Jane Larsson has led the Council of International Schools (CIS) as Executive Director since her appointment in 2010. CIS is a global non-profit membership organization of schools and universities. As an international accrediting body, CIS guides and evaluates the continual improvement of schools to help them provide students with the knowledge, skills and abilities to pursue their lives as global citizens. Working across educational sectors, CIS connects schools and universities to more effectively counsel, advise and support students as they explore and transition to higher education study internationally. CIS membership now includes 1,372 institutions across 123 countries, each committed to achieve high standards in international education.

Jane lends her voice to key topics shaping the future of international education, those which enable school and university communities to provide socially responsible leadership as they continually develop their programs. She currently serves as Chair of the International Taskforce on Child Protection and on the Board of Directors of the International Commission Advancing Independent School Accreditation (ICAISA).

Marlon Devonish is famous for being one of Great Britain’s most successful sprinters. A career that spun over 20 years, he competed in the 100 m, 200 m, and 4 x 100 m relay achieving European, Commonwealth, and World Indoor Championship titles representing his country. He is Britain's most decorated male athlete with 18 medals. He is known globally for being one of the four athletes to win Gold at the 2004 summer Olympics Games in Athens. Throughout his athletic career, Marlon was awarded for his successes, although not earmarked on his journey he became a Member of the British Empire alongside his fellow teammates Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, and Mark Lewis-Francis. Furthermore, he has honorary degree’s from both Coventry and Warwick Universities for his dedication and longevity in his sport. 

After retiring officially from athletics in 2013, Marlon created a speed consultancy business working predominately with professional sports players to enhance their sprint speed in their sport. Alongside this, he worked as a business coach for the German company Rixcom, gaining and sharing his knowledge on what is high performance to management at all areas across the business. He travels to countries such as Australia, India, Singapore, and United Kingdom and he still has a foothold in the company. 

In 2017 Marlon saw the opportunity to give back his wealth of knowledge at the British International School in Shanghai, Puxi. He is a high performance and I.B pastoral coach at the school working with students on developing the appropriate mindset that breeds success. Among various projects throughout the school, Marlon leads the athletics program with a vision to make champions in life through sport. Over the past 4 years, he has worked with pupils aged 3 to 18 at the school and teaches within the P.E department. 

One of Marlon’s latest projects was to write a book about his Olympic journey. Collaborating with his teammates and writers, Trystan Bevan and Ben Mercer, in the Amazon raved review book named “Our Race.” Which details the untold story of an all-time sporting shock. Marlon continues to thrive with his wife and two kids and enjoys sharing his wisdom with both the young and experienced.