Dr Lid King, The Languages Company.
Lid King has extensive experience of languages teaching, pedagogy and policy. As Director of CILT, the National Centre for Languages in the UK (1992-2003) he played a major part in expanding the work of the organisation, spearheading a range of national and European projects. Between September 2003 and April 2011 Lid was National Director for Languages for England with responsibility for the implementation of the English Languages Strategy. He also has extensive experience of languages in Europe and beyond. He has advised the European Commission, the Council of Europe and national governments on language policy as well as working on many European Projects - in particular in relation to language policy and urban multilingualism.
