Our team

Meet the ISI Dublin HIgh School Programme team. We have won the prestigious Study Travel English  Language School Europe Award four times – 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020/21. As a team we  are dedicated to being the best in everything we do.

Gregory Ledgard-Hoile
CEO
Gregory Ledgard-Hoile

Prior to joining ISI Dublin, Greg has held a number of senior positions in the international education industry including roles at board level in the UK, USA, China, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland. Greg was educated at London College of Printing and London University, where he studied History of Art. After qualifying as an English language teacher in 1992, Greg started his own school in Italy, returning to the UK each year to run summer schools. Since then, he has gained extensive experience of large-scale operations in English language teaching for adults and young learners, preschool education, vocational training, K-12 schools, teacher training and educational publishing. Greg is Chair of Governors at Chipping Norton School in Oxfordshire.

Jennifer Diaz Green
School Director
Jennifer Diaz Green

Jen Diaz Green has been involved in ELT education for over 20 years in both Argentina and Ireland. She has a Degree in English Language Teaching from Argentina and a Master’s Degree in Education from Trinity College Dublin. She’s been an EFL teacher, an Academic Manager, a Teacher Trainer and most recently School Director. She’s in charge of quality standards, operational effectiveness and leadership in the company. Her favourite parts of her job are team building, human connections and wellbeing. In her free time, Jen is a busy mum of 2. She loves nice veggie food and yoga.

Sarah McGovern
High School Programme Manager
Sarah McGovern

Sarah has worked on the High School Programme at ISI since 2016. Before that, she graduated from Dublin City University with a degree in Applied Languages and Translation Studies. As part of her studies, Sarah spent an Erasmus year in the south of France where she attended university. After her studies at DCU, Sarah returned to France for an academic year where she taught English to high school students. She then spent two years living and working in Vancouver, Canada. Sarah has a passion for both language and travel, always searching for the next country to visit! She loves working with the team at ISI and having the opportunity to welcome amazing teenagers to the High School Programme each year. Read more

Maebh Cotter
High School Programme Coordinator
Maebh Cotter

Maebh graduated from Dublin City University with a bachelor’s degree in education and training. She also has a higher diploma in human resource management from Dublin Business School. Maebh worked in real estate for over 8 years, but prior to that she worked as a special needs assistant in a high school and worked with younger children on a one-to-one basis. Maebh has a love of cats, with her two cats named after her favourite Disney movie The Lion King – Nala and Simba. In Maebh’s spare time she loves going to the gym, cycling, hiking, and watching her favourite football team Liverpool FC. Maebh’s main passion in life is travel, with her having been to over 35 countries and counting!