Senior Leadership
MARK BEACH
Vice President
EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
Mark was the founding Principal of ESF (English Schools Foundation) Discovery College in Hong Kong. In 2019, Discovery College’s IB Diploma results placed it amongst the very top ranking IB schools worldwide. He has also worked in schools in Tonga, Australia and Qatar. Prior to leaving NZ, Mark was the Director of the NZ Correspondence School, the world’s third largest with over 20,000 students.
STEPHEN LAI
Vice President
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
Stephen was former Vice President of Harrow International Management Services, responsible for the planning & management of Harrow International School development projects. He was responsible for the planning & management of Harrow International School development projects, while also identifying new campus locations in Mainland China/Hong Kong & South East Asia.
SHIRLEY MATUK
Director
HUMAN RESOURCES
Shirley possesses many years of experience in HR in the private and public sectors. Prior to joining ISA, Shirley worked at two renowned international education groups in HK to set up HR teams for schools in HK and mainland China. In NGO sectors, Shirley has led to develop a series of HR projects and services such as Performance Management System, Reward System, Salary Trend Survey, Training Needs Analysis, etc.
GREG ZHANG
Director of Education (Chinese)
EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
Over the past 30 years, Greg has served as the Director and Principal of Huanggang Middle School Guangzhou, Yabao School Affiliated to Sun Yat-sen University, Shanghai New Epoch School in Chongqing. He was also Vice General Manager of Dongchen Education Group.
CRAIG BOYCE
Director of Education (International)
EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
Craig worked in Hong Kong Chinese International School (CIS) for twenty-three years and made valuable contributions helping CIS to become a leading International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme school. Immediately before joining ISAIEG, he worked as the Founding Head of School at KaiWen Academy (Chaoyang) and as Director of Beanstalk International Bilingual School in Beijing.
GARY BUTNER
Director
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
Gary was Deputy Principal (Curriculum) at Somerville House, a leading private school in Queensland for 10 years. He was also Principal of the Tsinghua International Experimental School in Shenzhen for 3 years.
BETH JONES
Director
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Beth joined ISA Tianhe in 2016 and helped to establish the first of our ISA schools in her role as Head of Primary and Early Years. Beth brings 30 years experience in Primary and Early Years schools in the UK, the British Embassy School in Greece and the British School of Moscow in Russia. Beth established Singapore Maths competitions in ISA schools and is an advisor to the International Scholastic Trust (IST Singapore).