Our team
Founder / School Director
Yvonne Wende
Founder and School Director
2004 gründete Yvonne Wende die erste internationale bilinguale englisch-deutsche Vorschule und Grundschule in Berlin-Mitte. 2007 folgte die Gründung der Ganztagsgrundschule (Berlin Cosmopolitan Primary School) und 2009 die Eröffnung des Gymnasiums der Berlin Cosmopolitan School.
Heute ist Yvonne Wende geschäftsführende Mehrheitsgesellschafterin der ebs Europäischen Bildungsstiftung gemeinnützigen GmbH, geschäftsführende Direktorin, Geschäftsführerin der hauseigenen Küche, der Berlin Cosmopolitan Cookery und der Berlin Cosmopolitan School Campus gemeinnützigen Gesellschaft mbH. Inmitten der Natur eröffnete Yvonne Wende im September 2022 unter anderem einen außerschulischen Lernort für die Berlin Cosmopolitan School. In den Bildungseinrichtungen werden knapp 1.000 Schüler und Schülerinnen gefördert. Sie hat etwa 180 Mitarbeiter und Mitarbeiterinnen und ist Mutter von drei Kindern. Die ältesten haben das IB Diploma bzw. das bilinguale Abitur an der Berlin Cosmopolitan School erfolgreich abgelegt.
In 2004, Yvonne Wende founded the first international bilingual English-German preschool and primary school in Berlin-Mitte. This was followed in 2007 by the founding of the all-day primary school (Berlin Cosmopolitan Primary School) and in 2009 by the opening of the secondary school of the Berlin Cosmopolitan School.
Today, Yvonne Wende is the managing majority shareholder of the ebs Europäische Bildungsstiftung gemeinnützigen GmbH, executive director, managing director of the in-house kitchen, the Berlin Cosmopolitan Cookery and the Berlin Cosmopolitan School Campus gemeinnützigen Gesellschaft mbH. In the midst of nature, Yvonne Wende opened, among other things, an extracurricular learning space for the Berlin Cosmopolitan School in September 2022. The educational facilities support almost 1,000 students. She has about 180 employees and is the mother of three children. The oldest have successfully completed the IB Diploma or the bilingual Abitur at the Berlin Cosmopolitan School.
Nataliya Karl
Assistant to the Founder / School Director
Administration / Finance / Human Resources
Head
Solveig Harloff
Head of Administration, Finance & HR
Administration
Cyril Compeyron
Librarian
Dominik Courtois
Facility Manager
Manuel Mühlner
Facility Manager
Nadin Hohmann
School Secretary
Sybille Böhmisch
School Secretary
Finance
Manan Sanghvi
Finance Officer
Marcel Nguyen-Rux
Finance Officer/ Controlling
Melissa Weichert
Finance Officer
Human Resources
David Kuhn
Human Resources Officer
Poonam Sanghvi
Head of Human Resources
Ömer Allahverdi
Human Resources Officer
Communications
Esther-Marie Merz
Head of Communications,
Public Relations and Marketing
Admissions
Randi Impson
Admissions Director
Yvette Williams
Admissions Secretary
Kindergarten & Preschool
Heads Team
Gade Mete
Head of Kindergarten & Preschool
Katharina Ehrenfried
Head of Innovation
Michael Habekost
Head of Kindergarten & Preschool
Nicole Praima
Head of Kindergarten & Preschool
English speaking Educators
Aiyana Wain Hirschberg
Aleksandra Spasovski
Alexander Bloom
Year Group Coordinator
Amarilda Kuci
Ashley Rothmann
Buse Kalender Ay
Cathy Nabadda
Christina Bila-Paraskeva
Cristina Arlandis Martin
Daniel Errey
Danika Goulding
Duygu Avci Altinkaya
