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Xavier Beau-Davis has extensive qualifications and experience in design and graphic arts, including a Bachelor of Design and a Diploma in Graphic Arts. He also successfully runs his own company specialising in creating websites.

Xavier has operational experience in a myriad of industry sectors such as Financial Services, Insurance, Education, Information Technology, Local Government, State Government, Commonwealth Government, Not-For-Profit, Banking, Entertainment and the Media.

Xavier has been a computer trainer and teacher for many years in both corporate and educational environments and holds a Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment. He has experience consulting or delivering training in all the aforementioned industry sectors.

Xavier believes that computers are just a tool to let people create their own designs and he enjoys providing learners with some simple techniques so that everyone can achieve this goal.

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Antonella was born in a beachside town near Tuscany in Italy, close to Pisa and Lucca. She is a professional Italian and German lecturer, and holds a Masters in Foreign Languages and Culture (majoring in German Studies). Antonella has taught Italian and German at universities and schools around the world, including at the University of Sydney where she is undertaking a PhD in Italian Studies.

Antonella has designed and delivered language courses, coordinated and supported strategic projects, and collaborated and liaised with multiple organisations and stakeholders. In 2018, she wrote the article Connecting language students with the work environment: 'Made in Italy: Italian at work', and in 2020 she was awarded the Dean's Citation for Excellence in Tutorials from the University of Sydney.

Antonella is creative and is always looking for new ways of doing things relevant to curricula based-courses, particularly for adult learning. Her teaching philosophy is a lifelong curiosity and a craving for change and improvement. Antonella's teaching method aims to foster enthusiasm and wellbeing alongside knowledge. She also loves meeting new people, and parties!

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Manan Behal. Tutor of CCE

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Frieda Belakhova arrived in Australia from the Soviet Union as a refugee in 1975. She was a teacher of English as a Foreign Language in the USSR and became an ESL teacher in Sydney at Randwick Girls’ Technology High School where she worked for 25 years before she retired in 2002.

She started on Buteyko breathing to help her sick husband in 1992 and did the course together with him to support him. The result was so spectacular that she decided to teach the Method to help many more people.

In 1993 she became a practitioner and started teaching the Method. In 2001 she finished another course to become a member of the Buteyko Institute of Breathing and Health (BIBH). She is enthusiastically promoting this alternative approach to the treatment of various health problems by changing the way people breathe.

Frieda is also a published author. Her memoir, My Past Life: The Soviet Experience, was published in 2011.

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Kristine Bell. Tutor of CCE

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Born in France, Florence Bequart studied at the Universite Stendhal in Grenoble. She has a Bachelors Degree in English Studies and a Masters Degree in French as a Foreign Language (FLE). Florence has been sharing her passion for French language and culture with Australian students since 2007.

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Kathleen Berezay. Tutor of CCE

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Irina Berezina currently teaches Extra Curricular Chess Classes at Kambala. An International Chess Master with over 20 years experience in chess tutoring, Irina has a university degree in Chess Coaching from Kiev Sports University. In 2005 Irina completed the Professional Accreditation of FIDE Trainer by the International Chess Federation. As a player Irina is one of the best female chess players in Australia. During her career, she has been acknowledged as the Australian Women’s Chess Champion and the Oceania Women’s Chess Champion. Irina has also represented Australia in the World Women’s Chess Championship and played on Board One of the Australian Women’s National Chess Team at six Chess Olympiads.

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Andrew began his career in the Commonwealth Public Service, reaching a senior management level before embarking on a career change that aligned with his natural interests in financial analysis, problem solving and training. After completing his Bachelor of Actuarial Studies, Andrew left the Public Service and moved into professional services, focusing on actuarial analysis and modelling at PwC, before having the opportunity to work for Fitch Ratings. He then moved into M&A, where he became a Vice President at J.P. Morgan and then CitiGroup. During this time, Andrew worked on a number of significant transactions, including the sale of Wizard Home Loans and its multibillion-dollar home loan book to CBA and the successful $12.2 billion dollar establishment of the Westfield Retail Trust.

Andrew then re-joined professional services, at PwC and then EY, before joining ClayMatter. His role with ClayMatter has enabled him to focus on providing models and analysis, to answer clients' pressing questions and provide them with training.

Andrew has built dozens of models spanning virtually all sectors, and has personally designed and delivered financial modelling training for hundreds of people around the world.

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Anne holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in German Studies with a focus on teaching German as a foreign and second language. She has several years of experience teaching German in group settings and private one-on-one tuition to students of all ages and levels. She has taught at many highly respected language institutions in Germany and Australia, including the Goethe-Institut, Sydney Community College and Berlitz Australia, and has experience in conducting examinations and level assessments. Anne is passionate about learning languages and has published a book for children to learn German.