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Lynne Lawrence

Executive Director, Association Montessori Internationale

Lynne Lawrence (MBE) has been the Executive Director of Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) since June 2008, and prior to this held the position of AMI General Secretary ad interim (2007). She was also head of the AMI Human Resources Committee. Lynne was Director of Training and Schools at the Maria Montessori Institute (formerly Maria Montessori Training Organisation). In her role as AMI Executive Director, Lynne actively promotes AMI’s involvement in Montessori educational projects in developing countries, alongside the many other areas of the association’s work, including teacher training programmes globally and ancillary Montessori programmes, research and development supported by the AMI board, committees and staff. In 2025 Lynne was awarded an MBE for her services to education.