A MORNING IN CONVERSATION
You are cordially invited to join us for an exclusive ACS City Networking Breakfast
The Human Advantage: Authentic Learning and Future Readiness in an AI-Supported World
As knowledge becomes increasingly accessible through AI, education must offer more than knowledge acquisition. Young people will need judgement, creativity, compassion, integrity, adaptability and the confidence to act.
These human capabilities are developed through authentic experiences, meaningful responsibility and committed partnerships.
Date: Tuesday 17 November 2026
Time: 8:30–10:30am
Venue: The Travellers Club, Pall Mall, London
Host: Mr Ammad Ahmad, ACS Cobham parent
Keynote: Mr Graeme Lawrie, ACS Director of Operations
Dress code: Gentlemen are requested to wear a jacket and tie required. Please note that casual or non-tie attire will not be permitted.
Please RSVP using the registration form below to secure your place. Spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
We look forward to welcoming you to The Travellers Club for a morning of professional networking, thought-provoking discussion and connection across the ACS community.
Join ACS Senior Leadership, Heads of School, current parents and alumni for our next ACS Schools City Networking Breakfast, kindly hosted by Cobham parent Mr Ammad Ahmad.
This special morning will bring together members of the ACS community for professional networking, conversation and an opportunity to hear from Mr Graeme Lawrie, ACS Director of Operations, who will deliver the keynote address:
The Human Advantage: Authentic Learning and Future Readiness in an AI-Supported World
Graeme will explore how ACS is preparing students not simply to navigate an AI-supported world, but to thrive in it – developing the human qualities that will remain essential in an increasingly technology-driven future.
Meet our
Speakers
Graeme is Chief Operating Officer at ACS International Schools, with strategic responsibility for IT, Marketing, Partnerships and operational delivery across the organisation. A qualified teacher with over two decades of experience in education, he rings a distinctive perspective as a senior leader who has progressed through the profession from classroom teacher to executive leadership.
Graeme began his career at Oakham School as a teacher and house parents, before joining Sevenoaks School in 2006 as Head of Department. In 2009 he became Head of Faculty for Science, where he led the development of one of. The world’s largest free science events in the UK at the time. He went onto hold a number of senior leadership roles including Director of Innovation and Excellence and Director of Outreach and Innovation, building a reputation for delivering large scale, high impact educational initiatives.
Throughout his career, Graeme has combined educational leadership with operational and strategic delivery, leading complex programmes, managing multi-disciplinary teams, and building partnerships across sectors. His work has focused on widening access to opportunity, developing innovative approaches to education and ensuing that organisations operate effectively in support of their core mission.
In addition to his school-based leadership, Graeme has worked with OCR, AQA and International Baccalaureate, contributing to curriculum and assessment development. He also completed a yearlong secondment at Buckingham Palace as a Special Advisor to the Royal Family in 2015.
Graeme was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020 for services to education. He has received multiple national awards, including the Lloyds TSB Teacher of the Year and Person Teacher of the Year, and was named by TES as one of the top five science teachers in the UK.
He remains passionate about social mobility and the role education plays in transforming lives, having worked with hundreds of schools, charities and international communities to create meaningful opportunities for young people.
Outside of work, Graeme enjoys climbing, motorsport and engineering projects, and spending time with his family.
