By Margaret Maccoll
Noosa-based company Lexis Training has expanded, opening the group’s third Asian language school in Busan, South Korea, this month.
Established in 2004 as an English language school in Noosa Junction, Lexis has grown with five Australian locations, one in Kobe, Japan, and now a second in Korea with its first in Seoul.
The Lexis Group trains more than 8000 international students from more than 90 countries each year in language, professional and teacher training programs and continues to be headquartered from Noosa.
Lexis group director Ian Pratt first visited Busan as a university student in the 1990s.
Like Noosa, it has grown to become a world class beach destination. Haeundae Beach, located around 20 minutes from the city centre, is widely regarded as one of North Asia’s leading beach resorts, attracting tourists from around the region.
“The juxtaposition of futuristic city towers, surf beaches and the old fishing port is unlike anything I’ve ever seen,” he said.
“Lexis will continue with our ‘centralised’ model in our new location, with marketing, administration and much of the management function for the new school to take place here on the Sunshine Coast.
“In an age where we are seeing so many Australian jobs being exported internationally, I hope Lexis can be an example of a regionally based Australian company operating competitively throughout the Asia-Pacific”
After completing high school and tertiary education in Queensland, Lexis Korea managing director Jeeho Kim has returned to his home country to manage Lexis’ operations.
