Lid King has extensive experience of languages teaching, materials development and examining at secondary level, and in Adult and Higher Education. As Director of CILT (1992-2003) he played a major part in expanding the work of the organisation, spearheading a range of national and European projects, including the establishment of the Comenius network of regional language networks and the initiation of support for Primary Languages. He also helped establish the Languages National Training Organisation.

Between September 2003 and April 2011 Lid was National Director for Languages with responsibility for the implementation of the Languages Strategy.

He worked with Lord Dearing on the “Languages Review” of which he is co-author. He has extensive experience of languages both in the UK and Europe and has advised the European Commission, Council of Europe and national governments as well as leading major European Projects (Lingu@net, LUCIDE).

Since 2011 he has continued to work in support of a strategic approach to languages in England and Europe through The Languages Company which he established in 2008.