Haif Bannayan

Haif Bannayan joined the IB in 2019 and is accountable for expanding the IB footprint globally through widening the spread of IB programmes in existing and newly interested schools, creating and maintaining strategic partnerships and community relationships (advisory councils, IB associations and teachers’ networks). He also oversees the development and delivery of all IB global conferences and the recognition of IB programmes in the various regions and countries.

Before joining the IB, Haif served in a number of private and non-profit organizations focusing on education development through teachers’ professional development, policy and systems reform, as well as the integration of technology in education. He has also served as a senior-ranking official in the government of Jordan, having worked as the Secretary General of the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology.

Haif holds a master’s degree in engineering from the University of Birmingham, an executive management diploma from INSEAD, and a certificate of participation in the Institute for Educational Management at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.