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Business Department

Jerwin Templo Vergara
Nationality: Filipino

Andrew Sadler
Nationality: American

Han Jung Woo
Nationality: South Korea

Corazon R. Carvajal
Nationality: Filipino

Nicole Baudisch
Nationality: German

Joseph Schurley
Nationality: American

Fashion Design

Jane Clarbour
Nationality: British

Valentine Vu Anh Ho Nguyen
Nationality: Canadian

Jorge Estevez
Nationality: Canadian

Gyongyver (Gen) Lehn
Nationality: Hungarian

Eun Mi Yang
Nationality: Korea

Graphic & Multimedia Design

Paul Eirik Swanson
Nationality: Canadian

John Campbell
Nationality: Australian

Meaghan Blanch
Nationality: Australian

Alves Junior
Nationality: Brazilian

Tiana Denine Harris
Nationality: American

Interior Design

Thierry Delfosse
Nationality: Belgium

Ned H. Ronsairo
Nationality: Filipino

Annabel Chua
Nationality: Filipino

Diane Voisin
Nationality: French

English Department

Russell Mabalod
Nationality: Filipino

Phoejane D. Fabe
Nationality: Filipino

James Wold
Nationality: American

Jonathan W. Lankford
Nationality: American

Joseph Anthony Aleman Ontulan
Nationality: Filipino

Irene Olayvar Feliciano
Nationality: Filipino


Jane Clarbour


Title
Fashion Design Lecturer

Nationality:
British

Qualifications:
BA Hons Fashion Knitwear) Leicester Polytechnic, UK, Certificate of Education (post 16) DeMontfort University, UK.

Expertise:
Fashion pattern cutting and production.

Brief Introduction:
She has an Honours degree in Fashion design, specializing in knitwear design. She studied teacher training for three years and before arriving in Vietnam was programme leader of a Fashion and Theatre Costume Degree programme in the UK. Before becoming a lecturer, she ran a business designing and making bridal and special occasion wear and pattern cutting and grading for industry.


Valentine Vu Anh Ho Nguyen


Title
Fashion Design Lecturer

Nationality:
Canadian

Qualifications:
3 Years Advanced Diploma in Fashion Design with 1 Year of Internship & Co-Op Endorsement (Equivalent to a 3 year Bachelor of Fashion Design worldwide) Fanshawe College (London, Canada) - TESOL Advanced Certificate Global TESOL College (Edmonton, Canada)

Expertise:
Fashion Design, Fashion Merchandising, Fashion Technology and Stylist

Brief Introduction:
On the 25 of October, 2007, Vu Anh Ho Nguyen was among the 12 young graduating designers chosen by the President of the Fashion Design Council of Canada, Robin Kay and world renowned Canadian designer David Dixon to showcase his collection at L'Oreal Fashion Week in Toronto at Nathan Phillips Square. Currently Vu is working as a fashion lecturer for Raffles Design Institute of Ho Chi Minh City and as a fashion writer for Mot Tre Magazine and The Word Magazine.


Jorge Estevez


Title
Fashion Design Lecturer

Nationality:
Canadian

Qualifications:
Ph.D. McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Master of Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Bachelor of Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. College of LaSalle College, Montreal, Canada.

Expertise:
Teaching Fashion Design and Fine Arts

Brief Introduction:
Jorge studied Fashion Design at LaSalle College, in Montreal Canada. In 1990 he was invited to Singapore to establish the Fashion Design Department of the first Raffles Design Institute, then known as LaSalle College. Jorge then moved to Malaysia to establish the second campus. He went back to Canada to teach and to pursue further studies in Fine Arts. Jorge has extensive teaching experience in both Fashion Design and Fine Arts.


Gyongyver (Gen) Lehn


Title
Fashion Design Lecturer

Nationality:
Hungarian

Qualifications:
Master in Collection Design, Milan

Expertise:
Design in total look

Brief Introduction:
Gen has worked in Milan for 6 years for international brands. She opened her own business in Amsterdam in Vietnam, currently selling her designs to 8 countries. Frequently attending on fashion week, Europe. Latest fashion show 2008 sept, Sheraton Hotel.


