Meet our Staff
The IST Leadership Team includes the key administrators: Head of School, Primary Principal, Secondary Principal, Head of Operations, our IB Coordinators (PYP, MYP and DP) and the Primary Italian Parità Scolastica Coordinator. Together they oversee the daily operations and curriculum of the school and help guide our community as we pursue our Guiding Statements.
Leadership Team
Lara Pazzi
Head of School
Kim Engasser
Primary Principal
Matthew Thurstan
Secondary Principal
Gianluca Collu
Operations Manager
Curriculum Coordinators
Farhana Bari
PYP Coordinator
Kirsty Wilkinson
MYP Coordinator / MYP Individuals & Societies Teacher
Lorenzo Borgotallo
DP Coordinator / DP Language Acquisition Italian Teacher
Barbara Sobrero
Coordinator Parità Scolastica / PYP Italian Mother Tongue Teacher
Administration Team
Lara Pazzi
Head of School
Gianluca Collu
Operations Manager
Claudia Rabuazzo
Finance Manager
Marita Bellone
Administrative Assistant / Field trip & PD Coordinator
Valeria Cocchi
Human Resources
Anna Costantini
Cleaner Coordinator and Maintenance Supervisor
Fernando Azzinaro
Maintenance
Michael Fistetto
Substitute PYP Physical Education Teacher & After School Activities Coordinator
Monica Jona
Admissions/Registrar
Antonieta Pellegrini
Administrative Assistant
Alessandro Ranzini
IT Administrator
Jennifer Redman
Information Service
Luca Russo
Security and Maintenance
Roberta Schirru
Communication & Marketing / Order Office / Yearbook Coordinator
Beatrice Sipione
School Nurse
Ilaria Sosio
Admissions
Faculty Team
Cynthia Clough
MYP/DP Language & Literature Learning Leader - English Teacher
Rodrigo Infantozzi
MYP/DP Mathematics Learning Leader - MYP/DP Mathematics and DP Computer Science Teacher
Kim Morris
MYP/DP Arts Learning Leader - MYP/DP Visual Arts
Francesca Parisi
Language Acquisition Learning Leader - Italian Language Acquisition Teacher
Astrid Tegge-Schuering
MYP/DP Science Learning Leader - MYP Science / DP Chemistry Teacher
Pauline Awor
PYP Nursery Teacher
Lorraine Ayres
PYP G4X Teacher
Susan Baker
PYP G3X Teacher
Carla Banioni
MYP/DP Italian Teacher
Jessica Bartolozzi
Counsellor / Accreditation Coordinator / Child Protection Officer
Eva Batova
Maternity Leave
Sara Bergamin
Maternity Leave
Sophie Blavet
IB Programmes Librarian
Michelle Brennan
PYP G5X Teacher
Cinzia Buono
DP Italian Literature Teacher
Salvatore Burgio
PYP G5Y Teacher
Dillon Burt
MYP Physical Education Teacher / Athletics Director
Carmen Campos
PYP G2X Teacher
Elisa Canestrelli
PYP Italian Mother Tongue Teacher
Hannah May Caspar
Primary English Language Learning Teacher
Jacqueline Catalano
Maternity Leave
Nicola Coombes
PYP Kindergarten Teacher
Luisa Curletti
MYP Individuals & Societies / DP History Teacher and English Language and Literature Teacher
Elena Di Maggio
PYP Italian Language Acquisition Teacher
Victoria Faulkner
MYP English Language & Literature and Language Acquisition Teacher
Luca Fenoglio
MYP Italian Mathematics / Science Teacher
Robert Friets
MYP/DP Mathematics Teacher
Raquel Galindo
PYP G3Y Teacher
Clarissa Ghelli
PYP Visual Arts Teacher
Jennifer Hahn
MYP Science / DP Biology Teacher / Sustainability Leadership Secondary School Coordinator
Neelam Jiandani
PYP Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
Annemarie Kets
Pre-Kindergarten Teaching Assistant
Vanessa Lange
MYP Design and Visual Arts Teacher
Suzanna Lindeman
PYP G1Y Teacher
Nerea Maeso
PYP Strings Program
Marta Malvezzi
MYP/DP Mathematics and DP Physics Teacher
Megan Martineau
PYP Learning Support Teacher
Tom Massey
MYP Math and Integrated Sciences Teacher
Lewis McKenzie
MYP Science / DP Environmental Systems & Societies Teacher
Josephine Nthuni
PYP G1X Teacher
Sara Osman
Maternity Leave
Miriam Oxenham
Maternity Leave
Matthew Padula
MYP Mathematics Teacher / DP Economics Teacher
Caroline Parrett
PYP G4Z Teacher
Paolisa Penzo
MYP Language & Literature Italian Teacher
Pravin
Secondary English Language Learning Teacher
Nadia Raviola
MYP/DP Language Acquisition English
Susanne Reif
MYP/DP Language Acquisition German Teacher / CAS Coordinator
Maria Sol Rosales
MYP/DP Language Acquisition Spanish Teacher
Sharon Rose
PYP G4Y Teacher
Maria Dolores Sanchez Martinez
MYP/DP Language Acquisition Spanish Teacher
Clara Siviero
University Counsellor - DP English Language & Literature and Language Acquisition Teacher
Lana Skrtic
MYP Individuals & Societies Teacher
Guy Teho
MYP/DP Language Acquisition French Teacher
Isabella Thomson
PYP Instrumental Program / MYP Music Teacher
Ashley Jade Veale
Nursery Teaching Assistant
Amelia Verlato
PYP Music Teacher
Erica Violante
Maternity Leave
Elaine Walker
DP History and TOK Teacher
Fiona Westray
Kindergarten Teaching Assistant
Ethel Wolfe
Secondary Learning Support Teacher