Our Team

James Chen (www.jameschen.vision) is a Hong Kong based philanthropist and co-founded Bring Me a Book Hong Kong with his wife Su in 2006 to promote family literacy and bring the joy of reading to the city. He is the Chairman of his family’s enterprise Wahum Group Holdings and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bath to recognise his philanthropic work. James is a key proponent of the concept of ‘Moonshot philanthropy’, the uncompromising belief that philanthropic ventures must carry risk and has used this form of philanthropy to focus on two key areas, early childhood literacy and the world’s largest unmet disability: poor vision.

Born in Malaysia, and a graduate of University of Sydney in Economics, Su worked in finance from 1991 – 1999.  Since May 2000, Su has been a Non-Executive Director of Allied Group Limited, a HK listed company with investments in properties and financial services. Su served on the Board of Directors in Po Leung Kuk in 1997-1998.

Ling holds a first class honors in Accounting. Upon graduation from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, she joined Deutsche Bank’s graduate training program and worked in its Global Markets division in London and Singapore before moving to Hong Kong in 2003. Ling joined Goldman Sachs in 2006 and is currently the Head of the Market Solutions Group in Asia Pacific. Ling has been a dedicated volunteer in non-profit activities, with a particular focus on providing professional skills training and career counselling to under-resourced students. As Board Chair of Bring Me A Book Hong Kong (BMABHK), she looks forward to continuing BMAB’s work as the leading advocate of family literacy and promoting a love for reading together among families in Hong Kong.

Yena Kim graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. in History and a Master’s degree in Journalism from the University of Hong Kong. Her dynamic teaching career identified strengths and areas for further growth for each learner. She taught English and Theory of Knowledge (TOK) in the classroom with a collective seven years of experience in the IB Diploma Programme and the local curricula at St. Paul’s Co-educational College. She is a certified and registered teacher with a Post Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of Hong Kong, specifically focusing on teaching English language at secondary school level. She motivates children to engage in reading and participate in discussions with the lens of positive education.

Outside the classroom, Yena empowered students to become independent and analytical thinkers by actively coaching the local and international debating community for nearly a decade.

As a mother of two children, Yena instils the love of reading and books in daily routines such as reading a small chapter at breakfast and having book chats at home.

Dr. Fanny Wai Fan Lam is a Specialist in Developmental-Behavioural Paediatrics with three decades of clinical experience in Hong Kong, Canada, and Australia.

Currently, Dr. Lam serves as the Developmental-Behavioural Paediatrician in Hong Kong Developmental Paediatrics Centre, Matilda International Hospital, Union Hospital and Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital. Dr. Lam is also actively involved in public and professional education, as well as expert witness services in paediatrics litigations and medical council inquiries. She is committed to enabling children to develop their best potentials through parenting coaching and early identification and intervention of children developmental needs.

Daisy Lau Wing Sze has over 20 years of experience in early childhood and parent education. As a qualified American Montessori Society (AMS) teacher trainer, she has trained over a thousand teachers across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Australia and Canada. She has been a certified Parent Mentor in Canada and has served as a lecturer for the Montessori Parent Education Program at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Continuing and Professional Studies over a decade.

As the founder of Infinity Children’s World, a Montessori school in Hong Kong, Daisy embodies the mission to contribute in early childhood development. She also serves as advisor to Montessori schools and organisations where she oversees teacher training and practicum supervision. Over the years, Daisy has been a regular contributor to educational articles and has been invited to speak at seminars at Universities and Education Departments in both Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Born in Hong Kong and raised in the UK, Amanda graduated with a MA degree from the University of Oxford and worked as a litigation lawyer for 10 years with Clifford Chance and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in London and Hong Kong.

Amanda now splits her time between managing her family business and her family circus, which features her three feisty daughters. Since becoming a mother, Amanda has been on a constant quest for interesting, relevant and fun books for her children, in both Chinese and English, and this is how she discovered the wealth of resources offered by BMAB.

Amanda is honoured to serve as a board member on BMAB and looks forward to bringing the joy of reading to all families in Hong Kong.

Ling holds a first class honors in Accounting. Upon graduation from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, she joined Deutsche Bank’s graduate training program and worked in its Global Markets division in London and Singapore before moving to Hong Kong in 2003. Ling joined Goldman Sachs in 2006 and is currently the Head of the Market Solutions Group in Asia Pacific. Ling has been a dedicated volunteer in non-profit activities, with a particular focus on providing professional skills training and career counselling to under-resourced students. As Board Chair of Bring Me A Book Hong Kong (BMABHK), she looks forward to continuing BMAB’s work as the leading advocate of family literacy and promoting a love for reading together among families in Hong Kong.

Yena Kim graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. in History and a Master’s degree in Journalism from the University of Hong Kong. Her dynamic teaching career identified strengths and areas for further growth for each learner. She taught English and Theory of Knowledge (TOK) in the classroom with a collective seven years of experience in the IB Diploma Programme and the local curricula at St. Paul’s Co-educational College. She is a certified and registered teacher with a Post Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of Hong Kong, specifically focusing on teaching English language at secondary school level. She motivates children to engage in reading and participate in discussions with the lens of positive education.

Outside the classroom, Yena empowered students to become independent and analytical thinkers by actively coaching the local and international debating community for nearly a decade.

