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
Dr. Rosanna Wong, DBE, JP, is the Chairman of the Asia International School Limited. She is a Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Senior Advisor of The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups.
Dr. Wong serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited; of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited; and of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels; and sits on the Board of Directors of the Our Hong Kong Foundation. She is also an Honorary Steward of The Hong Kong Jockey Club. Dr. Wong formerly sat on the Board of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited; and was the previous Non-Executive Chairman of The Hongkong Bank Foundation’s Advisory Committee. She was also previously a Global Advisor to Mars, Incorporated.
She is the Honorary Chairman of World Vision Hong Kong and an Honorary Vice-President of the Hong Kong Schools Music and Speech Association. She also sits on the Honorary Advisory Board of the Hong Kong WEMP Education Foundation, which pioneers and provides mental health and wellbeing to children and their families.
Dr. Wong has a distinguished record of public service. She is a former Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils. She is also the former Chairperson of the Education Commission; the Hong Kong Housing Authority; the Commission on Youth; and the Social Welfare Advisory Committee. She also served as a Member on the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission; as a Member of the Commission on Strategic Development; and as a Member of the Commission on Poverty of the Government of the HKSAR. Dr. Wong is also a former Working Group Member of the United Nations High Level Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor; and a former Member of the United Nations High Level Panel on Youth Employment. She was the former President of the English-Speaking Union (Hong Kong). She is a former Court Member of The University of Hong Kong, where in addition, she was an elected Member of the Council. She was also on The Asia Foundation Hong Kong Leadership Council.
Dr. Wong holds a B.Soc.Sc. from The University of Hong Kong; an M.S.W. from The University of Toronto; an M.Sc. from The London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London; and an M.A. and Ph.D. from The University of California, Davis. She has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from The Hong Kong Institute of Education (2004); The University of Hong Kong (2003); The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2002); The University of Toronto (1999); and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (1996). In 2006, she was made an Honorary Fellow of The London School of Economics and Political Science. She was bestowed the Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter Honouree Award by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2003.
Dr. Wong has been the recipient of many awards, both locally and internationally, including one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in Hong Kong and was honoured as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum. She was also honoured with the award of Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1997.
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.
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.
Mr Hart is a partner in London Bridge Capital Partners LLP, a London-based independent corporate finance firm that works in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, fundraising and corporate advice. Adam holds a law degree and qualified as a chartered accountant. He has held senior positions in various UK financial services firms, is past chairman of the London Stock Exchange’s AIM Advisory Group and is a director of a number of companies. Mr Hart is a Governor of Harrow School in the UK, is Chairman of the Harrow Association, its alumni organisation, and is a director of Harrow International Schools Limited, Harrow’s international school management company. Adam is a Governor of all Harrow schools outside the UK and he visits each school regularly.
Ms. Price spent 26 years at Benenden School in the UK, most recently as Deputy Head, and was one of the founding trustees of the Benenden School Hong Kong Trust. After leaving Benenden in December 2015, she became an educational management consultant advising schools on areas such as governance and compliance, development and external relations. She is also a Director of Gresham Books, a specialist publisher for schools, and writes and speaks regularly on the development of critical thinking skills. As the representative of the Harrow governors, she is a Governor of the Harrow International Schools in Bangkok, Beijing, and Shanghai as well as in Hong Kong. Debra holds a first class bachelor’s degree in History.
Ms. Zhang is a governor of Harrow International School Shanghai. Ms. Zhang is currently a partner of an equity investment management company. Ms. Zhang worked as Admin and Human Resource Manager in Ctrip from 1999 to 2002. She joined Siemens as Marketing and Sales Manager in 1992. Ms. Zhang served as Chief Cashier in Shanghai Crowne Plaza from 1989 to 1992. Ms. Zhang received her Bachelor’s Degree in Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Master Degree of EMBA in Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.
