Andy Atkinson

Andy has been involved in International Education for nearly 30 years as a teacher, head of department, head teacher, director and recently headed up the Diploma Programme Development team at the IB in The Hague and as Director of IB Global School Services in the USA. His international experience has been in Italy, Spain, Argentina, UK, Holland and the USA. As a bilingual Spanish speaker he is often drawn to opportunities and experiences in Spain and Latin America. Andy graduated in humanities but went on to also teach both language and theatre. His management and leadership experiences came early with a headship of an international school at 33 years of age and he has gone on to further positions of leadership for the last 17 years in schools, corporate offices and the not for profit International Baccalaureate. Andy is known for his passionate beliefs in international education and has experience with all four programmes of the IB. In 2015, Andy took up a post as Director of the International School of London and in April 2017 Andy subsequently moved to take up his current post of Principal in Dwight London.