As a mother of two children, Yena instils the love of reading and books in daily routines such as reading a small chapter at breakfast and having book chats at home.

Dr. Fanny Wai Fan Lam is a Specialist in Developmental-Behavioural Paediatrics with three decades of clinical experience in Hong Kong, Canada, and Australia.

Currently, Dr. Lam serves as the Developmental-Behavioural Paediatrician in Hong Kong Developmental Paediatrics Centre, Matilda International Hospital, Union Hospital and Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital. Dr. Lam is also actively involved in public and professional education, as well as expert witness services in paediatrics litigations and medical council inquiries. She is committed to enabling children to develop their best potentials through parenting coaching and early identification and intervention of children developmental needs.

Daisy Lau Wing Sze has over 20 years of experience in early childhood and parent education. As a qualified American Montessori Society (AMS) teacher trainer, she has trained over a thousand teachers across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Australia and Canada. She has been a certified Parent Mentor in Canada and has served as a lecturer for the Montessori Parent Education Program at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Continuing and Professional Studies over a decade.

As the founder of Infinity Children’s World, a Montessori school in Hong Kong, Daisy embodies the mission to contribute in early childhood development. She also serves as advisor to Montessori schools and organisations where she oversees teacher training and practicum supervision. Over the years, Daisy has been a regular contributor to educational articles and has been invited to speak at seminars at Universities and Education Departments in both Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Born in Hong Kong and raised in the UK, Amanda graduated with a MA degree from the University of Oxford and worked as a litigation lawyer for 10 years with Clifford Chance and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in London and Hong Kong.

Amanda now splits her time between managing her family business and her family circus, which features her three feisty daughters. Since becoming a mother, Amanda has been on a constant quest for interesting, relevant and fun books for her children, in both Chinese and English, and this is how she discovered the wealth of resources offered by BMAB.

Amanda is honoured to serve as a board member on BMAB and looks forward to bringing the joy of reading to all families in Hong Kong.

Jeannie brings combined experience from the legal and education sectors to Bring Me A Book Hong Kong (BMABHK). A former corporate lawyer and a Montessori Early Years English teacher, Jeannie has taught adults in professional training as well as kindergarten and primary-age children in schools across Hong Kong.

As Executive Director, Jeannie is committed to leading education programmes to help reshape Hong Kong’s reading culture. Jeannie developed a love for reading when she first moved to the UK at the age of 6. Her continual passion for education and children’s development inspired her to join BMABHK.  Jeannie draws on her classroom experience as well as her previous Montessori parent consultancy practice on children’s early years.

A graduate of the London School of Economics and The University of Hong Kong, Jeannie is a qualified Hong Kong solicitor and American Montessori Society (AMS) Teacher for ages 0-3 and 3-6. She is certified in CertTESOL and the UK TPhYL (Teaching Phonics to Young Learners).

Rene graduated from The Hong Kong Metropolitan University with a Bachelor Degree (Hons) major in English Language Studies. She joined Bring Me A Book Hong Kong as the Program Manager since 2023.

As a book lover and a mother, Rene started reading with her son since an early age. She has experienced firsthand the benefits of parent-and-child reading and the profound impact reading aloud has on children’s development in different aspects. In Rene’s work, she has noticed that many parents struggle in reading with their children and supporting their kids to develop a reading habit. Rene is glad to have found a wonderful and meaningful job at BMAB in bringing the joy of reading to all families in Hong Kong.

Felicia Fung has 20 years of sales and management experience coupled with a deep passion in child development and parent-child relationship. Since becoming a mother, she is passionate about children’s developmental psychology and early childhood development.

Through extensive reading and completing the Montessori Parent Education Program, Felicia has gained valuable insights in children’s developmental needs at different ages. With her professional background in relationship management, Felicia looks forward to working with families to foster a love of reading and create a lasting bond between parents and children.

Whitney Leung graduated from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a Bachelor Degree (Hons) In Accountancy. She has over 10 years of experience in the accounting field. Whitney is the sole Team Coach for the Youth Hong Kong Wakesurf Team and is one of the coaches of an exempted charity organization specialised in trail running. Whitney has completed the 100km Oxfam Trailwalker several times and ran the 252km Marathon Des Sables in the Sahara Desert. Whitney is experienced in coaching youth and enjoys sharing her passion and interests with them.

Percie Wong holds a bachelor degree major in Psychology where she has extensive experience in conducting First Teachers TM Training to parents and Train-the-Trainer Workshop to teachers and social workers.  Due to her passion to contribute the work on child development that led her joining BMABHK from hotel business management sector.  She holds various trainings/reading clubs regularly for schools or NGOs to nurture family reading cultures.  Her expertise also includes English workshops through interactive read-aloud with the systematic approach to develop children’s understanding of vocabulary as well as the phonological awareness in boosting their oral English.

Yoyo is a Registered Social Worker (HK), a Registered Play Therapist (USA) and a columnist in Mameshare website, she holds a Master Degree in Counseling from the University of Hong Kong. With over ten years of experience in social work and counseling, she is experienced in organizing and conducting different projects in schools and communities to promote the importance of parent-child reading since she has joined Bring Me A Book in 2011. After the birth of her two daughters, she experienced the benefits of parent-child reading, and she would love to help parents to establish a reading habit through community training. She also promoted the therapeutic use of picture book in helping children to relieve their emotions and improving parent-child relationships through reading.