Sarah Mann took up her post as Consul-General Guangzhou in June 2023. She leads the UK government’s engagement in the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan and Jiangxi in South China.

Sarah joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in 2008 and has worked on a range of countries and issues including the UN, energy security and human rights.

Her first posting was as Second Secretary in Colombo, Sri Lanka after which she returned to London as Secretary to the FCDO Board of Management in the office of the Permanent Under-Secretary. Most recently Sarah served as British Deputy High Commissioner to Uganda from 2017 to 2020. She has also served in the British High Commission in Fiji and the UK’s Mission to the UN in New York.

A seasoned Leadership and Executive coach, Will has been coaching since 2008 in his corporate regional and enterprise roles across multiple countries and cultures. As a British born Chinese he has a deep appreciation of corporate and tradition Sino cultures in the workplace, where many of his clients are Fortune 500 companies operating in south east Asia - being voted Asia’s #1 Leadership 2019 for Banking and Finance by a FTSE100 bank. Will is a Certified ICF PCC level coach with over 1000 coaching hours. He is a active practitioner of coach and business consulting with clients such as HSBC, Microsoft, KPMG as well as SME’s and start-ups in China. Will previously consulted in the role as the Executive Manager of the British Chamber of Commerce Guangdong, and is often a keynote speaker and moderator of business and leadership forums. As a long-term career mentor for HK University and Shanghai Jiaotong University, he also one of 3 male mentors for the LeanIn Guangzhou organisation for female leaders.

• Academic Centre Manager for Professional Standards and Services for ISA International Education Group；
• Chair of the Education Working Group for the British Chamber of Commerce in Guangdong.
• Doctor of Education, having completed research with the University of Liverpool.
• Seasoned speaker at international conferences, on the radio,
• Regular contributor to News China, the English language edition of China Newsweek.
• Conducted research for Jiangsu University and the Hurun Report (Education) amongst others.
• Founded a digital non-profit education platform serving over 10,000 underprivileged students worldwide.

Dr Sally Hewat, University of Sydney is a certified speech-language pathologist and Associate Professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She has a strong belief in the transformative power of human connection that is enabled through one’s ability to communicate and her 30-year career has spanned various clinical and educational settings in various countries including Australia, Canada, North America, and parts of Asia.
Sally has published over 60 research papers, has secured over $5M in research funding and won numerous awards for her support of people with communication difficulties. Sally is currently serving as Vice President Technical Services at OST Therapy and is the academic director of the Allied Health School Services program in association with International School Services (ISS) in China.

Adam McRoy is the Headmaster of Cogdel Cranleigh School Changsha and has been working in education in China for over 20 years. A strong advocate for student well-being, innovative pedagogy, and global citizenship, he led his school to win the Best New School Award at the 2024 BritCham China Schools Awards. Adam is also on the advisory board for NESSIC, supporting the development of internationally aligned schools across China.

Yuen Pang has a Master of Applied Positive Psychology a Postgraduate Diploma in Positive Organisational Psychology and Leadership.
She co-founded Guangzhou Happy Seeds, who operates 2 education centres in Guangzhou, the curriculum is based on positive psychology theory and social emotional learning.
She has hosted numerous workshops at schools and within the community, both in Hong Kong and China, aimed at raising the awareness of the importance of student, teacher, school leader and individual mental health and wellbeing.