Chris Johnson

Managing Director, ACS International School

Chris Johnson joined ACS International Schools as Managing Director in 2013. Chris has considerable MD, Director and Senior Management experience in commercial, customer service and operations roles. He has held board level positions within Thames Water and npower, and before that worked at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. Chris has primarily worked in the UK, and has led large projects with teams working across the world including in India, South Africa, the US, France and Germany.

Chris’s primary role at ACS is to lead the Leadership Team in its stewardship of the organisation, and to develop and drive the continued success and growth of the schools through the realisation of a comprehensive Strategic Plan. Chris hails from a family of educators, and has been a school governor. He has an MA in Natural Sciences from Oxford University where he read Chemistry.

Founded in 1967 in London to serve the needs of international and local families, ACS International Schools now educates 4,000 students on four state-of-the-art campuses; three situated near London and one in Doha, Qatar. ACS schools are co-educational and non-sectarian for students aged 2 to18.


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