Featured Tutors
Donald Lambie
SENIOR TUTOR
Donald Lambie is our Senior Tutor and school leader. When the founder of the School of Economic Science Leon MacLaren died in 1994, he was succeeded by Mr Lambie, who was a barrister.
All of our tutors are volunteers, giving their time willingly to pass on what they’ve learnt at the School. Meet some of them here. You can see some of them speaking about what they love about the role on our YouTube channel.
Sherry Moran
Sherry Moran, an American now living in London with her husband who has been part of the school for 35 years. She joined us whilst living and working in New York. She moved to London in 1989 because it seemed the perfect place to fulfil her dream of being an entrepreneur.
She organised the Ceramics section of SES’s Art in Action festival for 26 years. She mentors many young people starting out in business and is an active member of the London Women’s President Organisation (WPO).
Patrick Wyatt
Patrick Wyatt, originally from Kent, works as a successful jeweller in London’s historic Hatton Garden area. Patrick came to work through a recommendation and has never looked back since 2001, running his own jewelry business which takes him all over the world.
Patrick currently tutors Practical Philosophy and says that his favourite part of being a tutor is the students, who inspire him daily. He is a long-term student of the School and credits Practical Philosophy with helping him to live in the present.
Elina Grigoriou
Elina has been a student at SPES since 2007. Born in Athens, Greece she moved to the UK in 1996. Professionally, after obtaining a BA(Hons) in Interior Design, she worked in commercial interior companies for 10 years before setting up her own business in Bloomsbury, London.
Part of her professional life is also involved with championing a sustainable approach to design and supporting the wellbeing of occupants. In 2016 she was awarded Honorary lifetime membership of the RICS in recognition of her work with sustainability.
Peter Whitfield
Peter began teaching the introductory philosophy in Sydney over 20 years ago. He has a great love of inspiring students to awaken in themselves their true nature of bliss and freedom. Peter has studied under Ram Dass, Deepak Chopra, Shane Mulhall, Jack Cornfield, Shri Shantananda Saraswati and other leading lights; considering himself blessed to be able to pass on their wisdom.
Peter has a talent for making great teachings accessible and relevant to modern lives that are burdened with traffic jams, mortgages and plagued by annoying people cutting queues.