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Nord Anglia Education: Meeting the CEO, Mr. Andrew Fitzmaurice and Head of Brand, Ms. Sarah Doyle.
Since Reach A Student is all about getting and
sharing insight within school communities, I was hoping to meet the new owners
of our school - Windermere Preparatory School when I was on vacation this
summer in Hong Kong.I honestly did not
know what to expect from my visit to the Nord Anglia Education Head
Office.Ms. Sarah Doyle had arranged for
me to meet and interview the CEO himself, Mr. Andrew Fitzmaurice.
The interview was
scheduled for 11am on a Thursday and our hotel was located in the tallest building
in Hong Kong on Kowloon and their office was on Hong Kong Island so our taxi
went on a short ride through a tunnel that crossed the famous harbor in just a
few minutes. The drive only took a quick
15 minutes to reach St. Georges Building where Nord Anglia Education had the
entire 12th Floor.
After a quick wait in their reception area, Ms.
Doyle came out to greet me and take me to Mr. Fitzmaurice's office. He has a beautiful office with a great view
of the harbor and the Hong Kong Eye (which looks a lot like the Orlando
Eye). Ms. Doyle and Mr. Fitzmaurice were
very kind and Mr. Fitzmaurice shared some nice stories about himself, his
family and Nord Anglia Education.
Ms. Doyle was really kind and presented me with
some literature about some of their programs as well as a boxed gift, which was
very generous of her. They explained
some of the opportunities that Windermere Prep students could now benefit from
– like Global Classroom and the Julliard partnership. It was an amazing experience and I can't
thank Nord Anglia leadership enough for their generosity with their time and
for welcoming a student from 1 of their 41-school family.
If you would like to see some of the photos of my visit to the Nord Anglia Headquarters in Hong Kong, please click the main image and scroll to see more.
