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ATG Leaders & Managers
ATG Oxford selects its
guides from many hundreds of applicants and has attended a week-long
residential (award-winning) Selection & Training Conference at an Oxford
college before being invited to work with the company.
They have been
selected for their abilities and enthusiasm, and because they have shown a real
flair for working with people and a passionate enjoyment of travel, but above
all they have been chosen because we think they are delightful people to go on
holiday with! |
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Ben Bath - Route Manager
After graduating from Cardiff Business School, Ben
first worked in the City before taking up full-time
cycle racing. His interests include rock climbing,
ornithology and French literature. |
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Giancarla Bindi - Tour Leader
Giancarla graduated in Modern Literature at the
University of Siena; studying history, art and
languages. She combines her own business with
working for ATG at Pieve a Castello; the trips she
runs reflect her interests in the Palio, language,
history, and music. She also finds time for her
lifelong passion for sports – skiing and walking. |
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Tansy Björklund - Tour Leader
Tansy lives in the French Alps with her Swedish
husband. After graduating in Business Studies,
French and Spanish, she worked in Paris and Seville
before 'discovering' ATG. Her interests include
travelling, walking, ski-touring and experiencing
other cultures. |
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Anthony Di Nola - Tour Leader
Anthony was born in Naples and graduated from the
London School of Economics before gaining a
commission in the British Army. He has lived and
trekked in India and the Himalayas, and is
passionate about food, history and travel literature.
Council Member. |
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Isabelle Johnson - Tour Manager
Isabelle graduated in history from Oxford University and is also a trained teacher and counsellor. She has taught history abroad and worked with community projects and in counselling. She now lives in the Dolomites from where she walks in Italy and beyond. |
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Petra Mahrova - Tour Leader
Petra studied her Master’s in Prague. She has been a guide in a medieval castle and organises night costume tours, concerts and conservation projects. She has travelled in Europe, Israel and Egypt and has lived in Holland. Her passion is skiing. |
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Lara Piccioli - Tour Manager
Lara lives in Italy and studied English and German
Literature in Rome. She has travelled in Asia, Central
America and Europe and has worked in local radio
and at her family's hotel in Italy. She enjoys squash,
food, wine, travelling and meeting people. |
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Brian Todd - Tour Leader
Brian first encountered Italy as an impressionable teenager before reading English at Oxford and training as a furniture maker. He enjoys music and singing, with occasional operatic appearances. His interests include food, painting and taming a wild garden. ATG board member. |
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Sarah Wellburn - Tour Leader
Sarah read Politics at London University and lived
on a farm in Tuscany before joining ATG in 1992.
She renovated a cliff-clinging cottage in the
Cinque Terre and then studied Garden Design in
the UK. When not leading trips she works as a
European conference organiser. |
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Adrian Woodford - Tour Leader
After reading English Literature at Cambridge University, Adrian worked as a journalist, producer and teacher before joining ATG in 1996. His passions are French literature, Spanish wine and English football and he hopes to work in one of these fields. |
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Jane Wright - Tour Leader
Jane has moved with no discernible logic from an Oxford degree in French and German, to four years teaching and research in Italy, to running her own international recruitment business in London, to ATG back in Oxford again. On the way, she has taken every chance to travel, from Brazil to Burkina Faso, and aims to reach the C’s some day soon. |
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