Our Leadership

Richard is Chairman of KSI.  He is the Director of Education for an Australian Charity, Better Timor, investing in education in Timor Leste. He has broad international experience in both education and business with his previous roles including being Principal of St Dominic’s International School Lisbon, CEO of the STS Educational Group in Bangladesh and CEO of the International School Dhaka. He has been directly involved in building new international schools across Asia and was for five years a member of the IB Asia Pacific Regional Council. He previously served as the Executive Director of the Council of International Schools (ÒCISÓ) from 2004 to 2010. Prior to joining CIS, Richard was the Chief Executive of the Restaurant Group for Jardine Matheson Holdings (one of the largest YUM brands franchisee with 300 restaurants across Asia), where he launched and operated businesses across the Asia-Pacific for sixteen years. Richard began his career as a teacher with VSO and then spent nine years in international management with the SGS Group. He was educated at Winchester College and holds an MA in Economics and Politics from Cambridge.

Dimitri is a founder of KSI, Knightsbridge School London and the founder and Managing Partner of Cycladic Capital LLP, set up in 2002 to focus on making public and private investments in small and medium sized companies with a particular focus on greenfield start‐ups. Previously Dimitri set up and ran the European operations of the private equity firm, Whitney & Company, and spent eight years at Morgan Stanley in the private equity group and investment banking. He currently serves on the Boards of Journey Group plc., Gemini Equipment & Rentals (Private) Limited and MonuRent Limited (Mauritius). Dimitri is also a Director and Advisory Board member of Knightsbridge School Limited. Dimitri has an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a Masters in Electrical and Information Sciences from Cambridge University.

Jeff was the Superintendent of the American School Foundation of Monterrey (ASFM) in Monterrey, Mexico from 1994 until his retirement in June of 2013. ASFM is considered by many to be one of the top ten American International Schools in the world. Jeff earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of Colorado and a Masters and Doctorate in Educational Administration from the University of Alabama. Jeff has been involved in international education since 1975. He has been the Headmaster of three different schools in Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico. He has been President of the Tri-Association of American Schools (Colombia-Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico), President of ASOMEX (American Schools of Mexico), Chairman of the Latin American Committee of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of AdvancED, the world’s largest school accrediting organisation.

William is a founder of Knightsbridge School in London and serves as Chairman of the KS Board of Advisors. He is a former Managing Director of Merrill Lynch Securities and is currently an investor in a number of private businesses. He is a Governor of Adams Grammar and the Abraham Darby Academy, a Trustee of the Prostate Cancer UK. He was a previous Chairman of the Development Board of the Royal Court Theatre. He was educated at Eton College and Durham University.

Alex is currently responsible for a run-off of investment portfolio managed by Alfa Capital Partners, a Private Equity Firm dedicated to former Soviet Countries and Turkey. Prior to joining Alfa Capital Partners as Managing Director in March 2008, Mr Bezugly worked as Head of Private Equity at RIT Capital Partners plc, a closed-end listed investment trust chaired by Lord Jacob Rothschild. During his time at RIT, he was instrumental in setting up and co-managing private equity investments at TAU Capital PLC, a closed-end listed investment fund targeting Kazakhstan and Central Asia. In 1998-2002, he worked at M&A and Private Equity departments of Lehman Brothers in London. Mr. Bezugly commenced his career in 1996 with Creditanstalt Investment Bank in New York. Mr. Bezugly received his BA in Economics with Honors from the Moscow State University (Lomonosov). Mr. Bezugly was a Scholar at the London School of Economics. He is a British/Russian national.