Leadership & Governance at AAS Moscow

Leadership

Picture with portrait of Rhonda_Norris - Director of Anglo-American School of Moscow

Rhonda Norris
School Director

Christopher Schuster

Deputy Director

Karen List
Finance and Operations Director

Julie Villers
School Principal

Carolina Nunez
Senior Associate Principal

Nko Leadership

Rhonda Norris
NKO Board Member

Bashirov Magomed
Compliance Director
and NKO Interim Director

aas strategic priorities

NKO Transition Timeline

Governance

The School Board is responsible for the governance and oversight of the Anglo-American School of Moscow.

AAS MOSCOW’S GOVERNING STRUCTURE

Jennifer Palmer, Board Chair

AAS Board Chair - U.S. Embassy

Jenny Palmer joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 2009. Her overseas postings include Ecuador, Pakistan, Jordan, Lebanon, and Israel. Jenny has managed a range of international education programs as a Public Diplomacy Officer. She holds a Bachelor’s in International Politics from Georgetown University. Jenny is married to a fellow foreign service officer, Bo Palmer. They have three young children who will attend AAS in the coming years.

Haluk Aydinoglu, Board Member

Community-At-Large Representative

President, Credit Europe Bank (Russia) Ltd.

Mr. Haluk Aydinoglu came to Russia in 2004 and immediately joined Credit Europe Bank (Russia) Ltd as Vice-President responsible for retail banking. In 2010 he was appointed to the role of President at Credit Europe Bank (Russia) Ltd.

Before joining Credit Europe Bank, Mr. Aydinoglu worked at McKinsey for more than 4 years in many countries, including the US, Turkey, Greece, South Africa, and most of the Middle East, mainly in consumer finance and sales force management projects. While at McKinsey, he was an active member of the Financial Institutions Group.

Prior to McKinsey, he was a product manager at Retek, a startup B2B software company currently acquired by Oracle in Atlanta, US.

Dr. Aydinoglu holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and an Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and BS in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from Bosphorus University, Turkey.

Mr. Aydinoglu is married with two daughters both attending AAS.

Otakar Rezek, Board Member

Community-At-Large Representative

SVP General Manager, COO PepsiCo Russia Food and Beverages

Otakar works for PepsiCo for more than 22 years. For the last 10 years he worked in several General Management positions in East Europe/Sub-Sahara region and in Russia. He arrived to Russia with his wife Michaela and their two sons in 2007, following assignments in Miami, Frankfurt and Budapest. Both sons are still attending AAS. Outside of work, Otakar is a member of the board of several global technological start-ups and enjoys practicing sports, especially golf, cycling, squash and alpine skiing.

Board Briefs

Board briefs are published online after board meetings to keep our AAS community informed of important decisions being made for the benefit of our students.

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Connecting with the AAS Board

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