Karolína is a supporter of the British style of education as she completed her MBA at the Open University Business School in the UK. She specialises in marketing, communications and public relations. She has worked for various companies in the services sectors – in the legal, education, banking, fashion and insurance industries. In the education sector she managed the marketing activities of a UK-based university and a local language school. She speaks fluent Czech and English and also has knowledge of Russian, Spanish and French. Her interests are architecture, design, culture, art, history, skiing, power yoga, surfing, cycling and travelling.

Headmaster’s PA Markéta obtained her Bachelor’s degree in English and Applied Economics at Palacky University in Olomouc and completed her Master’s degree in American Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Charles University in Prague. Markéta is enthusiastic about international education, as she was an exchange student at a high school in the USA and this experience of studying in the English language and following the English style of learning has affected her greatly.

She is happy to be working in an environment providing a similar education here in Prague. It also inspired her to complete a teaching qualification at Charles University in Prague and take on teaching. Markéta joined the ECP in 2014. Before that, she worked as a translator in the media industry for many years and then also as a translator/coordinator for a coaching consultancy. In her spare time, she enjoys family trips, board games, table tennis and dancing.

John, from Belfast in Northern Ireland, graduated from the University of Ulster in 2007 with a BSc In Computer Science. He also holds several professional qualifications from both Microsoft and ITIL. Prior to moving to Prague, John worked in London for a tier 1 investment bank, providing infrastructure support to their Trading Floor environment.

He joined the ECP at the start of 2015 in order to ensure the development and implementation of cost-effective systems and efficient computer operations to meet both current and future decision making requirements. He provides school-wide direction in areas of policy and planning for data processing and related functions. Away from the College, John enjoys spending time with his children, as well as reading and snowboarding.

Lenka has vast experience in accounting and administration, especially accounting and taxes, which have been her main professional focus since 1994. Her interests are various sporting activities, travelling and reading and she enjoys spending time with her family.

Originally from Niš, in Serbia, Sasha graduated in 1999 and worked first as Technical and Service Director for Develop before moving to the Czech Republic to work as an IT Manager at the Czech Academy of Sciences. He then transferred to the pharmaceutical industry, working first as an IT Manager and later, as EMEA Sales Incentive Manager. After a period in Liberec, where he was an IT Project/Change Manager, he returned to the capital, where he was appointed ICT Network Manager at the English College in Prague in 2016.

Sasha is passionate about IT networking and security, International relations and diplomacy, and ancient history and has spoken at conferences in Prague, Basingstoke, Zurich and Boston, while still finding time to enjoy swimming and playing tennis and squash.

Jiří graduated from Český Brod Grammar School, then worked in Ireland for 10 years in various positions in the logistics sector. In 2010, he returned to the Czech Republic where he joined Marker CZ as a buyer. Jiří joined the ECP in August 2018 as Logistics & Building Coordinator. In his spare time, he enjoys mainly sport.

After graduating from high school, Alena spent three years in the UK and two years in the USA. After returning to the Czech Republic, she worked for several foreign companies and Czech-English nurseries. In 2016 she joined the English College in Prague as a Library and Art Assistant. In 2018 she gained a Master’s Degree in Anglophone Studies. In her spare time, she likes to travel and read.