Overseeing the foundation

In 1998, Dr Charles Chen Yidan co-founded Tencent and was its Chief Administrative Officer. Under Dr Chen’s leadership, Tencent launched the Tencent Charity Foundation, the very first charity foundation in China’s Internet industry. Apart from his charity work with the Tencent network, Dr Chen has dedicated himself to setting up Wuhan College, a pioneer of non-profit private universities in China.

Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz’s work in vaccines included Europe’s first trial of a vaccine for human papillomavirus to treat cervical cancer. Sir Leszek was knighted in the 2001 New Year’s Honours List for his contribution to medical education and research into developing vaccines, including pioneering work towards a vaccine to combat cervical cancer.

From 2014 to 2017, Professor Rick Levin served as Chief Executive Officer of Coursera, an online education platform offering courses from 150 top universities. He also served on President Obama’s Council of Advisors for Science and Technology.

Professor Tony Chan Fan-cheong is a mathematician who served as Assistant Director of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), which is the largest directorate at NSF. In that position, he guided and managed research funding in astronomy, physics, chemistry, mathematical science, material science, and multidisciplinary activities.