Céline comes from Paris. After graduating from Université Sorbonne with a Masters in French as a Foreign Language, Céline has built up her career in the international Alliance Française network for more than 10 years, teaching in France, Switzerland, India and South Korea. Céline moved to Milton Keynes and joined the team in 2015.
Gladys Deleuze
French teacher
Gladys comes from Toulouse from where she got her accent and love for phonetics, studying with Mr. Billières at uni. She likes teaching French through games and engaging exercises. She creates teaching materials. Gladys enjoys reading, watching films and creative DIY. She has been living for five years in Milton Keynes.
Véronique Charlton
French teacher
Véronique originates from the Rhône-Alpes region. She has been living in England for manyyears and used to live in different regions of France. She has been teaching French at the Alliance Française for over 10 years. She teaches intermediate and advanced classes. She enjoys art, cooking and reading French and international literature.
Marie-Françoise Lyman
French teacher
Marie-Françoise originates from the Val de Loire. She has been living in England for over 20 years and has been working with us ever since. She is responsible for our conversation classes. She loves going to the theatre, travelling, literature and jazz music.
Liliane
French teacher & interpreter
Liliane is from the Occitania region and has lived in England for many years.
She has worked in the Primary and Secondary sectors as well as in Adult
Education and also in the Industry. She joined the AFMK in January 2019.
She enjoys crafts, devising resources, swimming, long walks in the countryside
and going to concerts.
Sylvie Brandon-Bravo
French & English teacher
Sylvie was born in Marseille. She has been living in Milton Keynes since leaving France. Sylvie has got work experience in the computer industry as well as in teaching in primary, secondary schools and adult education. She enjoys travelling, reading and going to the theatre.
Christèle Dauvergne
French teacher
Christèle comes from Lyon. She moved to England with her family in 2016. She enjoys teaching, especially to children and teenagers. She also loves literature and travelling.
Joseph Laredo
French teacher & translator
Joe has a degree in French and German from Cambridge University and a PGCE in French from London University. He has lived and worked in France for 12 years and has translated several books from French into English, including Albert Camus' L'Étranger and Antoine de Saint Exupéry's Le Petit Prince. Joseph enjoys writing plays and playing the piano and regularly performs at St Mary and St Giles Church in Stony Stratford.
The Board of Trustees:
– Lara Mynors, President
– Wendy Van den Hende OBE, Secretary
– Mike Betts-Allen, Treasurer
– Kath Keillor MBE, Trustee
– Tony Kaye, Trustee
– Richard Forman, Trustee
