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Jerry He(sponsor), MBA ′04
CEO, Bright Scholar (NYSE: BEDU)
Jerry He is the CEO & director of Bright Scholar Education Group, a NYSE listed education company focusing on K12 education with a market cap of approx. 1.5 billion USD. Jerry is also the founder & CEO of Time Education. Before returning to China, Jerry worked as a portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley and Bear Sterns.
Jerry He has been supportive of Booth community, and he is the sponsor for our Education Panel of 2017 University of Chicago and Booth Greater China Forum. Chicago GSB MBA, B.S. from Peking University.
Ron Packard, MBA '89
CEO and Founder of Pansophic Learning
Ron Packard is the CEO and Founder of Pansophic Learning, a global technology based education company and managing partner of Safanad Education, a global private equity firm. Packard is a well-known educator, entrepreneur and visionary as well as the author of the highly regarded and reviewed book Education Transformation. Packard was previously the long-time CEO and Founder of K12 Inc.
He holds a B.A. and B.S from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, both with honors.
Peter Vesterbacka
CEO of Fun Academy, Rovio Finland
Peter is the founder of Fun Academy, which is an education subsidiary of Rovio, the creator of Angry Birds. Fun Academy provides advanced Finnish pre-school education and teachers training program, with the aim to transform education and entertainment globally.
Peter has over 20 years experience of building brands and communities. Some brands and communities Peter has created include the HP Bazaar, MobileMonday, Slush and Startup Sauna to name a few. He was also the Mighty Eagle at Angry Birds for many years taking that brand to unprecedented heights.
Time Magazine has named Peter one of the 100 most influential people on the planet.
Haimeng Zhang, MBA ′04
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Haimeng is a Senior Partner at McKinsey Shanghai Office, and currently leading McKinsey’s Asia Organization Practice. Haimeng also has extensive consulting experience in other consulting firms i.e., Accenture and Bearing Points.
Haimeng is a well established thought-leader in education and career development. He led numerous projects on team effectiveness, leadership development program design, and HR transformation. He also chairs numerous projects on innovation in continued education domain.
Chicago GSB MBA, B.S from Shanghai Jiao-Tong University.
Xin JIN
CEO, Co-Founder, Xueda Education
Mr. Xin JIN founded Xueda Education in 2001, establishing the private personalized tutoring service in the industry for the first time.
Xueda Education was NYSE-listed in November 2010, successfully implemented its commercialization across the whole marketplace of China.
In June 2016, the company returned to Chinese A-Shares market after the completion of private transaction leading by Mr. Jin.
Xueda Education will expand its business segments to International Schools, Pre-school Education, Vocation Education to become an integrated education group in the near future.
Joseph Zhou, MBA ′10
Founding Partner, Momi Learning Executive Chair, Shanghai WJC Innovative and Entrepreneurial Academy
Joseph is the founder of MomiLearning, an established executive training company. Joseph has 15 years of consulting background, and served in consulting powerhouses, i.e., McKinsey (Hong Kong), E&Y (Chicago) and Capgemini (Chicago).
Joseph now focuses on continued education, especially on executive training. Joseph explores innovative methodologies and technologies such as gamification and VR/AI in education domain. Chicago Booth MBA, B.A. from Peking University.
