Team

Adam Armanski joined UWC Dilijan as Head of School in August 2023. His career in the field of education spans 25 years at seven IB schools in seven countries. Prior to moving to Armenia, Adam was the founding head of an international school in Norway. He has also been actively involved in the work of the International Baccalaureate in multiple roles towards the organization’s mission of creating a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.

“In a world where education is often seen as a commodity, the UWC movement is a community of changemakers that help each other maintain the right set of values to pass on to the next generations.“

Agnieszka joined UWC International in April 2023 and is based in London. As an Educational Support Coordinator and Safeguarding Officer she coordinates all student programmes including safeguarding, mental health, Anti-Racism, Diversity and Inclusion (ARDEI), special education needs and English learning support.

Agnieszka brings over 20 years of professional experience from a variety of sectors including senior executive search, investment banking & private equity, executive coaching and consulting. She also volunteered with the Polish UWC National Committee and is currently a trustee of UWC Great Britain. She loves to work with organisations and individuals who want to be at their best and reach their full potential.

A Polish UWC-USA alumna (1986-1988), she holds a BA in economics from Yale University, USA, and an MBA from IESE, Spain. In her spare time, Agnieszka enjoys spending time with her family and loves to row on the river Thames.

Email: agnieszka.ziemba@uwcio.uwc.org

Alex is the Digital Communications Officer at UWC International. As part of the Communications team, Alex uses digital tools such as social media, websites and online resources to support internal and external communications around the movement. He collaborates with, and supports the UWC schools and colleges and UWC’s network of over 150 national committees (NCs).

Alex is a dual-national Canadian-British citizen who holds a Master’s degree in International Cooperation and Development from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. His connection to the UWC movement runs deep, having lived at Pearson College, mentored UWC students on the KULE Foundation project, and worked as a Parliamentary Researcher for MP Stephen Doughty (UWC Pearson College, 1996-1998) – former chair of the UWC Great Britain National Committee. 

Throughout his career, Alex has worked with various NGOs and within the UK political system, focusing on humanitarian and educational projects. These experiences have fuelled his passion for the intersectional role that education plays in promoting human rights, peacebuilding and broadening the horizons of youth globally.

In his spare time, Alex is an avid adventurer and outdoorsman. On weekends, you’ll likely find him hiking and camping in the wilderness, or exploring one of his many passions, such as carpentry. He approaches life with enthusiasm, always seeking new ways to grow and engage with the world around him.

Email: alex.tyner@uwcio.uwc.org

Aly Kassam-Remtulla is the Chief International Officer at Princeton University, where he leads a team of 250 professionals to enable and facilitate international activity; support and advocate for Princeton’s 3,100 international students and scholars; and manage the university’s global footprint, including an environmentally-focused campus in Kenya and a centre in Beijing. In addition, he is a faculty advisor for first- and second-year students and occasionally teaches an undergraduate seminar.

Aly is also co-chair of the Faculty Advancement Network, a consortium of research universities collaborating to advance diversity and inclusion in the American professoriate.

Earlier in his career, Aly worked at the MacArthur Foundation where he was the program officer for arts and culture and managed two term-limited initiatives which awarded more than $60 million in grants.

Aly has made a significant commitment to board service. He is the incoming board chair of UWC-USA and a trustee of Allegheny College, Princeton in Africa, and Princeton in Beijing.

Aly was born in Kenya, raised in Canada, and graduated with honours and with distinction from Stanford. He received an MSc, MBA, and DPhil from Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. His recent commentary has appeared in WIRED, the Chicago Tribune, and Al Jazeera.

“For me, as for so many others, UWC was a transformative experience that changed the way I thought about the world. More than ever before, a UWC education presents the tools, relationships, and lived experience necessary to address the world’s most intractable problems.”

Amantia Muhedini is an Albanian alumna of UWC Red Cross Nordic (2009-2011). Amantia’s professional background is in sustainability, investing, and public policy. She works or has worked in sustainable and impact investing with UBS, Morgan Stanley, Humanity United and Working Capital Investment Fund.

Amantia is the Chair of the Nominating Committee of UWC International. Prior to joining the UWC Board, Amantia was a member of the Committee of National Committees, the Community Engagement Committee, the Nominating and Governance Committee, and the UWC Council. Amantia is a co-founder and former Executive Director of the Albanian UWC National Committee. 

