Vanessa Robitaille joined ACS Doha in 2021 as Deputy Head of School. Previously Deputy Head of College at Brighton College in Bangkok, Vanessa has enjoyed a truly international career, in China as Head of Science, then Deputy Head of the Senior School at Dulwich College Suzhou. Prior to her current role at Brighton College, she was founding Head of Prep School at its sister school in Abu Dhabi.
Vanessa grew up in Kenya, on the edge of the Maasai Mara. After completing her education in Nairobi, Vanessa went to the University of Oxford to read Human Sciences, followed by a PGCE at the University of Cambridge, before returning to Kenya to teach in two British prep schools.