Get to know our coaches
We are all very good debaters. But we are even better coaches
Debating is like any other sport - you might be an excellent athlete but a terrible coach. All our coaches have an excellent knowledge of pedagogy, educational theory and constantly strive to be better. The coaches we work with have been working with students in all kinds of schools, including in teacher positions. Our excellent track-record is unmatched - our pupils regularly win international accolades, get into best colleges, and make the fastest progress in debating

Harish Natarajan
The most accomplished debater in history with the record number of won tournaments
First and only human who defeated Artificial Intelligence in a public debate
Head Coach of Hong Kong National Team - this year's second-best national team in the world
Head of Economic Risk in AKE International, a graduate of Oxford and Cambridge

Geneva Roy
Deputy Chief Adjudicator at the World Schools Debating Championship 2021
Former coach of the top Oxford Debating Squad and a former Chair of Debating at the Oxford Union
Semi-Finalist of World Universities Debating Championships 2020
Captain of New Zealand National Team at the World Schools Debating Championships 2017

Tin Puljic
Winner of World Universities Debating Championship 2021
Chief Adjudicator of World Universities Debating Championship 2020
Winner (ESL) of European Universities Debating Championship 2019 and LSE Open, Oxford IV and Durham IV
Coached debaters in multiple countries, including as a debate coach at John Hopkins University

Lovro Šprem
Winner of World Universities Debating Championship 2021
Chief Adjudicator of World Universities Debating Championship 2023
Winner (ESL) of European Universities Debating Championship 2019 and LSE Open, Oxford IV and Durham IV
Coached debaters in multiple countries, including as a debate coach at the University of Zagreb

David Metz
European Champion, winning the open final of European Universities Debating Championship 2020
Head Coach of Team Netherlands, finalist of multiple competitions including Oxford IV, Cambridge IV
Winner of 10 different competitions including Doxbridge Open and Belgrade Open
Extensive experience coaching debaters at a high school level

Rosie Vorri
Head Coach at Dulwich College, working with students aged 10 to 18
Third best female speaker in Europe in 2019
A former Team Captain of Greece National Debating Representation
Former debate coach at Lawrence College - highly selective school in Greece

Olja Bošnjak
A finalist (ESL) of World Universities Debating Championship in 2020 and a winner of Princeton IV
Over 20 other speaking breaks including Open Semifinals of LSE Open and Oxford IV
The Best ESL and EFL speaker of Doxbridge Worlds
Has over 30 judge breaks and was the Open Semifinal chair and Grand Finals panelist of both Oxford IV and Yale IV

Klaudia Maciejewska
Deputy Chief Adjudicator of European Universities Debating Championship 2022
The final chair at European Universities Debating Championship 2020
Semi-finalist of World Universities Debating Championships, winner of King’s College IV and and Laiden Open
Heavily experienced coach, delivered classes in China, Vietnam, Canada, multiple European countries and the US

Calyxx Peucker
A finalist of World Universities Debating Championship in 2020
Over 20 other speaking breaks including Trinity Open 2021, Charity Fantasy Open 2021, Trinity Open 2020, Eastern IV 2020, Parassat Open 2020
A finalist of European Universities Debating Championship in 2021
Given dozens of workshops to debaters between the ages of 12 and 19, most recently in India and Vietnam

Katharina Jansen
European Champion, winning the open final of European Universities Debating Championship 2020
Head Coach of the Netherlands National Team Development Squad
Chief Adjudicator at Berlin Online IV, Imperial IV, and Acropolis Open
Over 40 speaker breaks and over 20 outround chairs, including Madrid EUDC and Amsterdam Open 2020

Sabina Popescu
Assistant coach of Team Romania
A former team captain of Team Romania at the World Schools Debating Championship
3rd best team in the EFL category at the World Schools Debating Championship
Hired by the University of Cambridge to offer mock admissions interviews for students across the UK

Afzal Hussain
Winner of multiple competitions such as LSE schools, Hong Kong World Schools, Blue Bonnet World Schools, North American Championship novice finals and many others
Orwell Scholar of Eton College: a competitive scholarship offered to only 10 students to study at one of the best schools in the world.
Highly experienced private tutor and coach in debate, essay writing, and interviews.
Currently pursuing an Economics degree at Princeton University.

Alicja Filber
Doxbridge 3 ESL finalist, breaking 2nd to ESL outrounds
Representing Team Poland on Round Robin
Chief Adjudicator of Polish Debating Championship 2021 and Polish Schools Debating Championship 2021
Debate and public speaking teacher at Akademeia Middle School - a highly selective middle school in Poland

Przemysław Stolarski
Taught debating in two best schools in the UK - Saint Paul’s Girls’ School and Westminster School
Designed educational projects for VC-backed startups founded by Harvard and Oxford alumni
Coached his students into historical accolades - 3 of his students were a part of 5-people English National Representation and won the world’s most prestigious competitions for high school students - Oxford and Cambridge Schools
Taught in +40 schools in 15 countries, master’s candidate at Harvard Graduate School of Education on full scholarship

Radosław Czekan
Polish National Debate Team Coach
Semifinalist of the World Universities Debating Championships (EFL) 2016 and 10 international breaks
Every student that worked closely with Radosław achieved at least one national final or international play-off round in their first year of training
Delivered +2000 hours of public speaking and argumentation training for the top corporations, start-ups, public institutions, NGOs and individuals from over 20+ branches. TEDxWarsaw 2019 speaker
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