Our Team

Senior Team Members of Camfordbridge Education 

Our team in China, Thailand and the United Kingdom consists of highly educated, multi-lingual, and multi-cultural staff. 

Will Boyd

Will Boyd is from the United States. He holds an M.A. in Philosophy from Balamand University, an M.A. in Music from South India College, a Ph.D. in Leadership and Management Studies from Louisiana Bapt. University (2016), and a Doctorate in Psychology at the same institution (2019). Will founded Shanghai Yin Media, Ltd and Yinshida International, Inc., lectured at Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business on Chinese Business, held the chief marketing consultancy for several large American corporations in Shanghai, China, and was spokesman for the Shanghai Overseas Businessman’s Associations official charity, "Yan Huang Ci Huai." Will has written several books on Chinese culture, music and philosophy and has edited Chinese cultural publications for the Confucius Institutes in America. He was awarded the "Grand Stage Award" for Chinese Opera in 2007, took third in the TV contest "Laugh to Fame," created the Bansai Boy Animated television series, and co-produced 36 episodes of the highly acclaimed CCTV 8 series, "Cloud Sleeves." William currently manages the Fudan-Yinshida-World Digital Economic Organization's Education and Business Development Plaza in West Hongqiao Shanghai, a prime real estate development project, with 60,000 sq meters of business-zoned, mixed-use commercial space. He resides in Shanghai with his wife and children.

Zi Yin

Zi Yin is from Shanghai, China. She holds a B.A. in Business, University of Texas, Denton, and has almost completed a 5-year Doctorate in Chinese Traditional Medicine from Xiamen University in Fujian Province, China. She is a Chinese native speaker with full proficiency in English, conversational in Japanese, and an avid learner in Korean. She has a wide variety of business experience, spanning between import/export to advertisement and film production. Victoria has owned and managed Shanghai Yin Media for the past 13 years. Victoria founded Yin Media as a branch of her family company, Yinshida, with a vision for peace and communication, bridging gaps between China and the West through media productions of traditional Chinese music and art in international formats. As a licensed media producer, she actively takes part in the living Chinese traditions, encouraging an understanding of the unique aesthetic of the Chinese worldview in herself and in others, and producing English-language literature on the subjects of Chinese opera, Chinese art, aesthetics, and the cultural views regarding creativity and the artistic process. She also bridges the generation gap between opera-oriented traditional Chinese of previous generations and the media-oriented generation of contemporary Chinese youth by producing media that expresses the Chinese tradition in new mediums. Her passion is for the convergence of traditional forms of education, between Confucianism and the Trivium, and is striving to incorporate these values within the Camfordbridge base in Shanghai. 

Chris Vivian

Chris Vivian is from the UK. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Southern Cross University, Australia and a BA in Law and European Studies from Sussex University, UK, a Certificate in Education from Nottingham Trent University, UK and a Diploma in Counselling. He has studied in Paris and Bulgaria and speaks French and Russian. Chris has extensive experience in High School, College and University teaching in the UK and in Guangzhou and Shanghai, China, over 25 years. He has taught and managed faculties in British, American, Singaporean and Chinese schools, universities and adult training centres. He has trained staff in Arts and Business BA courses, ‘A’ Level and IGCSE programmes, college programmes and IELTS courses. He has worked extensively in University Guidance Counselling and application for UK and US universities and engaged in significant student and parent counselling and parenting courses. Alongside an education career, he has worked in sales and marketing for companies in UK and China and been a curriculum writer, editor and English Gaokao module writer for Oxford University Press. He has been a musician in orchestras over many years, conducted choirs and been a long-term member of the Shanghai International Choral League. He manages an education and commercial consulting company offering professional services in the business and education sectors. His vision is to bring together his experience in Great Britain and China to generate best practice in the Arts, Science and Business education and training in schools and universities in China. 

Kate Vivian

Kate Vivian is from the UK. She has a BA in French and Russian from Exeter University, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Interpreting and Translation in French and Russian from Bradford University, UK, and an MA in Teaching English to Young Learners at York University, UK. She had a 10-year UK career in translation, interpreting and teaching languages, with periods working for the World Health and World Meteorological Organisations in Geneva. She has lived in China since the 1990’s, initially engaged in language training at university level. She worked as the ESL Co-ordinator at an international school and as Principal of a large International Preschool. Over many years she has taught IELTS and TOEFL to university applicants and worked ongoingly as a freelance writer of children’s ESL curriculum. This includes writing English modules and wider texts for Oxford University Press, Shanghai, and working with US curriculum publishers. She has trained ESL teachers in UK, US and Thailand using these curricula. A keen musician and singer, Kate is a long-term member of Shanghai International Choral League. She also enjoys teaching children to sing and has led choirs in schools where she has worked. She homeschooled her three children up to IGCSE level while in Shanghai. They have gone on to successfully graduate from Oxford, Sheffield and Nottingham Universities. Since 2016 she has established an education and commercial consulting company in Shanghai offering professional consultancy services in the business and education sectors. Its vision is to promote the best possible synergy of Eastern and Western business practice in local and international education in China. 

Betsy Requino Chapiyen

Betsy Requino Chapiyen is from the Philippines. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education, major in English Literature from the University of the Cordilleras, Philippines. She is currently enrolled in her MBA. She has been in the education field for nearly twenty years as a teacher, trainer, consultant, program coordinator, and curriculum developer. She worked in the Philippines, China, and Thailand in both high school and university levels. In the Philippines, she taught different subjects like English, Journalism, Speech, Argumentation and Debate, and History. She also trained intern teachers and coached student journalists in regional and national press competitions. In China, she taught EAP and Business English at a joint venture university (Sino-Australia) in Shanghai and was later promoted to curriculum developer for three years. She upgraded and developed new and effective Language Programs for teachers to use in their classes. During the preparation of the 2010 World Expo held in Shanghai, China, Betsy was one of the curriculum developers who designed the intensive English course program for student volunteers. She is currently working as a Project Manager of an emerging educational partnership in Thailand.

Paul Molina

Paul Molina is from Singapore. He is a qualified practitioner in the fields of education, social service, and the community counseling. He has over a decade of experience supported by a broad inter-disciplinary background. Paul obtained his English teaching qualification from the University of Cambridge. He also holds a Licentiate in Ministry and diplomas in Modern Applied Psychology, Law, and Management. He is a board-certified Behavioral Consultant and has years of experience working with and conducting lectures and workshops for children and youth in various academic, parochial, and social work organizations. Paul enjoys generating new ideas and devising feasible solutions to broadly relevant problems in multicultural contexts. He is currently building a new education platform in Cebu, the Philippines.