Eun Mi Yang


Title
Fashion Design Lecturer

Nationality:
Korea

Qualifications:
Columbia College, Chicago, U.S - Major of Fashion Design (Bachelor of art degree) York University, Toronto, Canada - Major of Fashion Marketing

Expertise:
Design in total look.

Brief Introduction:
Owner & chief designer - Wedding dress boutique shop Nouveate mariee - seoul, korea - Heimdall boutique - Seoul Korea

Teaching experience - Sejong university wedding creation design instructor at Seoul Korea - Teacher of Fashion Illustration in Okton college at Chicago


Paul Eirik Swanson


Title
Programme Coordinator
Interactive Media Design & Visual Communication lecturer

Nationality:
Canadian

Qualifications:
BA in Economics. BFA in Filmmaking. His awards include the Alberta Visual Arts Study Grant and a State University of New York Filmmaking Scholarship

Expertise:
Media Design & Visual Communications

Brief Introduction:
He joined Raffles Education Corporation in 2008 as a Lecturer in Interactive Media Design & Visual Communications. Prior to this, Paul was the Creative Director/Partner for a Communication Design studio in Bangkok, Thailand called Whitespace ID. Paul's professional experience includes working for over 10 years in New York City & Los Angeles in Advertising, Film, Television, Multimedia and Design. During this time, he gained invaluable experience in Strategic Marketing, Branding, Interactive Media Development & hands on design for Print, Media and the Internet.


John Campbell


Title
Visual Communication Lecturer

Nationality:
Australian

Qualifications:
Bachelors in Visual Communication - Swinburne Institute of Technology, Certificate in Training and Assessment.

Expertise:
Graphic Design

Brief Introduction:
Has been working for Raffles since February 2007, specialising in Graphic Design. Starting working within the Raffles Sydney, Australia campus then moving to Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam working as a full time Visual Communication lecturer. He finds lecturing and passing on knowledge of Graphic Design very rewarding.


Meaghan Blanch


Title
Visual Communication Lecturer

Nationality:
Australian

Qualifications:
Bachelor of Visual Communications - University of Newcastle.

Expertise:
Visual and graphic design

Brief Introduction:
Meaghan has experience in the graphic design field as a corporate branding expert specializing in re-branding the total corporate identity systems and the development of new marketing material. She also possesses vast experience in liaising with printers and project management.


Alves Junior


Title
Interactive Media Design & Visual Communication lecturer

Nationality:
Brazilian

Qualifications:
Alves has University degree in Visual communication

Expertise:
Graphic. Motion & Web Design

Brief Introduction:
His first job was as an art assistant in 1992 when the layout and graphic design were done by hand without the use of computers.He has more than 15 years of experience in graphic, motion and web design. He has worked in Brazil as a creative director for agencies and in Blue Collar Companies as well as doing free lance designing. As a free lancer he has an international career working in Oxford, UK and in Silicon Valley, California - US. His awards include Ibest Top 10 Web design and many Ibests awards for your children's website Guri. His website: http://www.alvesjunior.com


Thierry Delfosse


Title
Interior Design Lecturer

Nationality:
Belgium

Qualifications:
Master degree from Ensav La Cambre. High school for visual arts. Brussels. Belgium.

Expertise:
Furniture & interior design.

Brief Introduction:
From his twenty years of professional experience as designer in Europe, he gain a large expertise in furniture made to measure and lighting design. He works in all range of projects, office, restaurant and residential from project structural lines to the tinny details of a veneer cabinet.


