PURELY NATIVE SPEAKERS
The Team
Our teachers not only speak English – they live it.
The heart of our school is the team. What connects all our teachers is their native language of English and at least one recognised credential for English teaching such as the CELTA or TESL certificates.
The English Sellers Team
Our whole team is made up of 15 hand-picked, entertaining personalities with 7 different nationalities of whom 12 work as teachers. Nice numbers - but where are the people? Continue down!
15
Employees
12
Teachers
7
Nationalities
We not only speak English – we live it!
Unique personalities, exciting careers and rich, cultural backgrounds: we offer far more than just perfect grammar!
ANTONIO – England
As an experienced and ambitioned businessman, Antonio supports us as a teacher as well as a business developer. Thanks to his excellent dealings with advisory and negotiation situations, he is very popular with our corporate clients.
Media, psychology & sociology
Huddersfield New College
CELTA Diploma (English teacher)
Over 20 years of business experience in personnel management (HR) and business development.
CLARE – Wales (UK)
Clare is an exceptionally happy/positive and humorous lady with an exciting background. Thanks to her vast experience she can teach any class, however for Conversation classes she’s unbeatable (our #1).
Qualified English teacher
Cambridge Institute of Education, England
CELTA Diploma (English teacher)
Teacher diploma for primary and secondary schools
Roughly 40 years experience as an English teacher in 9 different countries
DAN – USA
As co-founder and school namesake, Dan has been essential for English Sellers since the word go! Besides teaching, he is also our Director of Studies and dedicated content creator on social media. As a teacher he enjoys great popularity amongst the clients, especially thanks to his experience in prep work and performing of Cambridge exams.
Bachelor in History & English
University of North Carolina, USW
CELTA Diploma (English teacher)
Extensive experience as a Cambridge exam expert
FRANCINE – Australia
Francine is a true Education expert. For over 20 years she has been a successful teacher, instructor and school head mistress (or has successfully worked as a teacher…in the field) We are proud to have her as our pedagogical supervisor and as a very dedicated teacher on board.
Master in Applied Linguistics and English Teaching
King’s College London University, England
CELTA & ELTA (English teacher)
Instructor for English teachers
Over 20 years experience as an English teacher and instructor for English teachers
HEIDI – Switzerland & England
Heidi grew up in the USA and Switzerland and is completely bilingual. She supports us in administrative issues and occasionally teaches children. Thanks to her positive personality she is appreciated by the whole team and especially by our younger clients.
Business high school
Internship for students, Credit Suisse
Human Resources specialist
Over 15 years experience as Marketing assistant, Project and Office manager
JACK – England & South Africa
Jack, as our youngest teacher, is particularly organized and humorous. Thanks to a wide variety of hobbies such as rugby, rowing, making skis himself, etc., he will certainly never run out of discussion topics!
Master’s in Economics & History
University of Glasgow, England
TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
4+ years of teaching experience
JASON – England
Jason is an experienced and superior English teacher with many long-time corporate courses. Thanks to his social skills and entertaining streak he is very committed to English Sellers as a teacher, travel guide and content creator.
Bachelor in Development Politics & International Politics and Management
Staffordshire University, England
CELTA Diploma (English teacher)
SVEB1 Diploma (Instructor adult education)
Over 10 years work experience as an English teacher in Switzerland
JOHN – Switzerland & USA
John is much appreciated by our clients for being a well prepared and exceptionally reliable teacher. Being a dual citizen he is also bilingual.
Technical Salesman
Federally qualified Purchaser
qualified Purchasing Manager
ESCOM English teacher for adults
SVEB1 Diploma (Instructor adult education)
Scrum-Master
Bilingual (English, German)
Over 15 years experience as a purchasing manager and procurement officer
KIRST – England
Kirst is an experienced and exceptionally communicative teacher. As a cheerful person and thanks to her professional experience in 7 different countries, she easily manages to connect with everyone within seconds!
English Literature & History
Ivybridge Community College, England
TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
10+ years of teaching experience
6+ years of train the trainer & project management in large corporations
KRYSTLE – USA
Due to her vast teaching activities, Krystle is a very diverse and creative teacher. Thanks to her conscientiousness and diligence she is equally appreciated internally as well as externally.
Master in Music, minor subject Philosophy
University of Wyoming, USA
TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
5 years of teaching experience in various institutions: Music School, university and language schools
LIA – Ireland
Lia is an extremely reliable and smart teacher. With her 20+ years of teaching experience as well as fluent Swiss German, she meets the highest expectations.
Social Sciences
Open University, UK / Switzerland
TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
CELTA Diploma (English teacher)
20+ years of teaching experience
Fluent in German
MICHAEL – USA
Michael is a well-balanced and nature-loving person. He is regarded as a true language fan and produces current course books, among other things.
Bachelor in History, Master in Pedagogics
City University of New York, USA
TESOL Diploma (English teacher)
BEST PLUS certificate (evaluation of language levels)
Trilingual (English, Spanish, Hungarian)
over 20 years of teaching experience
NICO – Switzerland
As co-founder and CEO, Nico has been taking care of business development, communication and finances since day one. He learned English and French from zero to one hundred and with that rounds off the perspective of the teachers who grew up with English.
Bachelor in Economics, University of Zurich
Master in Management, University of St.Gallen
Business Education, University of St.Gallen
English: Cambridge Proficiency (C2)
French: TCF (C1)
Competent Communicator (Toastmasters International)
Job experience at a major bank, in strategy consulting and as founder and business manager of two SMEs
PEDRO – USA & Portugal
Pedro has almost 10 years of teaching experience. In his previous job as a tourist guide, he learned how to enthuse people and he now brings this talent to every single lesson.
Bachelor in Business Administration
Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, USA
CELTA Diploma (English teacher)
Bilingual (English, Portuguese)
experienced travel guide and entertainer
VICKY – England
Vicky has been part of the team since the beginning. Thanks to her conscientiousness, she is much appreciated by her clientele and maintains an above average number of long-term client relationships.
Bachelor in German & Italian
University of Durham, England
CELTA Diploma (English teacher)
Multilingual (English, German, Italian, French); job experience in England, Italy, Austria and Switzerland
YVONNE – Switzerland
Being a woman working in the health care sector as her primary job, Yvonne complements our management team perfectly. She brings lots of creative and talented ideas into the field of content creation, videography and social media management.
Bachelor in Physiotherapy
University of Applied Sciences Zurich, ZHAW
certified Pilates instructor
Over 20 years of work experience as a physiotherapist
Over 10 years of being an independent Pilates instructor
