COTE Certificate Who am I? My name is Richard Pinnell, and I am a British citizen from Brighton a city in the south of England approximately one hour from London. I have been living and teaching English in Monterrey for the past 6 years, and in total I have more than 8 years experience teaching English to Spanish speakers. Furthermore I am professionally qualified to teach English and posses both a BSc in Psychology from the University of Southampton and a certificate for overseas teachers of English (COTE) from the University of Cambridge. Here in Monterrey I have taught many students of varying levels and age groups and with a variety of diverse objectives and needs including executives from companies such as Bancomer, John Deere, Gamesa, Corning Mexicana, Solotoner and Whirlpool amongst others.