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MEET

Our

Team

The Artemis team has worked all over the world and across the education spectrum. Our expertise and experience bring fresh perspective to the opportunities for 21st century private education. We are united by a set of core values in our mission to improve access to outstanding education.

MEET Our

Team

Our team has phenomenal depth and breadth of experience. We combine education industry entrepreneurs with prominent international educators, project management experts with education administration specialists, and international curricula design specialists with sustainable learning space designers.

Our team has phenomenal depth and breadth of experience. We combine education industry entrepreneurs with prominent international educators, project management experts with education administration specialists, and international curricula design specialists with sustainable learning space designers.

Our team has collectively worked all over the world across the private education sector. We are united in one belief, that private education can be done better and that we have a responsibility to our students and families to provide outstanding education.

Our team has collectively worked all over the world across the private education sector. We are united in one belief, that private education can be done better and that we have a responsibility to our students and families to provide outstanding education.
John
Baugh
Chief Education
Officer
Lexi
Lloyd Owen
Head of
Sustainability
Niall
Brennan
Chief Executive
Officer
Bruno
Thibault
Project
Director
Tom
Lloyd Owen
Chief Operating
Officer
Zein
Balhas
Head of
Corporate Finance
Nick
Evans
Chief
Development Officer
Christie
Coomer
Head of
Culture for Learning
Andy
Coomer
Head of
Experience
Nicholas
Barclay
General
Counsel
Luísa
Dos Santos
Finance
Director
Darren
Acomb
Director of Education

MEET Our

Team

Our team has phenomenal depth and breadth of experience. We combine education industry entrepreneurs with prominent international educators, project management experts with education administration specialists, and international curricula design specialists with sustainable learning space designers.

Our team has collectively worked all over the world across the private education sector. We are united in one belief, that private education can be done better and that we have a responsibility to our students and families to provide outstanding education.

John
Baugh
Chief Education
Officer
Lexi
Lloyd Owen
Head of
Sustainability
Niall
Brennan
Chief Executive
Officer
Bruno
Thibault
Project
Director
Tom
Lloyd Owen
Chief Operating
Officer
Zein
Balhas
Head of
Corporate Finance
Nick
Evans
Chief
Development Officer
Sara
Prince
Head of
Talent
Andy
Coomer
Head of
Experience
Nicholas
Barclay
General
Counsel
Luísa
Dos Santos
Finance
Director
Darren
Acomb
Regional Director of Education
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John Baugh
Chief Education Officer

A headmaster in UK prep schools for over 30 years, John brings a wealth of education leadership experience, detailed curriculum construction and implementation, and Senior Leadership Team Management to his role of Chief Education Officer.

John’s advisory expertise has benefitted a number of organisations. He’s served as a member of the Independent Preparatory Schools Association Governing Council and Chairman of their education committee, and as Chairman of the UK Boarding Schools’ Association. John’s articles and papers have featured in educational journals and publications and he is a regular speaker at educational conferences. He has undertaken inspections for the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI).

John is currently an advisor to Jinseki International School, Japan, and the Akademeia Educational Group, Poland. In recent years, he served as Executive Director of St Andrew’s School, Kenya.

Lexi Lloyd Owen
Head of Sustainability

Lexi brings a wealth of experience in operations, design, and education to our Artemis Education team. She leads the Artemis Promise, designing and delivering a sustainable education solution for the future.

Lexi’s education career started at Cameron House School in London as the school registrar, before moving to Halycon London International School. She joined at the early stages of conception, where she assisted the founding board and team. With only an eleven-month planning and delivery cycle, she supported in many aspects of research, design, refurbishment of the building and the procurement and delivery of the furniture, fixtures and equipment for its launch.

Prior to her education career, Lexi joined a private family office in London, where she spent ten years covering all aspects of operations, event planning and managing their philanthropic endeavours before moving into the world of education. A History of Art graduate, Lexi started her career in galleries specialising in contemporary art in London and New York.

NIALL BRENNAN CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Following a distinguished military career and three years as Private Secretary to Sir Jackie Stewart, Niall joined Park House English School in Qatar in 2008 and was Chief Executive from 2011. Niall secured and co-led the exit from Park House in 2016. He then founded the Saracen group of companies, a diverse education-centred group, designing and delivering schools across the region, consulting and advising on all aspects of education to a variety of clients and designing, implementing, and operating a range of education support businesses. Niall founded Artemis Education, a dedicated schools operator business, in 2019 completing a multi-million dollar fundraise to establish the business. In 2020 Artemis completed their second raise and now have operations underway in several countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Niall has a deep understanding of every facet of the business of education and is widely considered an educational expert in the K-12 space. He has a proven capability of delivering across all aspects of design, delivery, start-up and onward operation as well as M&A.
Bruno Thibault
Project Director

Bruno brings 20 years’ experience as a lead project manager and interior architect in the construction industry to his role as Project Director, spanning ambitious projects in education, luxury hotels and airports.

Bruno’s expertise has focused on educational facilities where he managed the three-phase reconstruction of the Lycée Bonaparte, the French Embassy School in Doha, where he was responsible for the complete site from a 1,000 child capacity to a 2,000 child capacity school through a rolling construction and fit out over three years whilst the school remained operational, handing over the finished project within time and budget.

Bruno began his career in the construction industry in France, where he led large-scale projects such as the renovation of the Chateau de Versailles and building facilities for Charles de Gaulle International Airport and Air France.

Bruno holds degrees in Interior Architecture and Computer Science.

