Ansari MA

Director

Ansari is one of the owners and directors of the school. He brings with him 20 years of experience in private education including setting up schools and courses in various countries including Malaysia, Cambodia, India, Singapore and New Zealand. He was also responsible for the project team that successfully delivered the first online degree course in Malaysia and in Cambodia. He has a passion for education and a strong focus on ensuring the students achieve excellence. Prior to joining the education industry, he was a manager with the public accountancy firms of Coopers & Lybrand (now PriceWaterhouse Coopers) and KPMG Peat Marwick.

Isaac Phua

Director

Isaac is a founding Director of Ntec and looks after the marketing, administration and financial aspects of the business. He has over 28 years of experience in company administration and finance having worked in Singapore, London and Auckland. He brings to the college a diverse range of skills honed from working for a range of companies in the manufacturing and service industries ranging from medium sized enterprises to the Fortune 500 companies.

He is very passionate about education and believes that it is a great enabler for people who want to improve themselves both on a personal level as well as professionally. He believes a person can raise his or her station in life irrespective of their backgrounds through learning and acquisition of knowledge and skills.

Anne Feeney

Academic and Quality Assurance Manager

Anne is the Academic and Quality Assurance Manager, and has worked at Ntec for more than three years. She is also a volunteer ESOL Home Tutor, and has worked as a Librarian in New Zealand, Singapore and United Kingdom. Anne, who enjoys swimming and reading, has 3 school-aged children, who are all keen on horse-riding.

Sheela Ansari

Marketing Manager
International Student Counsellor

Sheela is the Marketing Manager, and is also a counsellor for international students. She has been with National Technology Institute since its inception and has had experience working in schools in Singapore and Malaysia. Sheela is committed to ensuring the students’ work, study and stay in New Zealand is memorable and hassle free. Our students see her as a person who is genuinely caring about all aspects of the students’ life.

Sam Malafeh

Head of Business and Hospitality

As Head of the Business Management and Hospitality departments, Sam ensures high quality education for his students. He has experience in business management, teaching and research and is very familiar with New Zealand’s business environment.

Sam believes that investment in education will pay off. He encourages students to achieve their desired goals, and wants all graduates to become future role models.

Rogan F Falla

Director of Studies

Rogan has more than thirty years of experience in secondary, tertiary and special education in New Zealand. For seventeen years she taught senior English and History, before moving to special education where she was head of a special education unit for secondary age students with physical impairments. In recent years she has worked supporting our English programmes for Students of Other Languages. She is a committed teacher and administrator and enthusiastic about helping learners of all ages. For many years she was secretary of a committee which organised professional development courses for teachers.

Outside teaching she has been keenly involved in music and has been a member of local orchestras, as well as helping in administration of St Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra in Auckland City. Her other interests include cooking, environmental matters and handcrafts.

Altaf Shaikh

Head of Information Technology

Altaf has over 8 years of experience in the Computing and Information Technology industry. He has successfully led web and enterprise software projects as a project manager and database designer both in New Zealand and overseas. He is also experienced in designing and developing industry focused IT training programmes.

Altaf works with his students to produce industry ready graduates who are productive from day one of their employment.

Tanzir Ahmed

ICT Trainer and Web Administrator

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering (BRAC University, Bangladesh) Graduate Diploma in Information Technology (Auckland Institute of Studies)

Tanzir graduated in computer science and engineering in Bangladesh in 2006, and then came to New Zealand where he won the Top Scholar award in his Graduate Diploma in Information Technology.

His main areas of interest are software analysis and design and programming. He has over 4 years of experience in OOP (object oriented programming) and software analysis and design, including .net framework as well as open source programming. He also has experience working with SQL server, MySQL, Microsoft Virtual Earth Mapping API, Ajax, CSS, RSS and Web Service.

Wei Lin

Student Administrator

Now she has over three years experience working in the New Zealand insurance, hospitality, and education industries.

Eric Bo

Operations Manager (Shanghai)

Bharat Chawla

Market Development Manager - Indian Subcontinent

Bharat manages marketing and student recruitment in the Indian Subcontinent. He promotes Ntec and Concordia by participating in road shows, events and seminars, and conducts presentations at leading schools and colleges around India. He also liaises with recruitment agents.

Bharat is experienced in advising students about studying in New Zealand, as he has worked in the international education industry for five years.