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BIEG Leadership Team
Kathy Shi
Kathy Shi
Founder & President
'Shi' means giving, 'Hua' means essencesMs. Kathy Shi (Hua) brings her vision of giving the essences of Chinese and Western education to children. With over twenty years of experience in education, Ms. Shi and BIBS are committed to integrating Chinese education with Western education in supportive and stimulating environments.
Jiangtao Gao
Jiangtao Gao
Head of Schools
Former Vice Principal of RDFZ, Senior Teacher, Special-class Teacher in Physics. Member of the National Expert Training Program of the Ministry of Education, the first group of State-level Backbone Teachers of the Ministry of Education's "Cross-century Gardener Project". Former Deputy Director of the Science Popularization Work Committee of the Chinese Physical Society, Committee Member of the Beijing Institue of Physics, former Deputy Director of the Competition Committee, former Director of the Beijing Youth Science and Technology Association. The only 2022 Yale University Distinguished Educator award winner from mainland China.
John McBryde
John McBryde
CEO
John McBryde is an educator with over 25 years of experience as Director/Head of School in five international schools in Asia, including 9 years as Director of the Western Academy of Beijing during its growth and development phase during 1998- 2007.John is co-founder of ACAMIS and served on both the ACAMIS and EARCOS Boards. He has extensive experience in IB Programs and school accreditation. He was awarded the "Foreign Expert Award" by the Beijing Municipal Government for his outstanding contribution to Chinese education.John’s keen interests include Future Education, Learning Technologies, Community, Service and The Arts.
Karen O'Connell
Karen O'Connell
Special Projects Consultant
Karen O’Connell, an Australian educator, has over 40 years of experience in national and international schools as a teacher, consultant, researcher, Principal, and Head of School. With more than 30 years in educational leadership, her international career began in 1999 at the Western Academy of Beijing, where she served as Elementary Principal/Deputy Director for 12 years. She later moved to Indonesia and Singapore, taking leadership roles at Sinarmas World Academy and United World College South East Asia. In Beijing, Karen led the development of bilingual schools with Origins Education and served as Deputy CEO and Head of School for the Beanstalk International Education Group. She holds degrees from the University of South Australia and Bath University and has completed the International Leadership Management Programme. Karen is now a consultant at BIEG, focusing on Kindergarten and Elementary Schools.
Dr. Paul Kim
Dr. Paul Kim
Director of BIBS CoFE
Director, BIBS Center of Future EducationDr. Kim is the Chief Technology Officer and Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University, who received his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Technology from the University of Southern California in 1999. As an education technology entrepreneur, Dr. Kim designs and implements mobile technologies and social learning environment for Stanford undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Kim serves on the Board of Directors of WestEd, the Committee on Grand Challenges in International Development for the National Academies of Science, and the advisory committee for the National Science Foundation's Education and Human Resources Directorate.
BIEG Executive Leadership Team
Qiang Shi
Qiang Shi
Vice Chairman
Graduated from the China Youth Political Academy and has nearly 30 years of senior management experience in state-owned enterprises. He has served as Secretary of the Party Committee of Nanqi Group, Secretary of the Party Committee of East China Taixi Automobile Foundry Co., Ltd., Chairman of the Trade Union, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Vice President, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, etc. 
Lucy Li
Lucy Li
Vice President
She worked at Beanstalk Education Group for more than 20 years, starting from a teacher, to the Group's admissions department, marketing department and the board director's assistant position to get full exercise and development. Out of love for education and beanstalk, she is willing to dedicate her life's passion and energy to this place. 
Christina Zheng
Christina Zheng
Special Assistant of Founder
She joined the Beanstalk Education Group for more than ten years, she has played a great potential on this excellent platform, from ordinary employees to special assistants to the board director, she personally experienced and participated in the development and leap of the group, accumulated a wealth of experience in recruitment and operations, and together to carry forward the educational philosophy and purpose of running the school. 
Freda Li
Freda Li
Chief Brand Officer