Ned H. Ronsairo


Title
Interior Design Lecturer

Nationality:
Filipino

Qualifications:
- Academically completed in Masters in Graphics Technology at the Technological University of the Philippines, 2001-2003
- Graduated at Technological University of the Philippines with a degree in Bachelor of Science Industrial Education major in Drafting Technology 1989 - 1991
- Passed in the Philippine Board Examination for Teachers, October 1992

Expertise:
Auto Cad, Color rendering, Interior Designing

Brief Introduction:
He has been teaching in Raffles since July 2008 up to present. Ned worked as an Architectural Draftsman/ Interior Designer at NIC & WES Builder Pte Ltd, Singapore for a year. He was also a Structural Detailer in Manila for 3 years. He taught at Mapua Institute of Technology-Intramuros Manila for more than 12 years at the same time he conducted lectures and seminars in the Philippines.


Annabel Chua


Title
Interior Design Lecturer

Nationality:
Filipino

Qualifications:
She finished her degree, Bachelor of Science major in Interior Design - College of the Holy Spirit, Philippines.

Expertise:
Auto Cad, Color rendering, Interior Designing

Brief Introduction:
Annabel Chua joined Raffles International College early this year of 2009. She started practicing her profession since 2001 as Freelance designer and had a good experience in handling residential and commercial display projects. In year 2004 - 2008, she has been connected to AVEC Enterprises HK Ltd., as part of Product Development team handling projects for US and European market.


Diane Voisin


Title
Interior Design Lecturer

Nationality:
French

Qualifications:
B.A. Degree in Environmental Design:Esaa Duperre - Duperre Art School Paris, France Master Degree, major in Environmental Design: ESAAMA Oliviers de Serres Paris, France

Expertise:
Event & Trade Design, Residential Interior Design

Brief Introduction:
Diane started practicing her profession as a designer for luxurious residential projects in Paris in 2004. In 2004 -2007, she became a designer at Activise Agency for different commercial display projects and events, then as a freelancer. She is now teaching interior design at Raffles.


Jerwin Templo Vergara


Title
Business Administration Lecturer

Nationality:
Filipino

Qualifications:
- Master of International Business (on-going), La Trobe University, AU
- Bachelor of Commerce (Mgmt & Entrepreneurship), San Beda, MLA
- TESOL Certificate, HCS International - ACSI & NAPS Accredited


Expertise:
Management, Marketing & Entrepreneurship

Brief Introduction:
In 2003, Jerwin graduated with honors and was awarded by Entrepreneurship Educators Association (ENEDA) on academic excellence. He completed his Business Apprenticeship at corporate giants General Motors (GM) and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals. Jerwin gained wealth of industry experience from UNILAB, Philippines' leading Pharmaceutical Company where he worked as Territory Manager. Prior to joining Raffles, he was an adjunct foreign instructor at Saigon Institute of Technology - Houston Community College System, HCMC and has served as Business English Trainer for a number of local and foreign Entrepreneurs in Vietnam.


Andrew Sadler


Title
Business Lecturer

Nationality:
American

Qualifications:
BA in Economics - New York University
MBA in International Management - Thunderbird School of Global Management, Phoneix, Arizona.

Expertise:
International capital markets, financial services sector, and insurance industry

Brief Introduction:
He subsequently joined the investment banking division of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, first on the Asia Desk of the New Issues & Corporate Finance Department and then in Luxembourg where he set up the bank's debt origination, sales and syndication activities. As Fund Manager for Banque G'n'ale de Luxembourg's global fixed-income umbrella funds (SICAV) and then as a Strategic Management Consultant, Andrew was able to broaden his experience in the international capital markets, financial services sector, and insurance industry. Andrew is now enjoying encouraging a new generation of global citizens for the challenges that lie ahead.


Han Jung Woo


Title
Business Lecturer

Nationality:
South Korea

Qualifications:
MBA - Royal Melbourne Institution of Technology, Bachelor of Commerce - Royal Melbourne Institution of Technology

Expertise:
Business, strategic management, Economics

Brief Introduction:
Before coming to Vietnam, Jung Woo used to study moving image design at an art college in South-Korea and gained experienced in movie production. Prior to Raffles, Jung Woo has notably worked for a leading Canadian-based international strategic management consulting firm and a European IT business solution company in finance / accounting.


