Joy Qiao

Founder and Chairman

Joy Qiao is the Founder and Chairman of Wellington College China. She founded the group in 2009 and, under her leadership, Wellington China has become one of the most reputable international education groups in China and globally. Joy grew up in Shanghai and earned her BA in Computer Science at the University of Oxford. Prior to her devotion to education, she had extensive experience working in the IT industry in the United Kingdom, Germany and China.

Joy is married to a British husband and they have two teenage sons. Influenced by this, Joy's vision is to create the world's leading English-Chinese bilingual schools, which combine the very best attributes of both British and Chinese education. She views such blended education as being a key contributor towards deepening understanding and appreciation between China and the rest of the world. Bilingualism, cross-cultural awareness and global citizenship will all be highly valued skills in this century when East is meeting West.  

Echo Jin

Governor

Hiba Academy Shanghai/Hiba Academy Shanghai

Echo Jin is the Chief Financial Officer of Greater China Region at Microsoft. As a member of the Greater China leadership team, Echo assists Microsoft's CEO in driving the company’s long-term planning and strategic development in the region, and empower Microsoft’s customers to maximize business value more rapidly and efficiently. Before joining Microsoft, Echo was President of HPE China, overseeing the overall management and providing management support for HPE's joint ventures in China. 
 

Echo has held numerous financial positions in many global enterprises. With her rich experience in financial and business management, she provides strategic guidance through market data analysis and business insights, helping enterprises to maximize their benefits in major transactions.
 

Echo holds a bachelor’s degree in international economic law from China University of Political Science and Law, and an MBA from the University of Maryland.

Justin Koh 

Governor

Hiba Academy Shanghai/Hiba Academy Shanghai

Mr Koh works as Senior Vice President of AlixPartners, a global consulting firm. His focus is in the consumer, retailand private equity space, where he leads engagements in market entry strategy, retail operations andcommercial/operational due diligences. He has over 12 years of consulting experience mainly in China and Southeast Asia.

Previously he was part of L.E.K. Consulting and the lead for its Global Education Practice in China. He worked onprojects that supported strategy and investment decisions for clients across all sub-sectors of education globally, witha particular focus in China and Southeast Asia.
 

Justin graduated from Singapore Management University with an honours degree in Finance. He is a Singaporean nationaland has resided with his family in Shanghai since 2011.

Christopher Woolf

Governor

Hiba Academy Shanghai/Hiba Academy Shanghai

Christopher Woolf is the newly appointed WCI International Director. He has spent more than 20 years working in a range of UK and international schools. Chris joins us from Pinner High School in Harrow where he is the founding headteacher. Opened in 2016, the school was rated 'Outstanding' by students, parents and colleagues in 2017 and judged 'Outstanding' in all categories by Ofsted in 2019. Pinner High has been the most oversubscribed schools in Harrow for the last three years.

Chris’ international experience includes five years at Dulwich College Beijing, initially as head of English, then deputy head, and then head of senior school. The school was named 'British International School of the Year' in the Independent School Awards whilst he was head of Senior School.

He trained as an English and drama teacher at Homerton College, University of Cambridge, after graduating from the University of St. Andrews with an MA (Hons.) in English literature and language. He was awarded a scholarship to the University of California, Davis, where he twice featured on the Dean's Honour List.

Chris was awarded the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) in 2012 and is now a course tutor on the UCL/IoE NPQH course for aspiring headteachers. He is a governor of a Harrow Primary School and a member of the Department for Education Star Chamber Scrutiny Board.

Helen Zhang

Governor

Hiba Academy Shanghai/Hiba Academy Shanghai

Helen is a qualified Chinese CPA and started her career as an auditor with PwC Shanghai. Her six years of audit experience provided her with sound accounting, tax and auditing technical knowledge and practical skills and extensive experience in internal controls under the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Helen subsequently joined Johnson Controls in Shanghai where she took on diverse roles with enhanced business and management responsibilities including the Regional Lead Auditor of Asia Pacific, the Finance Controller of Power Solution Asia Headquarter and the Controller of Supply Chain Management. Helen got her Bachelor’s degree from Fudan University with the major in International Finance.  She loves traditional Chinese culture including Chinese characters (Han Zi) and Book of Songs (Shi Jing). She also enjoys travelling, reading, cooking and baking.  Helen is married and has two children.

