Meet Our Team | Reddam House Constantia

Alex Gitlin

Executive Head

Alex Gitlin has been appointed as Executive Head of Reddam House Constantia. Alex hails from Northampton in England. Having obtained a Bachelor of Geography (Honours) from the University of Nottingham, and a University of Cambridge Post Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education Geography, Alex moved to South Africa in 2001.

He began his teaching career at St David’s Marist Inanda in Johannesburg. Over the course of 12 years, he became the Head of Hockey and 1st Team coach, a senior Geography teacher, and Housemaster. In 2013 he joined Uplands College as Deputy Head Pastoral Care and Boarding. In his seven years there, Alex also managed the marketing department, the sports department, energised the past pupil association and co-developed the Foundation.

He was appointed as College Head of Reddam House Constantia in January 2020, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience that has contributed towards the school being one of the top achieving IEB schools in South Africa. Alex is passionate about Education and making a difference to those under his care.

Gina Johnstone

Head of Preparatory School

Having graduated from Johannesburg College of Education (WITS), Gina is a child-centered educator, currently researching for her Master’s Degree in School Leadership. Her passion and commitment to education goes back to her early days as a young, impressionable teacher at a co-educational state school, where she was mentored and shown that the core purpose of a teacher is to instill a genuine passion for learning and to build a solid foundation of self-belief in every student.

Gina went to London where she taught for 5 years to learn international best practice in private schools before returning to the independent school arena in South Africa where she has remained and thrived, spending 15 years developing curricula and driving change in independent education.

Kylee Faure

Head of Early Learning School

Kylee brings a wealth of experience, passion, and dedication to early childhood education. Her journey in the first began at an early age, immersed in the world of education through her family run pre-primary school. Over the past 16 years, she has built a solid foundation of expertise, progressing through various roles from teacher to leadership positions, most recently as deputy Head at Reddam House Durbanville.

Her commitment to early childhood development has only depended in recent years, particularly following the birth of her son in 2021 and baby girl in early 2024. This transformative experience has further ignited her passion for fostering creativity, individuality, and a love for learning in young children. Kylee’s leadership style is defined by empathy, collaboration and innovation. Kylee Faure will commence her new role effective 1st January 2025.

Ravi Nadasen

CEO - Africa & The Middle East

Before joining Inspired, Ravi worked as Chief Operating Officer at Tsogo Sun Hotels, Africa’s leading hotel group. His tertiary education started at the Durban University of Technology (then ML Sultan Technikon) where he obtained a National Diploma in Hotel Management. Some years later he obtained his BTech Management at the University, and concurrently completed the Advanced Business Programme. More recently in 2018 he obtained his MBA from the University of Stellenbosch. He was also fortunate to attend IMD (Institute for Management Development) in Switzerland for two eight-week blocks, where he did a leadership programme.

He has been and is very active in tourism bodies, having been on the board of Cape Town Tourism and a board member of the CT Chamber of Commerce while in Cape Town. He is currently the interim Chairperson of South African Tourism, the Deputy Chairperson and board member of the Tourism Business Council of SA. He was reappointed by the Minister of Tourism for a second term as a member of the B-BBEE Charter Council to advise on the state of transformation in industry.

Nadim M Nsouli

Founder & CEO, Inspired Education Group

Nadim M Nsouli founded Inspired in 2013 with the goal of creating a leading global group of premium schools. Starting with Inspired’s first acquisition of Reddam House, a leading group of schools in South Africa, Nadim rapidly expanded the group globally via a series of acquisitions and building greenfield schools while maintaining the focus on only having the best schools around the world as part of the group.

Prior to founding Inspired, Nadim was a partner at Providence Equity Partners, a private equity firm with $40 billion under management. Nadim was also a member of Providence's Global Investment Committee and led Providence's Education investment efforts in Europe and the Middle East. Prior to joining Providence in 2006, Nadim was the European head of The Gores Group, a special situations private equity fund based in Los Angeles. Previously, Nadim was a member of the media and telecommunications investment banking teams of Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan in London. Nadim started his career in New York as a corporate lawyer at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue.

Nadim received a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD with distinction, a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science (magna cum laude) from Georgetown University.