Meet Our Staff

Phlair is dedicated to keeping abreast with changes in education, technology and teaching methodologies to enhance the learning experience for our students by employing qualified, dedicated and passionate staff.  Our friendly and experienced staff are ready to assist you with all your academic and non-academic matters.

Meet our team:

Administration

CEO John Eccles, BSc, BE, Grad DipBus, CELTA 
Deputy Principal / Registrar Ping Chen, LLM
Administration Manager / AccountantLeverne Gow
Marketing ManagerMelind aBrown, MA, BScEcons, DipEcons, CPE
Head of DepartmentMei Sun, MA
Student Welfare OfficerPhoebe Taylor
AccountsAngela Zhen
Student Advisor - Chinese:Duan Zunlu 

Teaching Staff - ESOL (English)

Aaron Clark; Cert TESOL, CCS - Oral English, International stream, ESOL
Jan Cowen; NZRN, Cert TESOL - Oral English, Upper-Intermediate ESOL
Poh Yin Ching; BA (Hons) (Eng Lang), DipEd - Pre-Intermediate ESOL, International stream
Sharon Eccles; BEd, Cert Speech Therapy, Teachers Cert - Speech and Language Therapist
Deb Macky; Cert Eng Lang, BA (French) - International stream, IELTS
Wayne Ning; Grad Dip (App Ling), BA (American Lit), CELTA - Pre-Intermediate ESOL
James van Alstine; BTh, Cert Bus Computing, Cert TESOL - Business English

Teaching Staff - Business & Management

Melinda Brown MA, BScEcons(Hons), DipEcon, CPE - Human Resources, Marketing
John Eccles; BSc, BE (Hons), Grad DipBus, CELTA - Management, Marketing, Accounting
James van Alstine; BTh, Cert Bus Computing, Cert TESOL - Problem Solving, Workplace Communication, Business English
Ian Williams; MBA, BTh, DipTh - Computing, Information Systems, Accounting