GOVERNORS
Mr Chiu is the chairman of Harrow International Management Services Limited and the founder of the Harrow International Schools in Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai. He is also a Governor of all the Harrow International Schools. Mr Chiu is currently the Chairman of Fortune Oil Limited (previously known as Fortune Oil PLC), of which he has been a Director since August 1993 and was the Chief Executive prior to becoming the Vice Chairman in October 1994. He is also the Chairman of Federal Asia Company Limited, a private trading company with extensive operations in China. He also holds the following honorary positions:
- Council Member of China Overseas Friendship Association
- Honorary Citizen of Maoming, The Guangdong Province
- Executive Committee Member of All-China Federation of Industry & Commerce
- Former Member, National Committee of the CPPCC
- Senior Advisor, The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups
- Honorary Chairman, World Vision Hong Kong
- Former Member, the Executive and Legislative Councils, and former Chairperson, Education Commission of the Hong Kong Government
- Earned Doctor of Philosophy degree in Sociology from the University of California, Davis; with further earned degrees from Hong Kong, Canada and the United Kingdom
- Holder of five Honorary Doctorates and an Honorary Fellowship from the London School of Economics and Political Science
Mr Leung is the Executive Director of Harrow International Management Services Limited. He oversees the operations and business development of Harrow International Schools in Asia. He is a Governor of the Harrow International Schools in Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Prior to joining the Harrow family of schools in Asia, Mr Leung was the Chief Executive Officer and an Executive Director of Carnival Group International Holdings Limited from 2014 to 2016, was Deputy Managing Director, Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of China Gas Holdings Limited from 2005 to 2014, and worked in investment banking from 1992 to 2005. Investment banks he had served include Lehman Brothers, Jardine Fleming, Barclays Capital and Prudential Securities. Mr Leung is a lawyer by training, and is qualified to practise Law in Hong Kong, England and Wales, and Australia. Law firms he has previously served include Baker & McKenzie and Linklaters.
Ms Ho joined Harrow International Management Services Limited as Chief Financial Officer in September 2006. Ms Ho has over 30 years’ experience in accounting, finance and banking treasury in China with specific expertise in managing financial and accounting operations, fund raising, investor relations and executing corporate strategy. Prior to joining the Group, she worked in a range of positions in the controller and operations departments of Esso Hong Kong Limited (now known as ExxonMobil Hong Kong Limited) from 1987 to 1993. She joined Fortune Oil PLC (now renamed as Fortune Oil Limited) as Financial Controller in September 1993. Ms Ho subsequently served as Deputy Chief Executive from August 2001 to April 2004, Finance Director from April 2004 to September 2006 and a non-executive director from September 2006 to April 2015. Ms Ho is a certified public accountant of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountant. Ms Ho received her Bachelor of social science degree in the University of Hong Kong in November 1986 and Master of data processing degree from the University of Ulster in the United Kingdom in July 1992.
Dr Ahmed Hussain is the Chief Education Officer with AISL. This position involves leading on educational strategy and operations across the Harrow group of schools in Asia. He is also an Associate Professor in the school of education Durham University, a member of the editorial board with Research Journal: International Education Theory and Practice, a member of the expert panel for Pudong Education Bureau, Shanghai and a Fellow of the Charter College for Teaching, UK.
Professional and research experience
Following an initial career as a post-doctoral research scientist and lecturer at University of Nottingham, Ahmed trained as teacher of science with the school of education, Durham University. Following a number of teaching and leadership positions, Ahmed was appointed as a Lecturer of Education at Durham University. Here he led on training and developing teachers, teaching on Masters and EdD courses as well as undertaking research in the fields of curriculum analysis, assessment and teacher professional development. Ahmed took up a number of senior leadership positions in schools in the UK and Dubai along with working in the education reform project in Abu Dhabi. Here he led projects on senior leader and teacher professional development along with supporting the development and rollout of national standards for school leaders and teachers in the UAE. Ahmed then took up the role of Director of Schools with Wellington College China, playing a key role in establishing Wellington College China as a leading education group regionally and internationally.
Contribution to education in China
Through a number of partnerships with state education in Shanghai, Hangzhou and at national level, the Ahmed has contributed to education reform through:
- Exchange of ideas and experience
- Training and development
- Research projects
Examples of impact include developing the capacity of teachers in Shanghai to implement formative assessment practices. Research in this field has demonstrated that the use of formative assessment practices not only improved student achievement in paper and pencil tests but is also associated with higher levels of motivation and self-efficacy.
Other areas of research activity include:
- Language acquisition within bilingual schools in China
- The impact of assessing levels of student wellbeing and involvement on quality of teaching and student achievement
- The influence of professional learning approaches on collaborative teacher efficacy (CTE) and distributed leadership
- Comparative analysis of leadership in Chinese, bilingual and international schools
Ahmed has published in a range of fields including:
- Plant physiology
- Science education
- Assessment
- Curriculum analysis
- Bilingual education
- Education reform in China
Ahmed is a passionate educator who was drawn to AISL because of the educational values, ethos and commitment to a truly holistic education. He is married with two boys, and as a family they are truly embracing the rich heritage and culture of Hong Kong SAR and China.
Lesley Tyler has 35 years’ experience in education that comprises teaching, senior management in high achieving UK schools and school inspection.
An Oxford University graduate in English Language and Literature, Lesley has taught English and Drama to A Level and University entrance level in state and independent schools in the UK, specialising from 1999 in the education of able girls at Tonbridge Grammar and Benenden. She has taught both IB and A Level. She was Assistant Head and an Advanced Skills Teacher at Tonbridge Grammar, with responsibility for curriculum, staff development and gifted and talented education. In 2009 she became Deputy Head Academic at Benenden, a girls’ boarding school. She has also been a consultant for the UK government on education of able students, an Advanced Skills Teacher, a Lead Practitioner with the Specialists Schools and Academies Trust, and on the professional development committees of the Headmasters Conference (HMC) and Girls’ Schools Association (GSA). She regularly delivers training at national conferences, and has been a tutor for several organisations that train teachers.
Since 2016, she has worked for the Independent Schools Inspectorate where she is now a Reporting Inspector. She is a member of the HEOV team for Harrow International Schools Limited.
Having read Classics at Pembroke College, Cambridge, Mr McGregor spent more than thirty years teaching at Harrow School in the UK. He was House Master of Gayton and then The Head Master’s Houses before his appointment to the Senior Management Team in 2012. As Senior Tutor, he oversaw areas of compliance, including Safeguarding, Health & Safety, as well as Pupil Welfare in the broad. Since his retirement from Harrow at the end of August 2018, Mr McGregor has acted as an educational consultant. He is also on the Board of several leading preparatory schools across the UK. Mr McGregor was appointed by Harrow International Schools Limited (HISL) to be a member of the Oversight Team of AISL Schools in May 2021. As a representative of the Harrow Governors, Mr McGregor serves on the Boards of the Harrow International Schools in Appi, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Shenzhen. He is also a Governor of the Harrow Lide Schools in Chongqing, Nanning, and Zhuhai as well as the Harrow Hong Kong Children School in Shenzhen.