CORAZON R. CARVAJAL


Title
Program Coordinator/Business Lecturer, Marketing and Management Programme

Nationality:
Filipino

Qualifications:
MA in Education Major in Guidance and Counseling
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Major in Management
Board Passer in the Teachers Board Exam
Business Educator

Expertise:
Business Education

Brief Introduction:
A former Head of the Marketing department in the College of Business Administration and creative and competent adviser of the Junior Marketing Association (JMA) in the University of Makati, Philippines. She has 22 years of dedicated teaching experience before becoming a Business Lecturer in Raffles International College. Prior to teaching in the tertiary level, she was the Head of the Student Affairs and High school faculty for 8 years in Guadalupe Catholic School in the Philippines. Teaching is her passion. She is forward-focused, socially well adjusted, with enormous sense of humor yet privately she is more of an introvert than what the public personal lets on


Joseph Schurley


Title
Program Coordinator, Lecturer and Acting Academic Coordinator

Nationality:
American

Qualifications:
- B.S Industrial and Labor Relations - LeMoyne College
- Chef Certification - Culinary Institute of America
- Master of Hotel Administration - Cornell University

Expertise:
Managerial and Financial Accounting, Strategic Planning, Hospitality Management and Entrepreneurship

Brief Introduction:
Prior to working with the College, he was a Consultant for Chef and TV personality Bobby Chinn in Hanoi and assisted Mr. Chinn in opening his restaurant.
Joe has 20 years of experience creating, developing, and growing hospitality companies. Preceding his Asian experience, he was a Managing Partner for the Myriad Restaurant Group (the Company) and partner with the actor Robert DeNiro. The Company owns 31 restaurants worldwide.


Joseph Anthony Aleman Ontulan


Title
English Lecturer

Nationality:
Filipino

Qualifications:
- Bachelor in Secondary Education major in English, La Salle University Philippines
- English Language Teaching Training Course, Brightstar Kaplan International Education and Training, Vietnam

Expertise:
General and Academic English, IELTS

Brief Introduction:
In 2006, he accepted to do a teaching job at BrightStar-Kaplan Group Vietnam in the Mekong Delta Region where he handled Advanced English and IELTS classes. He was named as the Centre Training Manager in the following year.
Foremost of his duties included curriculum development, teacher training and supervision. His almost 4-year stay at the Mekong Delta officially ended when he joined John Robert Powers International, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam as an English Language Program Manager.


Nicole Baudisch


Title
Business Administration Lecturer

Nationality:
German

Qualifications:
-Degree in International Industrial Business Engineering
-University of Applied Sciences ,Wiesbaden
-Degree in Commerce (Tourism and Hospitality Management), Int.
-Academy of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Karlsruhe (IHK)

Expertise:
Project Manager

Brief Introduction:
Nicole graduated with honors in Germany after completing practical terms in the USA and Sri Lanka. She has worked as a Project- and Procurement Manager in the corporate industry. She has a track record of delivering significant development in Emerging Markets by creating a platform and the right entrepreneurial culture to stimulate growth. Nicole had worked as a lecturer in Sri Lanka and in Vietnam before, and joined the passion for a multicultural environment as the other lecturers at Raffles.


Russell Mabalod


Title
Programe Coordinator

Nationality:
Filipino

Qualifications:
CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching Adult) under Cambridge University - Language Link, Hanoi Vietnam
Professional Licence in Education - Professional Regulation Commission, Philippines
M.A. Major in English (units earned) - La Salle University Philippines
BSED ( Bachelor in Secondary Education Major in English - La Salle University Philippines

Expertise:
General and Academic English, IELTS.

Brief Introduction:
Russell joined Raffles in October 2008. The following are the positions and schools she was previously employed in Vietnam from November 2005 - October 2008: IELTS, ESL teacher - Resources Venture International, Cantho City; Curriculum Director - John Robert Powers, Ho Chi Minh City; ESL teacher - Vietnam Australian International School and Vietnam USA Society and Language Center. Prior to her experiences in Vietnam, she had taught ESL and Literature subjects to high school and university students in La Salle Academy and Alfonso Tan State College, Philippines from 2002 - 2005.