Amantia earned a Bachelor’s degree in Public Affairs from the Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs, and a Masters in Public Administration from the School of Public and International Affairs at Columbia University.

“UWC has the power and potential to change young people’s lives by providing a paradigm-shifting education. Education itself, in nearly any context and nearly any form of delivery, can be the most defining tool to change people and societies. UWC takes that further by focusing on deliberate diversity, it challenges students to continue growing and changing. It is also open as an institution itself to be challenged and to change.”

Angela joined UWC International at the end of August 2023 as the Finance and Administrative Associate. Her role involves supporting the Senior Financial Accountant and office administration tasks. Prior to joining the London team, Angela was based in New Zealand where she worked in the education sector supporting students on placements as well as for a charitable organisation where she supported the fundraising team. Angela holds a BA in Sociology and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology. While she was studying her graduate diploma, she worked as a dog handler, providing basic canine training and walks to groups of dogs. 

Angela enjoys working with people from different cultural backgrounds and working together as a team towards a common cause. She is adept at conversational cantonese and, in her spare time, loves walks, trying new recipes and reading a good book.

Email: angela.lun@uwcio.uwc.org

Angelique is a Dutch national, who now lives in Maastricht. She studied law at the University of Nijmegen and attained her Master’s degree in Brussels. Her career started in London as Legal Adviser for the record industry. In 1988 she moved back to the Netherlands to work for Royal Philips Electronics, ASML and Royal DSM, respectively. In her latest role she was SVP Communications and Branding. After retiring from this role in 2019, she took up several Non-Executive Board memberships. Angelique has one daughter who is an alumna of UWC Maastricht and as a parent Angelique has been active as member and Chair of the Participation Council of the school. She joined the Board of the school in February 2020 and has become Chair of the Board in January 2022.

“I really believe education is a powerful tool to change the world for the better. I am pleased to be part of the UWC movement, whose mission is to do just that!”

As International School Moshi makes the transition to become the second UWC in Africa and eighteenth in the world, Anna looks forward to being the founding head of the newest UWC. Anna first heard about UWC when working with VSO in Zimbabwe in the late 1990s and she was very excited to move to Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa in 2002 to teach Chemistry. Leaving Waterford Kamhlaba nearly a decade later, Anna moved to the Fiji Islands to lead International School Suva where she stayed for six years. Returning to the African continent in 2017, Anna is delighted to once again be part of the UWC family. Having taken a somewhat unconventional route into teaching, Anna values the opportunities education can give.

“If schools cannot be where young people can test themselves and try out new ideas as they grow and make sense of the world around them, where can they do this?”

Anthony graduated from the Hong Kong University in 1968. He has been serving in the field of education for nearly 50 years.

Starting as a teacher, he rose through the ranks in the Hong Kong Education Department before retiring in 2002 as the Deputy Director of Education responsible for Departmental Reform, Policies, Curriculum Development, and Quality Assurance.

From 2002 to 2007, he served as the principal of an Anglican secondary school in Hong Kong.

He is currently the Executive Director of Amity Foundation, Hong Kong – a charity working on poverty alleviation and disaster relief mostly in Mainland China.

Active in volunteer services, he has served in the Auxiliary Medical Services, AFS Intercultural Exchange and social services centres. He has been the Chairman of Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong since 2007 and also serves as supervisor of two primary schools.

“For nearly 50 years, I have been looking for the holy grail of what makes a good education for our young people in this very troubled world. Even when I planned LPCUWC in 1987, I wasn’t sure that this would be it. After the much closer encounter of serving on the Board for nearly 15 years, I’m convinced that the UWC movement holds the best promise for a better world.”

I have been privileged to have worked with wonderful colleagues at schools in Canada, Russia, China, Zimbabwe and now Japan. Although I have a BEd and an MA that have provided excellent foundations, I have learned more from experience, my colleagues, and from wonderful, collaborative organisations such as ACAMIS, ISSEA, EARCOS and now UWC. I strongly support design thinking and ensuring that students have a wide range of opportunities to have a positive impact on themselves, their schools and the wider world.

“UWC inspires me due to its hard-core commitment to socio-economic diversity. With a healthy impatience for the status quo, it’s our responsibility to live that precarious balance between helping our students fly, and ensuring that their roots (and prefrontal cortex) are firmly developed.”