Our Team
While we come from a wide array of backgrounds and experiences, we all believe deeply in the power of education and the need to improve the education system.
Vic Lee
Founder
Vic Lee is the Founder of CEL. He is passionate about public welfare, especially in the field of education.
In terms of commercial activities, Vic is the Founder and Managing Director of Virtus Inspire, a boutique ventures capital firm with focus on investing in TMT and MedTech companies in China, U.S., Europe and Israel. By building a cross border ecosystem and a series of platform companies, the firm helps portfolio companies get into massive and fast-growing markets of China and Asia, and assist Chinese companies to expand aboard.
Vic is one of the founders and former senior executive vice president of Tencent, the largest Internet company in China. After leaving Tencent in 2012, he began to invest in technology companies in US, Israel and China. Vic was recognized as the "China Top CIO" of 2008 by "CEO & CIO" magazine.
Angele Law
Executive Director
Angele Law is the Executive Director at CEL. She believes in the power of empathy, courage and collaboration in driving lasting, systemic changes in education and beyond.
Before joining CEL, Angele has served as the Edtech Sector Practice Co-Leader at Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, Community Development Fellow at EdSurge, Fellow at Education Pioneer, and Strategic Projects Summer Associate at Boston Public Schools. She also worked as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, where she had the privilege to work with schools, non-profits and governments in Greater China on their challenges related to strategy, growth, impact and efficiency.
Angele holds an MBA degree from MIT Sloan School of Management, where she explored the intersection of education, management and innovation. She is also a certified Compassionate Systems Master Practitioner, working with other global leaders to cultivate deep thinking and well-being in the education space.
Queenie Hon
Program Manager
Queenie is the Program Manager at CEL. She spearheads and manages initiatives stemming from the Envisioning Innovation in Education project, promoting the impact and sustainability of its learnings. She is passionate about instilling diversity, equity, and inclusion into the fabric of Hong Kong's education sphere, so that each child may possess equal opportunities to realize their full potential.
Queenie holds research & project management experiences from England and Hong Kong. She worked with educators in the UK on literacy intervention programmes to support primary school children with reading & spelling difficulties. Prior to CEL, Queenie worked at the Department of Education Policy and Leadership at The Education University of Hong Kong, where she investigated youth belonging and Hong Kong secondary school students’ aspirations for the future.
Queenie received her BSc (Hons) Psychology degree from the University of Bath, United Kingdom. She is a certified life coach empowering individuals to achieve their goals.
Hazel Lo
Events & Communications Manager
Hazel is the Events and Communications Manager at CEL. Driven by her passion for fostering a positive educational environment for the younger generation, she advances CEL’s mission by promoting initiatives that cultivate innovation and systemic transformation in education.. Hazel leads the development and execution of communication strategies, stakeholder engagement, and end-to-end event planning.
Prior to joining CEL, Hazel held public relations and corporate communications roles at government-subvented organizations and renowned brands, including the Hong Kong Tourism Board, Vitasoy, GOGOX, and TamJai. Her expertise spans event management, brand building, internal communications, and sustainability. Hazel holds a Bachelor of Arts in English for the Professions from City University of Hong Kong.
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Cindy Fan
Finance & Community Engagement Manager
Cindy is the Finance and Community Engagement Manager at CEL. She combines a strong commercial and management background with a people-oriented approach to advance CEL’s mission. In this dual role, she oversees finance and operations and partners with the community to identify needs, match resources, and enable sustainable impact across CEL’s programs and initiatives.
Cindy holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and began her career at Deloitte, where she specialized in tax for a decade, followed by five years as a Financial Controller in the corporate sector.
After a career pause to care for her son, she joined CEL in finance and backend support, discovering a passion for creating social impact through empowering educators. She has contributed to the Compassionate Systems work and the Cultivating Leadership in Education initiative. Cindy is eager to strengthen CEL’s educator network and build cross-sector partnerships to nurture a thriving educational ecosystem.