Meet the team

  • Rowena Minney

    Co-Founder & Operations Manager

    Rowena is a dynamic leader who oversees the day-to-day functioning of Totally Teach. She handles the strategic planning, marketing efforts, and team coordination, and ensures smooth operations to deliver exceptional services to our teachers and schools. As well as overseeing the China market, she is personally focusing on growing Totally Teach internationally, offering positions in various countries.

  • Johan Cloete

    Co-Founder and Development Consultant

    Johan provides expertise in creating and enhancing the platform's features and user experience. He focuses on technological advancements, useability, and overall platform growth, ensuring that Totally Teach remains at the forefront of online foreign teaching recruitment.

  • Erin Yu

    Director of Client Relations

    As one of the longest-standing team members, Erin has been promoted to director of the China market. Erin plays a key role in building and maintaining strong relationships with our prestigious schools as well as managing our other client consultants. Her focus is on ensuring a positive experience for all parties involved with Totally Teach.

  • Priscilla-Lee Harrington

    Head of Marketing

    Priscilla has been given a department lead after showing she is a marketing genius. She leads the strategic planning and execution of marketing initiatives to promote the platform and attract teachers as well as educational institutions. She oversees advertising campaigns, branding efforts, social media presence, and customer engagement activities to drive growth and visibility for Totally Teach.

  • Theunis Vorster

    Recruitment Consultant

    Going into his second year, Theunis is our personable recruiter at Totally Teach. Now based in Thailand, he brings a diverse background including teaching in China, HR qualifications and 10 years of recruitment experience. If you're looking for someone to give you solid options and champion your application, he's your guy!

  • Sara Peraya

    Client Relations Consultant in China

    Sara is responsible for providing bespoke assistance to our schools. She works with Northern regions as well as Guangdong province in China. Sara schedules client interviews, offers follow-up services and ensures a smooth experience for all schools and candidates.

  • Le-Ann Gouws

    Marketing Assistant

    Leann is a great team player, supporting Priscilla in various tasks such as coordinating marketing campaigns, managing social media platforms, conducting market research, and assisting with promotional activities. She plays a vital role in implementing marketing strategies to increase brand awareness and attract new users to the platform.

  • Hana Shen

    Client Relations Consultant in China

    New to the team, Hana’s role is to offer tailored support to schools in the Central and Western regions of China. She manages client interviews, establishes relationships with new schools, provides follow-up services, and ensures a seamless experience for all schools and candidates.

  • Anuska Ralph

    Recruitment Consultant

    Anuska is our newest recruitment consultant at Totally Teach. Hailing from South Africa, she has a go-getter attitude and positive outlook to guide candidates throughout the entire process from application to offer! If you're in search of someone to curate top-notch opportunities and champion your application, look no further.

  • Aloise van der Merwe

    Junior Recruitment Consultant

    Aloise is a dedicated junior recruitment consultant from South Africa, and is responsible for assisting our consultants in sourcing, screening, and communicating with potential candidates for job openings. Her duties include reviewing resumes, conducting initial screenings as well as coordinating with our summer and winter camp partners. She plays an essential part in ensuring a seamless and efficient recruitment process, whilst also contributing to a positive experience for both candidates and clients.

More on Totally Teach

We are a multicultural team whose members come from the UK, South Africa and China.

Due to being expats ourselves, we understand that moving to and living in China can be a culture shock! We know the country, the market and the challenges. We can help with any questions you have while you are here. We are also branching out to other countries and cities with more to offer!

Both our expat and local staff have experience in the education industry so can help you with what to expect from your school.

We want to show people the benefits of teaching overseas and empower people to get ahead. We have first-hand experience we can share with you and always aim to offer the best schools and packages we can.

We look forward to speaking to you soon!