Jamie Keyte

Bio & Expertise: Jamie Keyte founded Manhattan Mandarin in 2012. A native New Yorker, Jamie attended The St. Bernard’s and Trinity Schools. He graduated from Kenyon College with a BA in International Studies. In 2008, Jamie studied abroad where he completed an intensive Mandarin language program at CET in Shanghai.

Upon graduating, Jamie ran high school educational tours in both China and the United States. In 2010, Jamie decided to further enhance his Mandarin skills and completed a second intensive language program in Beijing. This led him to a job at Thomson Reuters, where he became the China Project Manager for a Thomson Reuters’ subsidiary. During this time, Jamie developed the concept for Manhattan Mandarin and co-founded IvyGate, a Beijing-based SAT tutoring and high school/college application company.

In 2019, Jamie returned to Trinity to run the Mandarin 1 program.

He continues to run Manhattan Mandarin and has taught 10000+ hours of private Mandarin lessons.

Location: Upper East Side & Remote

Fun Fact: During my semester abroad in Shanghai we were required to have an internship. I was able to get one with the Shanghai Golden Eagles pro baseball team and got to play ball instead!

Website: www.manhattanmandarin.com

Contact: Jamie@ManhattanMandarin.com