Eva Fumika Hirayama
Ginna Alejandra Valez Carrasco
Trainee
Giovanni Sanchez
Harriet Johnston
Trainee
Hilda Gharahbeigi
Isobel Hague
Jane Francis Nanyanzi
Trainee
Johanna Gruschwitz
Katherine Wade
Librarian
Kathleen Van Bonn
Kaya Copeland
Diversity Sensitve Inclusion & Curriculum Coach
Kenneth Steven Krowns
Laura Cranstoun
Year Group Coordinator
Lauren Shelby Piper
Diversity Sensitive Inclusion & Curriculum Coach
Mahfoud Berbache
Monica Afifi Martin
Monika Dengusiak
STEM Coordinator
Myla Lister
Natalie Talmi
Head of Kindergarten & Preschool
Nicola Sartore
Neo Molemohi-Speck
Parul Rohal
SDG-Coordinator
Phiona Kituyi
Year Group Coordinator
Placidius Chimauche Ukaegbu
Ranna Al-Sayyed
Samantha De Oliveira Carmo Pontes
Tripti
Vannesa Hulsey
Zahida Nasirova
German speaking Educators
Adriana Almazan Infante
Trainee
Alexander Hübner
STEM Coordinator
Berfin Cacan
Carolyn Laas
Christina Plummer
Daniela Testamarck
Deborah Rattey
Dora Kiss
Dušica Lukic
Elisa Marzaro
Eloise Ciccarelli Perez
Emily Lewis
Felicia Spevacek
Trainee
Gianelli Lopez
Trainee
Ignacio Veillon
Jela Vrhovac
Joana Macedo Nathansohn
Kiki Jungnickel
Laylokhon Mamajonova
Marco Silvio Lo Sardo
Maria Selena Habermann
Trainee
Marija Misic
Marlén Knoppik Junges
Year Group Coordinator
Marlies Haverkamp
Melissa Gomez
Monja Sidortschuk
Nuran Abi
Sarah Hochstein
Sascha Pröchel
Trainee
Selina Kunze
Vanilla Tsarafidy Raniriantsoa
Trainee
Xuanzi Luo
Trainee
Performing Arts Team
Dorrie Silver
Dance Educator
Marlene Schomberg
Dance assistant
Péter Jánosházi
Music Educator
Tabea Sawatzky
Music Assistant
Administration Team
A’ja Dotson
Secretary of Kindergarten
Katrin Meier
Secretary of Kindergarten
Quynh Pham
Secretary of Kindergarten
Reiner Degner
Facility Manager
Primary School
Heads Team
Meagan DeKort
Head of Primary (3rd – 5th Grades)
Taurin Eimermacher
Head of Primary (1st – 2nd Grades)
Classroom Teacher
Alicia Stolsmark
Classroom Teacher
Brian Duke
Classroom Teacher
Elin Kelly
Classroom Teacher
Marc Baxter
Classroom Teacher
William White
Classroom Teacher
Justine DeFrancesco
Classroom Teacher
Kieran Lilwall
Classroom Teacher
Adam Westfall
Classroom Teacher
Katey Svensson
Classroom Teacher
Daniel Vevers
Classroom Teacher
Ender Dincar
GLD Teacher
James Lee
Classroom Teacher
Scott McEwan
German Teacher Assistant
Talia Johnston
Classroom Teacher
Rachael Wass
Classroom Teacher
German Teacher
Alina Avguston
GLD Teacher
Christiane Goodman
German Teacher
Leoness Oeburg
German Teacher
Mercedes Braun
German Teacher
Dr. Micha Huff
German Teacher
Specialist Teacher
Alexander Uwe Pavlovic
Sports Teacher
Alper Emin
Sport & German Teacher
Andrew Igras
IT/ICT & LSS Teacher
Anita Kreft
Dance Teacher & Head of Dance
April Graziano
SEN Teacher
Benjamin Salsbury
Music Teacher, Strings Director, Music Supervisor
Bridget Kinneary
Music Teacher
Chris Carter
English, Outdoor & Class Teacher
Colin Lloyd
Music Teacher
Diana Schumann
Dance Teacher
Dominic Hislop
Art Teacher
Javier Hoballah
Swimming and Sports
Joey Ryan
Music Teacher
Marina Barros Cabral
Art Teacher
Naira Schwemmler
Sports & Dance Teacher
Sven Wehrmeyer
Sports & Ethics Teacher, Basketball Coach, Head of Sports Department
Secondary School
Heads Team
Fatima Camara
Vice Principal of Secondary School
Kathrin Röschel
Principal of Secondary School
Art Department
