Our Team

CEO

Mr Xia is an entrepreneur and accomplished

investment professional with over 15 years

experience in capital markets and business.

Mr Xia holds a MMath degree in

Mathematics and Statistics from Oxford

University. He is also a Chartered member of

the Chartered Institute for Securities and

Investment (MSCI).

Chairman 

School Management Board

35 years of school financial director and management experience, has been a governor of 5 schools, including 

in the role of Chair and Treasurer. Nick is the former Chairman of Independent Schools'  Bursars Association in the UK.

CEO

Asia Pacific Region

Harry has worked in the education sector for a long time and has 25 years of rich management experience and market operation experience. He holds a PhD in Management, and Master degree in Linguistics.

Headmistress 

Ruthin School

With 30 years of teaching and management experience in British and international schools, Frances is good at leading changes and integrating schools. She also holds a Master's degree from Oxford University.

Headmistress 

Durham High School for Girls

25 years of teaching and management experience in British schools, focusing on students’ STEM education and career planning. Michelle is also undertaking her Masters degree in Educational Leadership.

Headteacher

Malvern St. James Girls' School

Gareth has served as the head of Stoke College, Cambridge, Times International College (IB) in Nanjing, China, and the head of St. John's College, Cardiff and Stratcliffe College, Leicester. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Sheffield.

Headmaster

Plymouth College

With over 30 years' experience teaching Physics (GCSE and A level), including pastoral and academic management roles in the UK and overseas. Serving as the Headmaster of independent schools since 2016.

Academic Consultant

35 years experience of international school leadership, management and teaching, David holds a BA from the University of Oxford and two Masters degrees. He has held senior positions in the United World College movement, participated in curriculum and syllabus design at the International Baccalaureate (IBO), been a senior educational consultant in Japan and chair of governors at one of the UK's oldest schools.

Management Consultant

10 years of work experience in Alibaba, former group organization development expert. She co-founded Entrepreneurial Yeast with Chaoling Yu, the former president of Alibaba Group, and has served more than 400+ publicly traded companies. Cherry holds a master's degree from the National University of Singapore.

Legal Consultant

Edward has extensive experience in domestic and overseas listings, private equity investments, and mergers and acquisitions of listed companies. He once worked at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, a famous Wall Street merger and acquisition law firm in the United States. He holds a Master of Laws from Renmin University of China and another one from Northwestern University.