Meet Our Team

Our dedicated team of volunteers to make a difference. 

Angela Huang

Angela works in marketing, PR and event management. She is the Chair of Chinese Active Citizens UK, co-founder of Chinese Future, Vice President of Birmingham China Business Forum and a Director of the Chinese Community Centre – Birmingham. To support the local Chinese community, Chinese businesses and Chinese international students.

Angela spends much of her time building relationships and facilitating communications between interested parties.

Eva Wong Nava

Eva is an award-winning children’s book author and educational speaker. She writes books that mirror her childhood in Singapore and lived experiences as a global citizen of Chinese heritage.

Eva is an advocate for more diversity, inclusion and accurate representation in children’s literature. She visits schools, festivals, and organisations to talk about the importance of authentic representation in children’s books. She is the founder of

The Writing Essentials, offering mentorship, coaching, and workshops in creative writing, and services like editing and sensitivity reading.

 

Mark Nam

Mark is a British Born Chinese priest in the Church of England. He is an executive member of the Anglican Minority Ethnic Network (AMEN) and the ME vocations champion for Bristol Diocese.

Mark also sits on Bristol City Council’s International Diaspora Discussion Group and occasionally gives lectures on East-Asian Theology.

Prior to ordination, Mark trained as a solicitor and worked with refugees, asylum seekers and foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong

 

Geoff Leong

Geoff is a restaurateur, investing in regional Chinese and East Asian restaurants and businesses in London (Dumplings Legend, Leong’s Legend and Goldfish). 

He is the Co-Chair Artist Patron, Barbican Committee and Patron of Art for Grenfell, which raised £1.9m for all 154 families from a Sotheby’s charity auction.

He founded the Cavendish Square 2015 International Arts Show and is the Patron of Spirit of London, arts and media. 

Wing Tsang

Wing is a British Born Chinese working in public relations within the built environment. She is a certified social media specialist and content writer within the hospitality and leisure industries.

Wing is a volunteer for one of the largest charities supporting blind and partially sighted people. In addition to this, she is a distance runner, and the owner of an award-winning blog where she documents her dining experiences. 

Wing off-sets her carbon contribution by planting trees with Ecologi.

 

Cherry Xu

Cherry was originally born in China but grew up in Australia. She spent a few years in the US and settled in England in 2020. Across all these countries, she experienced a spectrum of racism which brought her to explore the roots of systemic racism while reflecting on her own identity and racial trauma.

Cherry hopes to educate and build resources for marginalized groups to create and support empowerment. She is currently working as an artist and advocates for racial justice, domestic abuse, and grief.

 

Jono Poon

Jono is a British-Born-Chinese inspired entrepreneurial solution provider. Specialising in high-level inner performance, helping others find their voice and leadership.

He specialises in self-awareness, digital leadership and social visibility. An advocate for Mental Health & Racial Justice.

Jono has also been on the Board of Trustees for charity organisations to facilitate their digital leadership, as well as supporting them in leadership strategies of the teams.

Please get in touch if you like to volunteer for CARG Core Team.

CARG's Trustees

Yeow Poon

Past Chair

Yeow is the Chair of CARG, Chair of Arts in the Yards and a Trustee of Chinese Welfare Trust. He was the Chair and now the Hon President of the Chinese Community Centre in Birmingham. 

He was the President of England China Business Forum and now its Emeritus President. He was also the Chair of Chinese Liberal Democrats. Yeow is an international consultant in public management and governance.  He was TheBusinessDesk Midlands Leadership Award Winner: Public and Third Sector Leader 2018.

Linda Chung

Linda is the founder and director of an international executive search agency.  She is a former member of a large acute health trust and has worked in employment tribunals.

She is a Lib Dem councillor in Camden. She is also an active Trustee on the boards of four charities, including as Chair of Camden Chinese Community Centre. 

Linda is interested in community engagement, health, environment and social justice. 

 

Pek-San Tan

Pek is a school Governor and Trustee of 17-24-30 National Hate Crime Awareness Week. She is active in her local community in particular with reading support through the PTA with children in early years and was a PTA Trustee. Her love for her city of London brought her to volunteer during the London 2012 Olympic Games as a Games Maker. During this time she developed projects working with younger members of the community and training on the London 2012 Olympics with an Inspired Chinatown Team.

She has also spent time championing her local ethnic community in London and formerly volunteered in the Chinese community with the press and media team for the London Chinatown Chinese Association during cultural events.

She was a Project Manager at the British Chinese Project, leading the Police Report on the Relationship Between the Chinese Community and the Police Service.

 

Alex Yip

Alex is a Birmingham City Councillor, first elected in 2015 and is currently the Shadow Cabinet Member for Social Justice, Community Safety and Equalities.

He has been a Birmingham Magistrate since 2009, a school governor since 2007 and stood as the Conservative Parliamentary candidate in the 2019 General Elections for Birmingham Edgbaston.

He is a passionate about road safety and International Development, has volunteered across Africa including in Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania and Rwanda and is a member of CFID and Amnesty International.

A supporter of Mind Mental Health and the Conservative Christian Fellowship.

 
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