Steffen Sommer

Director General

A polyglot and specialist in high performance learning with more than thirty years of school leadership experience across Europe and the Middle East. He joined Misk Schools in 2022 from Doha College, where he was principal for seven years, and before that led leading international schools in The Hague, Paris and Lausanne, and was head of languages at Rugby School, one of the United Kingdom's foremost independent boarding schools. He is an honorary vice-president of the Council of British International Schools, a co-founder of the international division of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, and a high performance learning fellow. He was named one of The PIE's 50 Voices in the 2025 international schools edition.