Our People
Chairman, Mr Peter Siddons
Mr Siddons recently retired as Chairman of the Harrow School Governors after 13 years on the Harrow UK board and Vice Chairman of the Harrow Bangkok and Beijing Boards of Governors (10 and 4 years respectively). Mr. Siddons worked for 30 years as a Chartered Accountant, 24 of them as a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers.
CEO, Mr Daniel Chiu
Mr Chiu has been actively involved in the development of export trading between China and the Middle-East and in investment in infrastructure for oil industries and real estate development in China. Mr Chiu is the Chairman of Federal Asia Company Limited and the Vice Chairman of Fortune Oil Plc listed in the London Stock Exchange.
COO and Executive Head Master, Dr J. Mark Hensman
Previously, Dr Hensman was Headmaster of a traditional boys’ Secondary day and boarding school in New Zealand. During his Headship, he gained a reputation as a defender of a traditional approach to education during a period of significant reform. He was a member of the Minister of Education’s Principals’ advisory group and was Chairman of the independent Sixth Form External Examinations Board.
Dr Hensman comes from a family of educators with two of his brothers also headmasters, one now in Australia and the other still in New Zealand. His two sons are also teachers, one in Vancouver and the other in London.
Dr Hensman has been the Head Master of Harrow International School for seven years and since August 2009 has been responsible for establishing other Harrow international schools and managing the Harrow international group of schools.
Dr. Hensman is currently Chairman of the Federation of British International Schools of South and East Asia (FOBISSEA), a Director of the British Chamber of Commerce, Vice Chairman of the Royal Overseas League Thailand, and until recently, Secretary General of the International Schools Association of Thailand (ISAT).
Business Development Director, Yong Wei Leong
Previously, Mr Yong was Associate Director – Industrial Asia for Jones Lang Lasalle Property Consultants in Singapore. In this position, he played an active role in building up the business development platform for the Industrial Division in Asia. Before that, Mr Yong was with Jurong Port Pte Ltd where he was responsible for corporate planning and project development. In the field of education, Mr Yong helped open the Western Australian Education Office in Singapore in 1988 and successfully promoted Western Australia as a premier education destination.
CFO, Ms Louisa Ho
Miss Ho is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountant ('HKICPA') and the Association of the Chartered Certified Accountants in UK. She is currently a non‐executive director and was the Finance Director and deputy Chief Executive of Fortune Oil Plc, a company listed in the London Stock Exchange. She worked in a range of positions in controller and operations departments at Esso Hong Kong Limited, a wholly‐owned subsidiary of Exxon Mobil.
Finance Director, Mr Sammy Ng
Mr. Ng is an assocate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants ('HKICPA') and the Association of the Chartered Certified Accountants in UK. He has accumulated substantial experience in areas of corporate finance and administration, listing compliance, accounting and auditing from Big 4 international accounting firm, listed companies in Hong Kong and United Kingdom. Before he joined Harrow, he was the Group Financial Controller for a renewable energy corporation in China. In education sector, he is regularly appointed 'Workshop Facilitator' to the Qualification Program of the HKICPA. |