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
Michael Gauert
Facility Manager
Stefanie Herzog
School Secretary
Nadin Hohmann
School Secretary
Manuel Mühlner
Facility Manager
Malgorzata Reszka-Matthes
School Secretary
Finance
Yuyan Feng
Finance Officer/ Controlling
Nancy Iserhot
Finance Officer
Manan Sanghvi
Finance Officer
Melissa Weichert
Finance Officer
Human Resources
Poonam Sanghvi
Head of Human Resources
Ömer Allahverdi
Human Resources Officer
David Kuhn
Human Resources Officer
Communications
Esther-Marie Merz
Head of Communications,
Public Relations and Marketing
Admissions
Randi Maria Impson
Admissions Director
Yvette Williams
Admissions Secretary
Kindergarten & Preschool
Heads Team
Michael Habekost
Head of Kindergarten & Preschool
Gade Mete
Head of Kindergarten & Preschool
Nicole Praima
Head of Kindergarten & Preschool
English speaking Educators
Leandra Aranguiz
Cristina Arlandis Martin
Duygu Avci Altinkaya
Buse Kalender Ay
Mahfoud Berbache
Christina Bila-Paraskeva
Alexander Bloom
Year Group Coordinator
Kaya Copeland
Diversity Sensitve Inclusion & Curriculum Coach
Laura Cranstoun
Year Group Coordinator
Monika Dengusiak
STEM Coordinator
Neuroska Bell Diaz
Daniel Errey
Tümay Algan Ferrara
Hilda Gharahbeigi
Johanna Gruschwitz
Eva Fumika Hirayama
Aiyana Wain Hirschberg
Vannesa Hulsey
Phiona Kituyi
Year Group Coordinator
Kenneth Steven Krowns
Amarilda Kuci
Myla Lister
Monica Afifi Martin
Neda Mohammadi
SEL Educator
Neo Molemohi-Speck
Cathy Nabadda
Zahida Nasirova
Samantha De Oliveira Carmo Pontes
Lauren Shelby Piper
Diversity Sensitive Inclusion & Curriculum Coach
Ashley Rothmann
Giovanni Sanchez
Aleksandra Spasovski
Natalie Talmi
Parul Rohal
SDG-Coordinator
Yusra Salas
Placidius Chimauche Ukaegbu
Kathleen Van Bonn
Sophia Yap
German speaking Educators
Nuran Abi
Berfin Cacan
Ginna Alejandra Valez Carrasco
Trainee
Ines Gerken
Melissa Gomez
Maria Selena Habermann
Trainee
Marlies Haverkamp
Sarah Hochstein
Alexander Hübner
STEM Coordinator
Adriana Almazan Infante
Trainee
Harriet Johnston
Trainee
Marlén Knoppik Junges
Year Group Coordinator
Kiki Jungnickel
Dora Kiss
Selina Kunze
Carolyn Laas
Emily Lewis
Gianelli Lopez
Trainee
Marco Silvio Lo Sardo
Dušica Lukic
Laylokhon Mamajonova
Marija Misic
Jane Francis Nanyanzi
Trainee
Joana Macedo Nathansohn
Amelia Pawlik
Eloise Ciccarelli Perez
Christina Plummer
Vanilla Tsarafidy Raniriantsoa
Trainee
Deborah Rattey
Monja Sidortschuk
Felicia Spevacek
Trainee
Daniela Testamarck
Ignacio Veillon
Jela Vrhovac
Jeniffer Walther
Trainee
Ya Yuan
Performing Arts Team
Péter Jánosházi
Music Educator
Tabea Sawatzky
Music Assistant
Marlene Schomberg
Dance Assistant
Dorrie Silver
Dance Educator
Administration Team
Julie Colthorpe
Secretary of Kindergarten
Rainer Degner
Facility Manager
Katrin Meier
Secretary of Kindergarten
Quynh Pham
Secretary of Kindergarten
Primary School
Heads Team
Katharina Ehrenfried
Principal of Primary School
Taurin Eimermacher
Coordinator of Digital Learning
Meagan DeKort
Coordinator of PYP
Classroom Teachers
Marc Baxter
Classroom Teacher
Chris Carter
Classroom Teacher, English
Justine DeFrancesco
Classroom Teacher
Brian Duke
Classroom Teacher
Emily Frisk
Classroom Teacher
Natasha Heuer-Brown
Classroom Teacher
Talia Johnston
Classroom Teacher
Elin Kelly
Classroom Teacher
James Lee
Classroom Teacher
Kieran Lilwall
Classroom Teacher
Megan Malenfant
Classroom Teacher
Alicia Stolsmark
Classroom Teacher
Katey Svensson
Classroom Teacher
Daniel Vevers
Classroom Teacher
Rachael Wass
Classroom Teacher
Adam Westfall
Classroom Teacher
William White
Classroom Teacher
Teachers
Alina Avguston
German Teacher
Marina Barros Cabral
Art Teacher
Mercedes Braun
German Teacher
Ender Dincar
German Teacher and Water Sports Instructor
