Courtney Brewer is a business communication specialist with over fifteen years of experience helping professionals from more than forty countries improve their English communication skills for the global workplace. She holds a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics from the University of Toronto and a Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA) from Cambridge University.
Courtney began her career teaching English as a second language at the university level, where she noticed a gap between the academic English her students had learned and the practical communication skills they needed in their professional lives. This observation led her to specialize in business communication, and she has since worked with Fortune 500 companies, multinational organizations, and startups across the technology, finance, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors.
Her approach is grounded in the belief that effective business communication is a skill that can be systematically learned and improved, regardless of a person's starting level. She focuses on practical, immediately applicable language and strategies rather than abstract grammar rules, and her training programs emphasize active practice, real-world scenarios, and personalized feedback.
Courtney is the founder of ClearBusinessEnglish.com, a training platform that offers courses, coaching, and resources for professionals who want to communicate more confidently in English. She has delivered workshops at international conferences, designed customized training programs for corporate clients, and developed online courses that have reached learners in over eighty countries.
When she is not teaching or writing, Courtney enjoys hiking, playing classical piano, and learning Mandarin Chinese—an experience she says keeps her humble and reminds her what it feels like to be a language learner. She lives in Vancouver, Canada, with her family and two very vocal cats who seem to have plenty to say during her video calls.