International House World Organisation, Global. IHWO has announced Peter Hayes has been appointed a new chairperson of its board. Peter is one of the directors at International House Manchester and will be taking over from Monica Green who has been executive director since 2008. Peter started his career as a teacher with a job in Verona, Italy. Having done the Dip TEFLA, he then moved to Prague to teach at The Bell School. He held various academic management posts in Oxford, Stafford and Cheltenham before, in 2006, becoming Director of the school that became IH Manchester. IH Manchester joined the network in 2013 and Pete has been a key figure in the community, embodying the principles of International House through his support of the network and fellow IH schools. “We are delighted that Peter Hayes from IH Manchester will be stepping in as Chairperson from 1st January 2023,” commented Emma Hoyle, managing director of IH World. “He will do an excellent job of guiding our organisation through the next set of challenges.”