As Chair of the Board of Directors, Peter Maunder works closely with the Principal and other directors in providing support and challenge to the British School of Tirana as we strive to create a community of vibrant and global thinkers.

Peter has 35 years teaching experience in schools in the UK. He held the post of Principal for 29 years in three different schools. The UK Govt. Inspection Agency – Ofsted – in four consecutive inspections – judged his last school – Oldway School – to be Outstanding.

He was a Director of Leading Schools South West, a company that delivered the full suite of Leadership Programmes for the National College for Teaching and Learning and was an International Leadership Consultant for the British Council.

Peter was a National Leader of Education and Director of Torbay Teaching School Alliance. He served the National College for School Leadership as Leadership Development Advisory Board member representing Primary Education in England.

Mr Maunder comments: ‘It is a privilege to be contributing to the development of the British School of Tirana as the Chair of the board of Directors. We aim to provide a high quality British style curriculum education for the young people of Tirana attending the school, so that they acquire the skills and qualifications they need to enter (or re-enter) the British education system or Albanian system. We aim to give our children the skills, knowledge and values they need to prosper both at home and in a wider globalised society. In my last school the Govt inspectors wrote to the pupils to say “We would like to let you know that we found your school to be excellent. It is one of the best in the country and a wonderful place in which to learn and play.” I want the same thing for the pupils of the British School of Tirana” and will work with staff, parents and pupils to achieve it.

As Vice-chair of the board, I see my role as a vital support to the Chair of the Board and other board members in developing a clear, shared vision to drive forward school improvement whilst fostering positive and effective working relationships with the Heads of Primary and Secondary School.

I have had over 28 years of teaching in primary schools in the UK and for the past 15 years, I held the post of Assistant Headteacher in a large school. My specific
responsibilities included; Phonics and Early Reading, closing the disadvantage gap and Designated Teacher for Looked after Children. In addition to this, I held the role of Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL). This experience will be invaluable in my role of Governor responsible for safeguarding at BST.

In 2018, I became the founding principal of British School of Tirana and was innovative in my thinking and practice when providing a British education for international pupils in Albania. I was (and still am) passionate about upholding the values of the school to ensure that every child reaches their full pote.

Aida Breti is an education and innovation specialist with over two decades of experience leading international programmes at the nexus of education services, skills development and entrepreneurship. She is co-founder and Administrator of the British School of Tirana, where she focuses on education quality assurance, business planning and building sustainable relationships with parents, partners, and the wider community.

From 2001 to 2019, Aida held progressively senior roles with the British Council and the National Erasmus+ Office, including Country Director of British Council Albania and Country Coordinator for Erasmus+. She has designed and led large-scale initiatives on vocational education and training, university governance and financing, innovation in education, youth leadership, and employability, working closely with ministries, universities, businesses, EU institutions, and international organisations in the UK and across the Western Balkans. Her track record includes creating and securing funding for programmes such as innovation clubs for youth start-ups, the UK–Albania Tech Hub, and regional projects on new technologies in education.

Aida holds a Master of Public Administration from Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom and a Bachelor’s degree in Geography from the University of Tirana, complemented by professional qualifications in marketing, communication, and project management. Fluent in Albanian, English, and Italian, with working knowledge of French, she is recognised for her ability to connect policy, practice, and the private sector to drive concrete results for young people, education systems, and the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Albania.

Fozilet Simoni is a senior education specialist with more than thirty-five years of leadership across Albania’s pre-university education sector. Since 2019, she has served at the National Agency of Pre-University Education under the Ministry of Education and Sports, where she evaluates national education services, oversees curriculum implementation, and contributes to Albania’s 2021–2026 education strategy. Her work directly informs national policy, shapes institutional performance standards, and drives quality improvement across 4 regional directories, 26 education offices, and every public and private K–12 school in the country.

Her career spans high-impact roles in curriculum development, policy implementation, teacher professional development, and nationwide quality assurance. From 2011 to 2019, she led curriculum and quality assurance efforts for Tirana’s Regional Directorate of Education, managing English-language teaching standards across 165 institutions, coordinating civic-education initiatives, and partnering with international bodies including the U.S., U.K., Italy, France, and the European Centre for Modern Languages.

Simoni has an extensive academic background as a university lecturer in multiple institutions and has trained generations of teachers, school leaders, and education specialists.
Her international credentials include the prestigious Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship at Boston University, specialized training in ESL, and numerous Council of Europe and ECML programs in Austria, France, Italy, and the Netherlands. She has authored and co-authored major national publications, including English for Skills, the Framework of English Language in Pre-University Education, and key guidance documents shaping Albania’s modern foreign-language curriculum.

Recognized for her analytical expertise, leadership in educational reform, and commitment to teacher capacity-building, Simoni has played a decisive role in the development of the quality assurance framework of the British School of Tirana.

Sonila Bejtja (Ibrahimi) is a constitutional judge of the Republic of Albania with more than two decades of experience in complex commercial law, banking law, privatization processes, and high-level legal advisory roles to national and international institutions.

Her legal career began in leading private practice, where she joined Boga & Associates in 1999 and quickly advanced from associate to partner. Over the subsequent decade, she developed a robust practice advising international investors, financial institutions, and multinational corporations. She has provided legal counsel to major banks, foreign petroleum companies, public–private partnerships, and international financial institutions such as the EBRD, IFC, and the World Bank.

Bejtja holds a degree in Jurisprudence from the University of Milan and completed earlier linguistic studies at the High School of Foreign Languages in Tirana and the Liceo San Vincenzo in Milan.
With a career marked by complex legal work, sustained service to public institutions, and deep involvement in Albania’s commercial and constitutional legal development, Sonila Bejtja brings rigorous legal judgment and a broad international perspective to the British School of Tirana where she is also a part of school’s parents community since 2021.