities and French. read more



Jean-Luc Aupoix, Deputy Head (Pastoral)	Jean-Luc Aupoix is the father of three children and has been teaching for 17 years (after a career move from Information Research). He started as a Modern Foreign Language teacher (French) and has specialised in IB teaching for many years. read more	Lawrence Ladson Maths and Physics	Lawrence Ladson was born and brought up in Ghana, where he had his education up to the university level. He is a B.Sc. (Hons.) graduate in Physics from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana... read more

Maria Blake , Head of Primary	Maria took her A Level’s at Casterton School in the UK and then read for her BSc Hons Psychology and her PGCE at The University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. She has worked as a teacher and administrator in a number of schools across the world and taught many different curricula including both UK National Curriculum and PYP. read more	Matthew Good Business and Economics	I have lived near London for most of my life, but after my A-Levels at school, I went to Lancaster University in the north of England to study Economics, Marketing and Management, where I achieved a BSc with honours. read more

Natalie Kober , Music and Primary .	Natalie Kober was born into a first-generation Canadian family that loved music. Growing up in this multi-cultural setting gave Natalie the inspiration to become a teacher. She believed that through education upcoming generations could be positively influenced – especially through the arts. When she was sixteen, Natalie began formally instructing violin students between the ages of 3 and 65. read more	Nell Tyusiine, English Dept.	Nelly was born in central Uganda, East Africa. After attaining a Bachelors’ degree in Education from the university, she was recruited to teach English and Literature in a girl’s boarding school where she spent 7 years. read more

Nicholas Marshall Brown Head of Arts Faculty and Geography	Nick is originally from the UK and gained his undergraduate award in Geography with Development Studies from the University of Sussex. He then spent a year working in Canada before completing his Postgraduate Certificate of Education at the University of Exeter in the UK. read more	Oraida Diabo Spanish	Oraida teaches Spanish as a foreign language from years 7 to 11. She is of Cuban origin and she has been living in Togo for 15 years. She graduated in 1990 from Humboldt University of Berlin in Germany with a Ph.D. in Economics (Finances). read more

Seamus Hennessy Deputy Head (Academics)	Seamus is originally from Ireland and despite having spent over 20 years living overseas he has clung to his Irish accent. During his international career Seamus has worked in Jeddah, Marseille, Abu Dhabi, New York, Virgin Islands and Calcutta. read more	Stephanie Brownbridge Primary	Stephanie is from Nottingham in the UK. She trained as a teacher at Nottingham Trent University before teaching for two years in a British school. She then decided to pursue a life long dream of working in Africa so moved to the shores of Lake Victoria in Tanzania. read more



Sumantha Rao Maths and ICT	Sumantha Rao was born in India. He graduated in Mathematics from Nagarjuna University, Guntur (Andhra Pradesh India) in 1993. He gained MCA (Master of Computer Applications), M. Tech in Computer Science and Information Technology from India’s top most university – JNTU (Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University) Hyderabad in 2001, 2004. read more	Tom Page Biology	Tom Page grew up in Winona, Minnesota USA and attended St Mary’s University of Minnesota where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Biology. read more