Trustee
Dr. Hong Lu, OBE
Chair
Cllr. Carol Theobald
Deputy Chair (Public Relations/affairs and mentorship)
Cllr for Brighton and Hove City Council. Former board member for Brighton Festival and Member of the Arts Commission. Former Mayor of the City
Dr. Ling Ren
Deputy Chair (wellbeing training)
Supervises the CEDP Chinese Centre on behalf of the Board of Directors.
Dr. Aijuan Wang
Deputy Chair (Strategic development, public affairs and mentorship)
Jack Hong
Deputy Chair
Responsible for Young people’s project and career development.
Dr. Hao Li
Deputy Chair and Treasurer
Head of Technostructure. In charge of technical and IT
Mr. Guocheng Zhang
In charge of British business development
Ms. Zhen Qian
In charge of international business development, public affairs, consulting and business mentorship
Advisory board
Mr. Dongming Qin
CEDP founder. Senior advisor. CEDP Brighton Director
Mr. Sammy Lee
Senior Advisor
Mr. Alex Wu
Former deputy chairman. In charge of legal.
Dr. Yu Sun
In charge of Chinese medicine, health related training and PR
Ms. Wendy Tian
Former deputy chairman (treasuer)
Dr. Yeru Shang
Senior Advisor
Dr. Shang has assisted the CEDP Chinese Centre’s advisory committee amongst other work and gave advice to the CEDP management team.
Staff
Mrs. Peiying Sun
CEO and Project Director of Culture
Mrs. Sun is responsible for the CEDP Chinese Centre’s Spring Festival, Mid Autumn Festival and Dragon Boat Fesitval activities as well as for publicity, promotion and maintaining the CEDP’s WeChat official account.
Mrs. Nicole Lee
Senior Administration Manager
Nicole Qin, MSc in Digital Electronic Engineering from University of Sussex and University of Brighton, Have been working at CEDP over 10 years as a education consultant, project manager, general manager.
Li Li
Deputy Office Manager
Ms. Wenjun Gao
Chief Delivery Officer – International Projects
Arts and Culture:
Mrs. Qing Chen
Project Director of Arts
Having trained as a dancer at the Guangxi Institute of Dance, Qing Chen continued her studies in the UK earning diploma distinctions in Art and Design and graduating Brighton University with a degree in Fashion and Business. Mrs. Chen has over twenty years of experience in the performing arts, proving herself as an acomplished performer, choreographer and teacher of chinese dance and culture. Qing Chen has been involved with the CEDP since 2002 and now leads the program’s artistic direction in the role of Principal of Arts.
Miriam Tenquist
Project Manager
Miriam is a PhD candidate at the University of Manchester, researching the experiences of the older Chinese population in the UK. She has over 6 years of professional experience in fundraising, advocacy, and support of vulnerable individuals, and project management. Currently, Miriam is a project manager at the CEDP Centre, supporting the charity’s operations and events.
Xuemeng Xie
Project Manager
Ms Xie is a master’s student graduated at the University of Edinburgh(MSc in Counseling Studies). Ms Xie served as project manager to help Dragon Boat Festival and Moon Festival and Chinese New Year for CEDP.
Qu Lin (Lynn)
Project Coordinator of Language and Cultural Programmes
Lynn holds an MA in TESOL in University Brighton and has a background in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. Her experience includes early years Mandarin clubs and bilingual communication support in community settings. At CEDP, she supports language and cultural programmes, including the coordination of Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese New Year community events.
Chinese Language:
Mrs. Lin Li
Chinese Language and Art Director
Mrs. Xiaoyan Zhang
Deputy Director of Chinese Language and Art. In charge of adminstration/marketing
Intellectual Exchange:
Mrs. Jenny Pang
Program manager
Administrators:
Dr. Tom Harper
Director of Communication
A lifelong interest in China and in Chinese culture has led him to the CEDP centre. Mr. Harper has been a part of the centre since 2015 and has performed at every Spring Festival since that year.
Jessie Yu
Mrs. Yu is a qualified Project Manager and Chartered Surveyor, specializes in cross border transactions between China and the UK/Europe. Mrs. Yu has lived and worked in both the UK and China and currently advises Moore Stephens on expanding their market presence in China. Mrs. Yu is assisting CEDP with their marketing and fund raising.
Mrs. Xiaoyan Zhang
Project Manager and Manager of Marketing
In charge of Chinese language teaching, communication coordination, the promotion of adults and business Chinese courses, Chinese cultural and educational activities and the recruitment and training of volunteers for the centre.
Lingyi Kong
76th generation descendant of Confucius. Currently working in a headhunting boutique house in London specialising in investment banking and asset management executive search. Family inherited passion into Chinese cultures, early age Education and Chinese calligraphy. Volunteer as the lead conductor of Chinese Choir group in CEDP Centre since 2014.
Jin Jin
Deputy Director of External Relations
Mrs. Jin is a master’s student studying marketing at the University of Brighton, majoring in branding and communication. Mrs. Jin is currently working to research the impact of cultural differences on the market. Mrs. Jin served as President of China United at the University of Brighton and has been a part of the centre since 2016.
Volunteer
Peihua Luo
Peihua Luo has been a resident of Brighton for more than ten years and has recieved the highest qualification for hairdressing in the UK and specialises in harstyling for weddings. Since 2006, Mrs. Luo has taken the opportunity to help in the CEDP New Year celebration’s fashion show as a performer and a designer.
Manfeng Luo
Yiwen Zhan
Mrs. Zhan is the current chair of the University of Brighton’s Chinese Student’s Association and majors in 3D Design and Crafts and has been inspired by Chinese arts. She is enthusiastic in organizing student activities and promoting Chinese culture.
Xixing Tian
Mrs. Tian is studying media in University of Sussex. Began to engage in broadcasting and hosting and other entertainment activities from High school. Now mainly responsible for the CEDP stage work.
Kitty Pan
Former manager of children’s poetry and songs at the CEDP
Dr. Qing Liu
Former coordinator & presenter
Dr. Daphne Liu is currently working as a quantitative analyst at Deutsche Bank, after graduating with a PhD from Imperial College London. She has been a volunteer at the CEDP Chinese Centre for over 8 years, where she was a teacher in Chinese language and an ambassador for Chinese culture. She worked as the admin coordinator at CEDP Chinese Centre for a year. She also hosted the Brighton and Hove Chinese New Year celebration for 9 years in a row.
Han Yang
Mrs. Yang is Chairperson of the Student Union. She is responsible for the work of the University of Sussex’s Student Union, overseeing the recruitment of members of the student union as well as helping the student union to carry out its work: She is the representative for Chinese students in the life sciences, learning exchanges, recreational activities and other works.
Xiuqin Chen
Wanning He
Amanda Huang
Former project manager
Amanda is in charge of Chinese language teaching, communication coordination, the promotion of adults and business Chinese courses, Chinese cultural and educational activities and the recruitment and training of volunteers for the centre.
Natasha Owen, Yiheng Yu, TieJuan Zhao, Juan Du, Fan Qin, Jie Ding, Yifan Qin, Wendy Wang, Claire Zhang, Liang (Jason) Hong, Jude Tyrrel, Ellie Kemp, Christine Haines