{"id":804,"date":"2025-09-04T12:09:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/?page_id=804"},"modified":"2026-09-13T13:37:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:37:49","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/?page_id=804","title":{"rendered":"Director&#8217;s Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"804\" class=\"elementor elementor-804\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da28fbe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"da28fbe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24e403f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"24e403f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d078e5a animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"d078e5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">About the Founder<\/h2><h3 class=\"ekit-heading--subtitle elementskit-section-subtitle  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSimon J. Macartney \u2014 Founder, Teacher &amp; Author\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1213d04 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1213d04\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fade6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"36fade6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Home<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c8cd63 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"3c8cd63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M285.476 272.971L91.132 467.314c-9.373 9.373-24.569 9.373-33.941 0l-22.667-22.667c-9.357-9.357-9.375-24.522-.04-33.901L188.505 256 34.484 101.255c-9.335-9.379-9.317-24.544.04-33.901l22.667-22.667c9.373-9.373 24.569-9.373 33.941 0L285.475 239.03c9.373 9.372 9.373 24.568.001 33.941z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34e2187 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"34e2187\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Director's Bio<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9220be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f9220be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad88f0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ad88f0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-Empire-English-1-01-1-scaled-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1206\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-Empire-English-1-01-1-scaled-1.png 512w, https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-Empire-English-1-01-1-scaled-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-Empire-English-1-01-1-scaled-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-Empire-English-1-01-1-scaled-1-270x270.png 270w, https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-Empire-English-1-01-1-scaled-1-192x192.png 192w, https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-Empire-English-1-01-1-scaled-1-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-Empire-English-1-01-1-scaled-1-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cdb1c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7cdb1c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bf37d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8bf37d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2538f1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f2538f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-125cd77a elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"125cd77a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Founder\u2019s Welcome<\/h2><div class=\"ekit_heading_separetor_wraper ekit_heading_elementskit-border-divider ekit-dotted\"><div class=\"elementskit-border-divider ekit-dotted\"><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\">Welcome to Empire English Online. What began as a small online teaching service has grown into an international English education and publishing platform serving students and professionals around the world.<\/p>\n<p>My aim has always been practical: to make English clearer, more useful and more relevant to real life. Today, that includes one-to-one tuition alongside specialist books and workbooks in areas such as Medical English, Legal English, Business English, IELTS, Cambridge English and GCSE English.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside my teaching work, I now create a growing range of specialist English books and workbooks through Empire English Online. These resources cover Medical English, Legal English, Business English, IELTS, Cambridge English and GCSE English, with a strong focus on practical English for professional, academic and examination success. My Medical English materials are designed especially for healthcare professionals preparing for licensing examinations, interviews and clinical communication in international environments.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you are preparing for an examination, developing your professional English or simply trying to communicate with greater confidence, I hope you find something here that helps you move forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simon J. Macartney<\/strong><br \/><strong>Founder, Empire English Online<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af3fe3a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af3fe3a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8c4caf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f8c4caf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Simon-682x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1493\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Simon-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Simon-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Simon-768x1154.png 768w, https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Simon.png 1023w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed896d4 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ed896d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-Empire-English-1-01-1-scaled-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1206\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-Empire-English-1-01-1-scaled-1.png 512w, https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-Empire-English-1-01-1-scaled-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-Empire-English-1-01-1-scaled-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-Empire-English-1-01-1-scaled-1-270x270.png 270w, https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-Empire-English-1-01-1-scaled-1-192x192.png 192w, https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-Empire-English-1-01-1-scaled-1-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-Empire-English-1-01-1-scaled-1-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-941ab5a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"941ab5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c68700 e-con-full animated-slow e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c68700\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83f9963 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83f9963\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Subscribe To Get Latest Updates<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8487abb e-con-full animated-slow e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8487abb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14aaa49 elementor-button-align-stretch elementor-widget elementor-widget-form\" data-id=\"14aaa49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;step_next_label&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;step_previous_label&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;button_width&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;step_type&quot;:&quot;number_text&quot;,&quot;step_icon_shape&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"form.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<form class=\"elementor-form\" method=\"post\" name=\"New Form\">\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"post_id\" value=\"804\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"form_id\" value=\"14aaa49\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"referer_title\" value=\"Director&#8217;s Bio\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"queried_id\" value=\"804\"\/>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-form-fields-wrapper elementor-labels-above\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-email elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-name elementor-col-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input size=\"1\" type=\"email\" name=\"form_fields[name]\" id=\"form-field-name\" class=\"elementor-field elementor-size-sm  elementor-field-textual\" placeholder=\"Email\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-type-submit elementor-col-100 e-form__buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" type=\"submit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Send<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/form>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Founder Simon J. Macartney \u2014 Founder, Teacher &amp; Author Home Director&#8217;s Bio Founder\u2019s Welcome Welcome to Empire English [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-804","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":59,"href":"https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1503,"href":"https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/804\/revisions\/1503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireenglishonline.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}