Nguyen was educated in the former Soviet Union and is a tri-lingual interpreter and translator of Vietnamese-Russian-English. She has a PhD in Russian Literature and a Bachelors degree in English and was for many years Senior Lecturer in Russian Studies at the Hanoi University. Nguyen set up The Education Company with Jacky Dyer in 2002. Since then she has achieved a Distinction in the first British Council UK Counsellor exam and has visited the UK almost every year to do research and develop TEC’s partnerships. Nguyen has also travelled widely in Ireland and Europe, the US, Australia, New Zealand, North and South Africa and South-East and East Asia, and has  participated in a number of education conferences in this region.

As Director of TEC, Nguyen is based in the Hanoi office and her main role is liaison between Vietnamese clients and overseas institutions. She is an experienced counsellor and presenter at events and information sessions, and she has responsibility for training staff and monitoring all translation work done inside the company.

Jacky is originally from the UK and began her career as a teacher of English as Foreign Language and teacher trainer. She has a Bachelors degree in French, a graduate Teaching Certificate and Masters degrees in TEFL and Education Management from the UK. She worked in the UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco and the Czech Republic before coming to Vietnam in 1994. After arriving in Hanoi she worked for a number of international organizations as a teacher, teacher trainer and curriculum specialist and set up TEC in 2002 with Nguyen to offer a quality overseas study service to Vietnamese students. She moved to HCMC in 2006.

Jacky’s main responsibility is in managing the company’s overseas partner portfolios as well as Marketing and Event Management. She is an experienced counsellor specializing in postgraduate courses and she travels regularly to the UK and Ireland, as well as visiting the US, Australia, Malaysia, and Sweden for TEC.

Nhu joined TEC from the beginning and comes from a professional background in administration and finance, and with a degree in English. She was based in the Hanoi office until 2015 when she moved to HCMC, where she is both office manager and administration and finance manager for the whole company. She also shares responsibility with Jacky for Event Management. 

Nhu is a highly experienced counsellor, achieving a Distinction in the British Council UK Counsellor examination, and having also trained to counsel students for the USA and Canada. She has visited the UK for TEC several times, as well as the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. She is currently responsible for all applications to Canada and for developing Canadian institutional partnerships.