Payal Mathur has been involved in the field of English language education and assessment for more than 25 years. Her experience includes serving as an IELTS examiner trainer and examiner support coordinator for IDP in Africa, the Middle East and Europe as well as a Cambridge CELTA trainer, OET interlocutor, team leader and examiner for Cambridge University Press and Assessment, The University of Cambridge. She has also worked as an examiner trainer and team leader for General English, EAP, Business English, Financial English and Legal English for exams at all levels. She possesses extensive knowledge about the NQF, QCF and SCQF frameworks and has been a teacher trainer, assessor and verifier for Edexcel and the Scottish Qualifications Authority. Currently based in Gurgaon, India, Payal is actively involved in teacher training, developing English language tests and qualifications and designing skill-development programmes and assessments for school students, higher education and teachers and serves as Chief Academic Officer and Director at QAI.
Background and education: Teaching English as a Second Language, English Applied Linguistics, Pedagogy, English Literature and Education Studies