Evolution and Opportunity in China’s Overseas Study Market

Kit joined WE Red Bridge in 2011 and focuses on thought leadership, crisis preparedness and management, as well as traditional PR for corporate clients.

He brings a keen sense for business and lifestyle communications research, strategy and writing, a wealth of intercultural experience as well as a fluency in the Chinese language to his client advisory. In has career managing WE Red Bridge’s corporate team, he has developed extensive experience sculpting and maintaining corporate narratives against the backdrop of China’s quickly shifting media and online landscape. Though he has worked across a wide variety of industries, special areas of focus include education, agribusiness, and retail, with clients in the education space including LEGO Education, the University of Technology Sydney, Dulwich College, and more.

A native of the United States, Kit holds an MA in Chinese from the University of Edinburgh and has been living in China on and off since 2008.

Lucien has worked in international schools since 2005, first teaching literature and history to students in the US, UK, Egypt and China before joining Dulwich College International in a counseling role in 2010. Since 2017, Lucien has coordinated the DCI/EiM UCC programs and built out the EiM Worldwise Alumni Network. He is responsible for maintaining the profile of EiM schools, partnerships and programs that support EiM students and alumni in their post-secondary pathways.

In addition to his work with EiM, Lucien served for three years as an elected Vice President on the Executive Board of the International Association for College Admission Counseling and two years as a Founding Chair of the International Career and College Counseling Movement’s Sustainable Development Committee. In 2018, Lucien served as the Chair of the International ACAC East Asia Regional Institute. Lucien has maintained an International Reader’s qualification with UCLA for five years and has read more than 2,000 undergraduate applications.

Lucien has an M.Ed in Counseling from Lehigh University (USA) with a focus on social emotional support skills in an international, multi-cultural community.

Kevin is a Senior Analyst in the British Council’s Education Insights team and has been based in the British Council’s Beijing office since 2014. He leads on the team’s data analysis, providing UK education institutions and other stakeholders with insights and evidence-based recommendations to help them understand overseas markets and develop international partnerships in China and around the globe.

Ms. Victoria Foster has been an international educator for over 20 years. She started her teaching career in Winchester, UK before moving overseas to work in Kuala Lumper, Malaysia. She is currently the Head of Junior School at Dulwich College Shanghai Pudong. Victoria has been the Chair of the BritCham Shanghai Education Committee since August 2021 and has also served as a Council of International Schools Accreditor for over 10 years.