Meet our Academic Board
The Academic Board
The Academic Board shall have the following responsibilities:
(a) to develop and review the policies and procedures on all academic matters , including but not limited to academic quality assurance measures; and
(b) to facilitate the implementation of and compliance with such policies and procedures.
The Academic Board shall —
(a) develop a set of standards to ensure the academic quality of every course to be offered or provided , including but not limited to —
(i) the content of the modules or subjects of the course;
(ii) the duration of the course; and
(iii) the appropriate entry and graduation requirements;
(b) approve each person to be deployed to teach any course offered or provided or any module or subject thereof, after determining that the person possesses the minimum qualifications and experience and other criteria prescribed by law; and
(c) review the policies and procedures referred to in paragraph (3) at least once every 2 years.
Mr. Gan Chin Huat (Chairman of the Academic Board)
Mr. Gan Chin Huat is currently the Executive Director of Knightsbridge House International School.
He has more than 30 years of public and private education experience.
Mr Gan holds a Master’s degree from Harvard University, a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Social Science degree with honours in Economics from the National University of Singapore, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education from the Institute of Education, National University of Singapore.
Mr Gan was formerly Zonal Director at Schools Division, Singapore Ministry of Education, School Cluster Superintendent and Principal of Dunman Secondary School. He is an advisor to several educational groups and private schools in the attainment of EduTrust certification and SSG licensing, establishment and management of K-12 schools, development of school programmes and the conduct of training for school leaders and teachers.
Dr. John Edward Fearon
Dr. John Edward Fearon has wide education management experience in South Africa, the United States, Singapore & Malaysia. He has a BSc (Physics) and an MSc and a PhD in Tertiary Physics Education. He is also a registered Professional Engineering Technologist (Pr. Tech. Eng.). Before embarking on an academic career he spent thirty years in industry as an engineer. In his academic career he has experience as a high school science teacher, a technical college lecturer, a university physics education researcher, and an international schools administrator. Most recently he has been as an administrator of international schools in Singapore and Malaysia most notably Invictus International School (Singapore) and Repton International School (Malaysia).
Ms. Jennifer Margaret Mills
Ms. Jennifer Mills did her Master of Education, at Sydney University, and she has a Graduate Certificate of Educational Leadership, from Edith Cowan University. She is a Graduate Diploma of Arts, from Sydney College and she has a Diploma of Teaching, from Milperra College. She started her teaching career in her hometown of Sydney, then four years later moved into working internationally.
Ms. Jennifer Mills has 30+ years of experience in Education predominately in international settings. She has wide-ranging teaching and management experiences in diverse cultures including Sydney, London, Beijing, Dublin, Manus Island (PNG), Greece, Seoul, Myanmar, and Qatar.
Prior to joining KBH, Jennifer served as Principal at Invictus International School, Dempsey, Singapore, and before that, she was the Primary Head at Myanmar International School of Yangon, Myanmar. Jennifer enjoys the challenge of coming to understand the people and society. She’s looking forward to working with the teachers to build a dynamic, creative, collegiate campus and continue to look for ways to make KBH a special place for the students and the families. Her most recent role sees her in the cosmopolitan city of Singapore as the Headteacher at Knightsbridge House International School.