She holds MBA from Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, Master of Marketing from UK. She has more than 10 years of senior management experience in brand and marketing, with extensive practical experience in high-end brand integrated marketing. She is making great efforts to define from lookback, form from substance and create the core brand value of Beanstalk Education Group! 
BIEG Academic Leadership Team
Michael Donaldson
Michael Donaldson
Principal
28 years of experience in education since graduating from the Canadian University of Saskatchewan in 1990. Started as a teaching in BC till 2001, then worked as international school principal and headmaster in Qingdao, Nanjing, Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu.
Gavin Johnson
Gavin Johnson
Principal
Master’s degree in Education Leadership30 years of experience in international education
Nigel Jones
Nigel Jones
Principal
Master’s Degree in Education from the Derby UniversityIB Asia-Pacific Authorizing Officer
Kesham
Kesham
Principal
Former Director of Discipline of Beijing 4th Middle School International DivisionFormer Teaching and Research Group of the RDFZ ICC Project
BIEG Academic Leadership Team
Ruifang Zheng
Ruifang Zheng
Principal
Senior teacher, the first group of special-class principals in Beijing, former principal and party secretary of Renmin University Affiliated Primary School
Jun Yin
Jun Yin
Principal
Senior Teacher, Beijing Senior PrincipalForeign General Secretary and Principal of the RDFZ Affiliated Experimental Primary School
Jane Zhang
Jane Zhang
Principal
30 years of experience in educationBeijing Municipal Academic Leader
Lilian Zhao
Lilian Zhao
Principal
Core editor of the PEP Senior High English TextbookFormer Director of the Haidian International Curriculum Research Center
Hershey He
Hershey He
Principal
Master’s degree in Education from the University of PennsylvaniaFirst IB PYP Coordinator in the Asia-Pacific Region
BIEG Academic Leadership Team
Brian Yang
Brian Yang
Principal
PhD in Physics from Yale UniversityRich experience in international curriculum and international education management
Zhaohui Xu
Zhaohui Xu
Principal
More than 26 years of teaching and management experience in top international schoolsProficient in developing and implementing concept-driven and integrated courses
Lisa Li
Lisa Li
Principal
One of the earliest employees of BIBSmore than 20 years of experience in international education management
BIK Academic Leadership Team
Ping Meng
Ping Meng
President of BIK
Chief Supervisor of Chong Wa International Baccalaureate Schools Association (CISA), former deputy general manager of renowned education group
Danny Wang
Danny Wang
Principal of BIK
Ms. Wang studied pre-school education at the Capital Normal University. she has over 20 years of international kindergarten teaching and management experience. she visited kindergartens in Canada and the U.S. to learn the child-centered international education best practices. Ms. Wang looks forward to contributing to pre-school education at Beanstalk with her professional expertise.
Nancy Wang
Nancy Wang
Principal of BIK
Nancy has been working in the international children's education industry for 17 years and has a rich teaching management experience. She worked in Singapore International Bilingual Kindergarten for 6 years and after returning to China in 2009, she worked as a teaching supervisor in a well-known international kindergarten in Beijing for 5 years. In 2004, she joined the Beanstalk Education Group and serve as the director and chairman assistant.
Betty Bai
Betty Bai
Principal of BIK
One of the earliest BIBS employeesOver 20 years of international education experience
Jenny Xiao
Jenny Xiao
Principal of BIK
Completed postgraduate study at Northeast Normal University20 years of international education front-line teaching and management experience
Julie Zhu
Julie Zhu
Principal of BK
Julie holds a BA in Child Psychology and Preschool Education from Beijing Normal University, National First-grade Teacher, Outstanding Working of China Association of Private Education and Haidian District Outstanding Manager. Julie is an excellent manager and a team leader with 28 years of experience and is committed to a better education cause with her passion and dedication.

施华 女士

Executive Director of Business Development

She has more than 40 years of teaching experience and has served as an education manager for the past 30 years. Served as deputy director of the Western Academy of Beijing and principal of elementary school. Since joining International Education, he has been participating in and actively promoting the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) visits and accreditation of international schools as an IB observer. As a visionary education leader, she is passionate about the growth and internationalization of students, focusing on the development and value enhancement of the school.