Nelly Mars joined the King's College Language Centre in 2001. She completed her Modern Languages and Literature BA and MA (1991,1992) at University of Bordeaux, France, her French as Foreign Language BA (1997) at University of Montpellier, France and  Business and Occupational Psychology MSc (2018) at University of Kingston, UK. She speaks French, English and Spanish. 

Nelly supports the Director of the Centre in the strategic planning, academic management, and operational oversight of academic and entrepreneurial activities. Her role involves overseeing academic activities, developing language provisions and new external markets, managing international staff, ensuring high standards of teaching and learning, and contributing to the Centre's growth and reputation within the University and beyond. Her key responsibilities are to assist the Director in formulating and implementing the Centre’s strategic direction and objectives, to direct the development of appropriate markets and client-bases external to King's College London, such as. London Business School and assist with budget planning and monitoring. She is also responsible for contributing to planning and resource allocation across the Centre innovation in language learning, and the expansion of international and cross-disciplinary partnerships. Nelly Mars also also oversees curriculum development, pedagogical innovation, and academic standards across language provisions, promotes staff engagement in pedagogical research and continuous professional development and manages an international team of Teams Leaders.