Jia Lili

Governor

Hiba Academy Shanghai/Hiba Academy Shanghai

Jia Lili works as Associate Head of School & Dean of Curriculum at Keystone Academy. She has been working in the field of education for over 29 years and has served at different international and bilingual schools as well as Chinese National government schools where she gained her teaching and leadership experience in Chinese National Curriculum, IGCSE and IB. She is familiar with both national education system and international school operation. 

During her time working at local government schools in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, she worked as homeroom teacher, language lead teacher, grade level leader and also an examiner for the China National Curriculum High School Entrance Exam. She was recognised as an Outstanding Young Teacher at the city and district level, and has experience working in the Dean of Studies and Moral Education offices. 

Lili has been working with IB program for over 23 years and she is an IB workshop leader with over 15 years of teacher training experience. She also works as an IB field representative, senior examiner, school authorization visiting team leader and consultant, school evaluation leader and programme leader. During this time, she has conducted and led authorization and evaluation visits to many schools across the Asia-Pacific region and has provided consultation to schools both within and outside the region. She has led many regional and in-school workshops on a wide range of topics. She was distinguished speaker and presenter at many national and international education conferences, such as the US NCLC conference, ACAMIS Summer Institute, EARCOS teachers conference and the IBC Annual conference.

She is committed to blending distinctive traditions in Eastern, Western and international education and truly believes in developing a positive instinct for difference, and a desire to learn from otherness. 

Mark Yunfeng Wang 

Governor

Hiba Academy Shanghai/Hiba Academy Shanghai

Mark Wang is the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited (“HSBC China”).
 

Mr Wang joined HSBC in 2005, and has served in a number of leadership positions, driving China-related business in trading and capital markets. In June 2016, he was appointed Head of Global Banking and Markets China at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.
 

In March 2020, Mr Wang assumed the role of Deputy Chairman of the Board of HSBC China. He was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC China in June 2020.

With over 30 years of experience, Mr Wang is one of the earliest bankers in Mainland China dedicated to international capital markets. Prior to HSBC, Mr Wang held a number of senior management roles for Bank of China and Deutsche Bank, respectively, in Mainland China, Hong Kong and London.

Mr Wang represents HSBC as the Deputy Director of the Fifth Standing Council of China Banking Association Foreign Bank Working Committee. He is the Deputy Director of Shanghai Financial Association, a Member of the Strategic Development Committee of Shenzhen Stock Exchange and a Council Member of China Finance 40 Forum. Mr Wang is also a management committee member of China Children Development Fund on behalf of HSBC.

Mr Wang holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Finance from Fudan University.

Wenbin Wang

Governor

Hiba Academy Shanghai/Hiba Academy Shanghai

Ms Wenbin Wang is the Business Director of Malvern College Qingdao. Previously, she worked in Manhattan, New York. After returning to China in 2014, she joined Malvern College Qingdao. As Business Director, she has been highly involved in the day-to-day and strategic operation of a large international school. In order to best support families wishing to send their children to study abroad, Ms Wang continuously revises and evaluates the most suitable study direction through in-depth research and analysis. 

Ms Wang graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She applied to study abroad through the public high school system in China, and witnessed the changes in the methods of application to overseas study. Owing to her experience and research, she is familiar with the difficulties Chinese students may face when studying abroad. She is well versed in the differences between various education systems, along with cultural differences between China and the West. She understands the advantages of both education systems, and seeks to promote common ground when overseeing the daily operation and development of the school. 

Ms Wenbin Wang has many years research experience in the international education industry and has been invited to participate in and speak at many conferences. She has unique insight into international education and cross-cultural exchanges. She is accomplished in international school operation, international teacher recruitment and training. Malvern College Qingdao has grown to be the largest international school in Shandong Province.