Our Team

 

Liam joins the Australian International School Malaysia with 30 years’ experience in education.

 

Prior to his appointment as Principal of AISM, Liam was the Deputy Principal at Kingswood College in Melbourne. He has also been the Principal of Stamford American International School and Deputy Principal of the Australian International School in Singapore. Liam has been responsible for the development and implementation of curriculum policy and programs from Kindergarten to Year 12. One of the highlights has been the implementation of unique learning and teaching framework to equip students for the 22nd Century Learning called the LATTICE Framework (Learning and Teaching through Innovation, Collaboration and Engagement).

 

He has experience in both primary and secondary classrooms and is passionate about developing learning and well-being in students. He is also a strong advocate of the relational element of teaching and the benefit to students that arise through strong connections.

 

Ivan has been an educator for over 25 years. In this time, he has predominantly worked in boarding and day schools in Perth, Western Australia. His leadership accomplishments include being Head of Mathematics, Learning Technologies Manager, and the Head of Middle Years while serving at Hale School. He was also Associate Principal Senior School for 9 years at Peter Moyes Anglican Community School.

 

His studies have focused on the use of ICT in education (particularly, but not limited to STEM subjects) as well as strategic planning and management issues. He is particularly interested in nurturing leadership amongst his staff and students.

 

Upon completion of ten years studying and working in the UK, she returned to Malaysia to work for Western Digital, leading the implementation of HRM payroll and the electronic time recording system to manage an increased headcount to 6000 employees.

 

Her first exposure to the education industry was in Singapore and later joined KDU Smart School in Malaysia. From 2008 to 2013, Lesley further developed her commercial financial experience working with Ernst and Young before returning to the education sector in 2013 when she was involved in the operations and logistics for the start-up of another international school. Lesley joined AISM in December 2015 as the Head of Operations.

 

After dedicating her foundation years of teaching to disadvantaged schools in Melbourne's northern suburbs, Leigh has learnt the importance of creating a personalised learning environment, while getting to know each student's interests, thinking processes, preferred learning styles, backgrounds and families.

 

Leigh has been teaching for 13 years and has passion for teaching all levels of the Junior School, drawing upon a strong information and communication technologies (ICT) teaching knowledge. Challenges excite her, particularly while working with students for whom English is an additional language (EAL), as well as those with special needs. Leigh is married and has two young children. She enjoys swimming, netball and a good nasi lemak!

 

James has taught and led learning at schools in Malaysia and Australia, across a range of curriculums, including HSC, ACARA, IGCSE, IBDP, QCA and BSSS. This includes a previous nine-year tenure at AISM from 2007 to 2016. James is a Visible Learning enthusiast and he also has a passion for World Scholar’s Cup and Model United Nations. James places relationships at the centre of his practice and has a keen interest in the pastoral care and development of every student. For his previous work in international affairs, James was acknowledged with the award of Young Australian of the Year 2003 (QLD) and Gold Coast Young Citizen of the Year 2002.