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Accent International – a focus on training excellence.

Accent was founded by a trainer - and excellence in training is at the heart of the organisation. Our team of trainers is strongly supported by an office staff which provides the infrastructure and the platform to enable our trainers to produce high-quality programmes for each and every course participant.


Mark Waistell B.Sc., M.A., P.G.C.E., R.S.A. Dip. TEFLA, F.R.S.A
Senior Partner


Mark founded Accent in 1988 after working in the UK and abroad as a Teacher, Course Designer, Director of Studies and Principal. He is a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics, a Bachelor of
Science in Biochemistry and holds the Postgraduate Certificate of Education and the Royal Society of Arts Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign language to Adults. Mark is a published
author of English language course books and writes and speaks widely on English language teaching. He is responsible for General Management, Consultancy and Corporate Programmes abroad and teaches on Executive programmes in the UK and abroad. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.


Steve Oliver, B.A., P.G.C.E., R.S.A. Dip. TEFLA
Director of Training


Steve joined Accent in 1990 after working in the UK and abroad as Teacher, Teacher-Trainer, Materials-writer and Lecturer. He is a Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy and holds the
Postgraduate Certificate of Education and the Royal Society of Arts Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign language to Adults. Steve also has qualifications and experience in the fields of IT and
Finance. His responsibilities are Executive and Professional Courses in the UK, Course Design, Materials Writing and Trainer Development. He also teaches on Executive Programmes in the
UK and abroad.


Jill Bray
Office Manager


Jill joined Accent in 2007 to take on the important role of Office Manager. Jill has worked in a wide variety of companies in areas as diverse as Financial Services, Biotechnology, Open Learning
Centre, Early Learning Centre and the National Trust. She has held positions in Training Co-ordination, Customer Services and as Centre Manager. She and her family have moved to Devon and she is now responsible for all of the work of our busy office, including bookings administration, accommodation, transport and welfare.


Training Staff

Our team of full-time and part-time trainers is selected for their qualifications, experience and knowledge. In addition to qualifications in English Language Teaching, many of our trainers have qualifications and/or experience in other areas of business or professional work. This team provides a variety of approach, expertise and methodology which, we believe, enables us to create a quality programme of specialist English training for almost every professional area.