Linda Anne Winch Educational Consultant

Linda’s career in education includes over 25 years in leadership and teaching positions in Hong Kong, The Bahamas, The USA, Montenegro and The United Arab Emirates. Linda also servers as a site visitor, workshop leader and field representative for the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB). as well as site evaluator for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and AdvancEd / Cognia. She has a Master’s Degree in International Educational Leadership from Oxford-Brookes University (UK), a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Queen’s University (Canada) and a Bachelor’s Degree in History and French from the University of Western Ontario (Canada).

Dr. Othman Abdalbari Board Member

Dr. Abdalbari, PhD (Business Administration), M.A., (Management) B.SC, (Chemistry) began his distinguished career as a teacher of Chemistry in 1989 at Dubai National School. He became Deputy Principal and subsequently Principal from 1995 – 2003. In 2003, he became director, founder and partner at the American International School (AIS) Dubai, where remains involved as a senior advisor. In 2015, he co- founded the Modern American International School (MAIS) in Sharjah. He is also founder and partner of the World Canadian School that is in the process of opening in Dubai, a co-founder of Khorfakkan Private School (1989) and a board member of Casablanca American Academy.

Yahya Haddad Board Member

Dr. Haddad holds a Ph.D. in Marketing with over 26 years of experience in teaching, training, establishing companies, managing, and leading them in a very competitive markets in Jordan,United Arab Emirates and here in Canada. He speaks from experience and academic knowledge. His experience of being a CEO of a group of companies, a professor, and a dean of many colleges of business administration will be very helpful in leading our school to be as successful story.

Amjad Abdalbari School Principal

Amjad Abdalbari has been a vice-principal at American International School located in Dubai, UAE from 2011 until 2019. Amjad is a graduate of Harriot-Watt University, United Kingdom, where he received a Master of Science in Information Technology (Software Engineering). He has a post graduation Diploma in Enterprise Database Management (Sheridan College) (Canada) with Honour.