Eunsun Ko
Art Teacher
Lee Clough
Art Teacher, Head of Art
Maxi Geithner
Darstellendes Spiel
Economics & IT Department
Andrew Igras
IT/ICT & LSS Teacher
Iordanis Foutsitzoglu
Economics Teacher
Languages Department
Chloé Bion
French Teacher
Chris Carter
English, Outdoor & Class Teacher
Christin Meinecke-Mareka
German Teacher/ DAF
Christina Peters
German Teacher
Dede Donelan
English Teacher, Head of English Department
Javier Hoballah
Spanish Teacher
Jeanne-Marie Corbel
French Teacher
Lilli Lamcken
German Teacher
Katharina Pietzner
German, Ethics, Philosophy & Class Teacher
Katherine Mustard
English Teacher
Marcel Thach
English, History, Philosophy, Politics, Social Studies & Class Teacher
Mario Sánchez
Spanish Teacher
Dr. Micha Huff
German Teacher
Mirjam Compeyron
German Language Development
Yukitake Miwa
English, History, Social Studies & Class Teacher
Maths Department
Beti Azuz
Math & Class Teacher
Chris Purdham
Math & Class Teacher
Chrysanthi Gerogiannaki
Math & Science Teacher
Douglas Weber
Math & Music Teacher
Natascha Heuer-Brown
Math Teacher
Steve Solano
Physics, Chemistry & Maths Teacher, Class Teacher
Dr. Thomas Oates
Math & Physics Teacher
Tom Wilkinson
Math & Class Teacher, Head of Maths Department
Music Department
Alexander Uwe Pavlovic
Sports Teacher
Benjamin Salsbury
Music Teacher, Strings Director, Music Supervisor
Bridget Kinneary
Music Teacher
Douglas Weber
Math & Music Teacher
Joey Ryan
Music Teacher
Science Department
Dr. Erika Nehnevajova
Biology, Chemistry & Class Teacher,
Head of Science Department
Katherine Lawrence
Biology, Chemistry & Class Teacher
Dr. Maria Šamalikova
Chemistry Teacher
Dr. Neha Sareen
Science Teacher
Steve Solano
Physics, Chemistry & Maths Teacher, Class Teacher
Dr. Thomas Oates
Math & Physics Teacher
Social Studies Department
Forrest Holmes
History, Geography, Ethics, Politics Teacher
Iordanis Foutsitzoglu
Economics Teacher
Marcel Thach
English, History, Philosophy, Politics, Social Studies & Class Teacher
Robin Williams
Social Studies, English & Class Teacher, Head of Social Studies Department
Yukitake Miwa
English, History, Social Studies & Class Teacher
Sports & Dance Department
Alexander Uwe Pavlovic
Sports Teacher
Alper Emin
Sport & German Teacher
Anita Kreft
Dance Teacher & Head of Dance
Naira Schwemmler
Sports & Dance Teacher
Sven Wehrmeyer
Sports & Ethics Teacher, Basketball Coach, Head of Sports Department
School Counselor / Psychologist
Dr. Martina Heinrich
Head of Well-Being
Extracurricular Programme
Head
Tanya Díaz
Head of Extracurricular
Team
Cornelia John
Coordinator ET-Team
Anny Paulin Peters
Extracurricular Teacher
Astrid Lefranc
Extracurricular Teacher
Aya Murad
Extracurricular Teacher
Brendan Dougherty
Extracurricular Teacher
Brian James Mitchell
Extracurricular Teacher
Ertuğrul Hamza Önal
Extracurricular Teacher
Heather Newkirk
Extracurricular Teacher
Kai Eckhardt
Extracurricular Teacher
Laurens Mögeltönder
Extracurricular Teacher
Mariangella Tinelli
Extracurricular Teacher
Metti Ararsa
Extracurricular Teacher
Nasreen Basaran
Extracurricular Teacher
Niklas Müller
Extracurricular Teacher
Nino Kiguradze
Extracurricular Teacher
Ruairi Whelan-Turnbull
Extracurricular Teacher
Saba Johnson
Extracurricular Teacher
Trevor Wood
Extracurricular Teacher
Valentini Kondyli
Extracurricular Teacher