Phoejane D. Fabe


Title
English Lecturer

Nationality:
Filipino

Qualifications:
-Bachelor in Secondary Education Major in English
-Master in Education major in English (units earned)
-TESOL Certified - Elective in Teaching EILTS

Expertise:
General and Academic English, IELTS

Brief Introduction:
She worked as a University instructor in the Philippines before coming to Vietnam. Phoejane has practiced her profession as an educator for 7 years. In 2006, she ventured in Vietnam and worked in Resources Venture International in Mekong Delta as a language teacher and was appointed as Training Manager in 2008. She took the TESOL course in 2009 taking up IELTS as Elective and eventually works in Raffles International College as an ESL lecturer in July 2009. As an educator, she always carries with her the thought she learned from her alma mater La Salle


Tiana Denine Harris


Title
Visual Communication Lecturer

Nationality:
American

Qualifications:
CPost-Baccalaureate Certificate in Visual Communication - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, with emphasis in Graphic Design - Miami University of Ohio.

Expertise:
Graphic Design (Print and Apparel), Product Design

Brief Introduction:
Tiana fell in love with design while studying graphic design and jewelry design at Miami University of Ohio. She launched her career as assistant exhibit designer for the Smithsonian Institution. Since then she has done freelance and full-time work for major retail corporations and small design studios. She has evolved into a brand strategist, CAD artist, illustrator, art director, material specialist for Home Fashion products, mentor and now lecturer.


James Wold


Title
English Lecturer

Nationality:
American

Qualifications:
Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Language and Literature, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Master of Arts in Langugage and Communication, Regis University, Denver, Colorado.

Expertise:
Intercultural Communications, Second Language Acquisition, Adult Learning, Training and Development Difficulties in Learning English as a Second or Foreign Language

Brief Introduction:
He began his English teaching career at the American Institute in Taiwan, and taught in the extension programs in National Taiwan University and Chinese Cultural University. James also developed an impressive client list while consulting and coaching to business and management objectives for multinational companies including Acer, ICI-Dulux, KPMG, President Enterprises, and Watson-Wyatt International. After returning to the US and completing his Master's degree in Language and Communication with emphasis on Adult Learning, Training and Development, he realized that he wanted to work again in East Asia to help goal-oreiented and hardworking students to reach their potential.


Jonathan W. Lankford


Title
English Lecturer

Nationality:
American

Qualifications:
Bachelor of Arts in Intercultural Studies. Master of Education, Jones International University, Denver, Colorado.

Expertise:
Intercultural Communications, Adult Education and Administration

Brief Introduction:
After having gained business experience in office training while working for a major American logistics company, he began his career in ESL education in Ho Chi Minh City. His involvement in licensed charities has included English club organization and event development. He has committed his long-term career to education through schools of higher learning and non-profit mediums in Vietnam.


Irene Olayvar Feliciano


Title
English Lecturer

Nationality:
Filipino

Qualifications:
- Passed in the Philippine Board Examinations for Teachers in 1995-(PBET) Professional Regulation Commission, Professional ID no. 0698996
- Earned 42 units in Master's degree major in Educational Management University of Rizal System, 2006
- Bachelor of Elementary Education with a Specialization in Preschool- Philippine Normal University, 1995

Expertise:
Educational Management/ Academic English, IELTS

Brief Introduction:
Irene started teaching at Raffles in 2008 as an English Lecturer. Her previous academic positions include:
- E-World International University for Continuing Education Corporation Philippines: Homeschool Teacher/ Curriculum Developer/ Workshop Coordinator, 2002 - 2003/ 2005 - 2007
- EF China/ Sunshine International Kindergarten: ESL teacher, 2004
- Singapore International School, Indonesia: Form teacher, 2007s

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