Emmanuel Bonin

Chief Academic Officer & Deputy Head of School at Shanghai American School

Emmanuel Bonin joined SAS from Los Angeles, California where he was the Academic Director at the International School of Los Angeles. He began his educational career as a history teacher and moved into administrative roles, serving as Campus Director, Department Coordinator of Social Science, and Academic Director. He will serve as the primary instructional leader uniting efforts on both the Pudong and Puxi campuses, to improve teaching and learning, ensure a comprehensive, coherent and robust curriculum, and promote professional development in line with our current institutional priorities: building educational excellence, building community, and building for the future. Emmanuel is here with his partner Marie; his son Arno graduated from SAS’ Puxi campus in 2018.