April Graziano von Stechow
Learning Support Teacher
Helena Hacker
German Teacher
Dominic Hislop
Art Teacher
Javier Hoballah
Coordinator of Sports Department Primary, Spanish & Sports Teacher
Andrew Igras
IT/ICT & Learning Support Service (LSS) Teacher
Anita Kreft
Coordinator of Dance Department & Dance Teacher
Colin Lloyd
Music Teacher
Scott McEwan
Teacher Assistant
Leoness Oeburg
German Teacher
Alexander Uwe Pavlovic
Music Teacher
Joey Ryan
Coordinator of Secondary, Music Department, Music Teacher
Benjamin Salsbury
Music Teacher
Diana Schumann
Dance Teacher
Antonia Siebecke
Trainee Teacher
Charlotte Szibbat
Sports Teacher
Secondary School
Heads Team
Dr. Erika Nowak Nehnevajova
Abitur Coordinator, Biology Teacher
Christina Peters
Middle School Coordinator, Coordinator of German Department, Studienrätin for German & History, German & Social Studies Teacher
Kathrin Röschel
Principal of Secondary School, Math & Physics Teacher
Naira Schwemmler
Vice Principal Secondary School, Sport, English & Dance Teacher
Marcel Thach
IBDP Coordinator, Political Science, History, Theory of Knowledge & English Teacher
Teachers
Merve Alemdar
Physics Teacher
Beti Azuz
Math & Class Teacher
Chloé Bion
French Teacher
Lee Clough
Coordinator of Art Department, Art Teacher
Mirjam Compeyron
GLD Teacher
Jeanne-Marie Corbel
Coordinator of Romance, Language Department, French Teacher
Dede Donelan
Coordinator of English Department, English, Spanish & Ethics Teacher
Iordanis Foutsitzoglu
Economics Teacher
Maxi Geithner
Performing Art Teacher
Chrysanthi Gerogiannaki
Math & Science Teacher
Javier Hoballah
Coordinator of Sports Department Primary, Spanish & Sports Teacher
Forrest Holmes
Social Sciences Teacher
Dr. Micha Huff
German & Ethics Teacher
Bridget Kinneary
Coordinator of Music Department, Music Teacher
Eunsun Ko
Art Teacher
Anita Kreft
Coordinator of Dance Department & Dance Teacher
Lilli Lamcken
German & Geography Teacher
Katherine Lawrence
Biology & Chemistry Teacher
Amanda McGarth
English Teacher
Christin Meinecke-Mareka
GLD & German Teacher
Yukitake Miwa
Coordinator of Social Sciences Department, English & Social Sciences Teacher
Katherine Mustard
English Teacher
Dr. Thomas Oates
Math & Physics Teacher
Katharina Pietzner
German, Ethics & Philosophy Teacher
Chris Purdham
Math Teacher
Joey Ryan
Coordinator of Secondary, Music Department, Music Teacher
Benjamin Salsbury
Music Teacher
Dr. Maria Šamalikova
Coordinator of Science Department, Biology & Chemistry Teacher
Mario Sánchez
Spanish Teacher
Dr. Neha Sareen
Chemistry Teacher
Naira Schwemmler
Vice Principal Secondary School, Sport, English & Dance Teacher
Steve Solano
Physics, Chemistry & Maths Teacher
Charlotte Szibbat
Sports Teacher
Douglas Weber
Music, Math & Physics Teacher
Tom Wilkinson
Coordinator of Maths Department, Math Teacher
School Counselor / Psychologist
Sofia Wende
School Psychologist & Career Counselor
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL) TEAM
Coordinators
Tanya Díaz
Head of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Team
Cornelia John
Head of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Team
Heather Newkirk
Coordinator of Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
Team
Daniel Černy
SEL Educator
Ursula Gillner
SEL Educator
Kai Eckhardt
SEL Educator
Erhard Dederding
SEL Educator
Brendan Dougherty
SEL Educator
Nino Kiguradze
SEL Educator
Valentini Kondyli
SEL Educator
Dennis Kovtun
SEL Educator
Astrid Lefranc
SEL Educator
Brian James Mitchell
SEL Educator
Laurens Mögeltönder
Trainee SEL Educator
Niklas Müller
SEL Educator
Ertuğrul Hamza Önal
SEL Educator
Jamie Peters
SEL Educator
Simeon Spengler
SEL Educator
Mariangella Tinelli
SEL Educator
Trevor Wood
SEL Educator
