– Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (Secondary) in History and English Literature from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Phil was born and raised in Bundjalung country, along the northern rivers of New South Wales, Australia. He is passionate about history, nature, sustainability, internationalism and the potential of progressive education.
Phil has worked in education in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Europe. Phil has been living in the Czech Republic for more than twenty years, still fascinated by its beauty.
Phil was one of the founding members of staff at the school. After leading the school to IB DP accreditation in 2012, and serving as DP Coordinator for over a decade, Phil became Head of Secondary in the Spring of 2021. He has taught and served as an IB Examiner of both History and English.
In his free time, Phil enjoys numismatics, philately, music, film, travel, sports, reading and visual arts.