Mike Mayor 

Mike Mayor   
Founder and Executive Director at the International Language Academy ILA

Mike Mayor is Senior Director, Global Scale of English at Pearson with almost 50 years’ experience in language education, as a learner, teacher, lexicographer, researcher, teacher trainer and conference speaker. Mike joined Pearson in 2003 and headed up the Longman dictionaries list until his move to the Global Scale of English in 2013. In this role, Mike works with coursebook and assessment teams to ensure that the Global Scale of English underpins all elements of the Pearson English Journey. Mike has a BA in French and a Masters in English and Applied Linguistics from Cambridge University.