Tom Lloyd Owen
Chief Operations Officer

Tom has spent the last few years immersed in building businesses and education facilities in the Middle East, his experience of running companies and delivering complex projects on time and on budget has proved invaluable in the creation of Artemis Education and its projects to date. Having spent seven years in the British Army and three years as a Ship Broker, Tom went on to co-found a successful events company in London overseeing the rapid growth from start-up to an award-winning business before joining the team in Qatar in 2017.

Tom has run businesses all over the world and brings a huge amount of operational experience as well as a deep knowledge of project and complex programme management. Tom leads the day to day running of Artemis as its grows from a start-up employing a team of 6 to be one of the most exciting school operators with multiple schools across Europe and the Middle East.

He has led Artemis Education’s project team to successfully deliver Doha’s first Super School, controlling every single aspect of the construction project from the design phase, through to delivery and fit-out. As Artemis Education builds and acquires its own portfolio of schools across the EMEA region Tom is responsible for each project’s scheduling and delivery.

Zein Balhas
Head of Corporate Finance

Zein has more than 8 years of experience working in the accounting, auditing, tax and consulting fields. He also has more than 4 years of experience in valuation services in the Middle East.

He is the founder of Al-Mukhtar for Accounting and Auditing, a Beirut based firm specialised in financial, tax and legal consultancy. He is also the co-founder and the managing partner of the Institute for Financial Analysts (IFA) a firm specialising in preparatory courses and seminars for professional designations.

Nick Evans
Chief Development Officer

Nick has over 30 years’ experience in education, working across a range of interesting roles and initiatives, as a teacher, business analyst, education publisher and consultant. His career has included content and programme development, partnering, business turnarounds and school improvement projects, and his wealth of experience allows him to bring both empathy and a commercial outlook to his role.

He enjoys the experience of being part of a growing organisation and is attracted by the group’s values. Nick sees his role as more than implementing a sound strategic vision, but about the immediate difference that amazing teaching and learning experiences make to children’s lives.

Prior to joining Artemis Education, Nick was CEO of an international schools group.

Christie Coomer
Head of Culture for Learning

Christie Coomer, Head of Culture for Learning at Artemis Education is an esteemed educational leader known for her dedication to fostering a love for learning and nurturing young minds. With extensive experience in education, Christie brings a unique blend of expertise, innovation, and genuine care to her role.

Beginning her career as a teacher, she quickly gained recognition for inspiring students and instilling a lifelong passion for knowledge. Christie’s forward-thinking approach is evident in her advocacy for cutting-edge teaching methodologies and the integration of educational technologies.

She believes in a well-rounded education that cultivates critical thinking, creativity, and resilience. At Artemis Education, Christie is dedicated to supporting schools create curricula which is unique and bespoke to them, catering specifically for the students within each individual school. Christie is a compassionate advocate for each student’s unique journey, her vision for excellence and dedication to student growth make her a beacon of inspiration in the field of education.

Andy Coomer
Head of Experience

Andy’s role focuses on the students in our Artemis Education schools. He develops options for them outside the classroom, bringing together physical, creative, academic and community strands as the basis for his experience model. He will support senior leadership teams across our group by creating varied and engaging opportunities for our school communities.

Andy started his education career at a prep school in England, and went on to spend 13 years teaching in international schools in Qatar, Oman, UK and China as a Head of Physical Education. He most recently taught at Dulwich College Shanghai Pudong and also spent time in the independent sector at Blundell’s School in the UK.

While in Qatar, Andy worked at Park House English School where he successfully formed and developed different sporting academies and pathways. During this time, he organised and fundraised for two charity projects in Kathmandu, Nepal, and in Tamil Nadu, India, with the backing and support of the school community.

Nicholas Barclay
General Counsel

Nicholas’ role involves setting up and managing the corporate structure of our group, and to structure and negotiate new school acquisitions.

He previously worked in London and the Middle East for a broad range of clients, from large international organisations to family offices, making him ideally placed to deal with the challenges and opportunities Artemis faces establishing an international network of schools.

Nicholas comes from a legal background and trained at a prestigious firm in London and New York. He then spent 20 years working at leading international law firms in London, the UAE and Qatar, including as a partner at a top London mergers and acquisitions practice for seven years, where he specialised in corporate real estate transactions.

Nicholas has an LLB from the University of Bristol and an LLM from the University of Chicago, and is qualified to practice in England and Wales, and New York.

Luísa Dos Santos
Finance Director

Luísa, an accomplished professional in the field of management and accounting, has honed her skills over the past two decades in Portugal with leading organizations such as Deloitte, Sun Microsystems, Carrier, and Sodexo. She holds a degree in economics and an Executive MBA and is fluent in three languages. Her primary focus at Artemis Education is to manage the day-to-day financial operations, establish policies and procedures, and oversee the company’s financial performance.

With extensive experience in corporate tax, intercompany subjects, and internal controls, Luísa brings a wealth of knowledge to her role at Artemis Education, which has operations underway in several countries across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Darren Acomb
Director of Education

Darren has worked in international education for over 20 years, leading school and curriculum development in institutions across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. In addition, he has served as an accreditation team member for numerous international education accreditation organisations.

At Artemis Education, he will be focused on identifying new school opportunities, as well as supporting existing Artemis schools to build capability and further excellence.

Sara Prince
Head of Talent

Sara is responsible for all talent management and acquisition, as well as strategic HR policies and employee retention across Artemis Education. She brings a deep understanding of employee satisfaction to her role, while her background working for global organisations and extensive experience working in the Gulf region is an asset to the team.

Sara has worked in recruitment and human resources with global leaders in the field of project management and construction consulting as well as time with an international schools group focussing on Career Guidance and the interface between universities and secondary students. She has also worked in PR and journalism and brings an open, creative outlook to her role.

With a degree in Computer Science, Sara appreciates the importance of technology and media to support her role and the people she looks after.