Mike RileyDeputy Director

Mike Riley joined NILE in 2020 after spending four years as Teacher Training Manager at Macmillan Education. He started his teaching career in 2001 working with refugees and asylum seekers in his native Manchester. He then spent 15 years working as a teacher, director of studies and school director in Milan, Italy.

He has MA modules in Management in Language Education and Trainer Development. His role at NILE involves supporting strategic and organisational management, assisting with sales and marketing and training and consultancy in a range of areas including educational management, British culture, using video and image in the classroom and general language teaching methodology.

For several years, Mike ran a successful blog on educational management. He has worked as a school inspector and has presented on a variety of subjects at events in many countries.