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LEOT is a UK registered charity our full name is

Lao Educational Opportunities Trust
Registered Number 1115944

We have five trustees all are volunteers and spend significant time working on our projects at home and in Luang Prabang.

Jeannette Tyler (Australia)

Jeannette is our School Director and has run the LEOT School since 2015. She is a very experienced teacher and school administrator. We were so lucky when she found the school almost by accident and decided to help us as a volunteer. Today Jeannette spends nearly ten months of the year living in Laos and all of her time running and loving our school.
We were delighted in January 2016 when she accepted our invitation to join the Board of Trustees.

Peter Banwell (UK)

Peter is a retired businessman and first visited Laos in 2008 as a tourist. On his return home, he contacted LEOT and became a supporter. He was appointed as a trustee in 2009. Today Peter is the treasurer of the charity and his main role is to liaise with government departments, to manage the scholarship programme and to develop the community programmes. Peter spends over five months of the year in Laos working at the school and is active in the UK promoting the charity and fundraising.

Kevin Heath (USA)

Kevin joined LEOT as a volunteer in 2019 and spent several months at the LEOT School. We were delighted when he became a Trustee at the end of his visit. He accepted the role of Chair when Peter became our Treasurer. Kevin is an experienced teacher and has worked in Asia.

Clare Conway (Australia)

Clare was born and lived for most of her life in the UK. She is an experienced teacher and administrator and today lives in Australia Clare is a friend of Jeannette and is a regular visitor to Laos. Clare is our Secretary.

Julie Williams (Scotland)

Julie is our most recent Trustee, lives in Scotland and joined us as a Trustee just before the pandemic

Our Founders

Alan Shiel and Chris Hillman

It was due to the hard work of Alan and Chris that LEOT was founded. They worked tirelessly to establish LEOT with the goal of helping as many disadvantaged students as possible with the gift of education. They set the ball rolling and had the vision and energy to start and run the LEOT School. The LEOT students and team send them our special thanks.