Co-Presentation
Saturday, January 23, 2027 | 11:05-11:55AM
What does it take to build a bilingual school beyond China? Drawing on their leadership experience across China and Thailand, Luna Cao and Pisanu share lessons from launching and growing the Hanqing Bilingual Pathway in Bangkok. From curriculum, culture and parent engagement to leadership recruitment, teacher selection, HR and project management, the session explores how schools can translate educational vision into a sustainable model across different cultural contexts.
Facilitators
Dr. Luna Cao
Chinese Principal
Shrewsbury International School
Luna Cao is Chinese Principal of the Hanqing Bilingual Pathway at Shrewsbury International School Bangkok City Campus and an international education leader with more than 18 years of experience across China and Southeast Asia. Her leadership sits at the intersection of education and business, combining expertise in bilingual curriculum and cross-cultural leadership with school start-ups, market positioning, enrolment growth and organisational scale-up.
Luna has led the development of new bilingual and international schools from concept to implementation in different markets, with a particular interest in how strong educational models can respond to parent and market needs while maintaining academic integrity. She holds an MSc in Management from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and an EdD in US. Her doctoral research explored leadership in international education, further informing her work on developing people, organisations and sustainable education models across cultures. She was named one of Forbes China’s Top 10 Outstanding Principals in 2022.
Pisanu Kamolrungvarakul (Nu)
Business Director
Shrewsbury International School
Pisanu is Business Director of the Hanqing Bilingual Pathway at Shrewsbury International School Bangkok City Campus. With a professional background in human resources, school administration and international education, he has extensive experience working across Chinese and Southeast Asian contexts, including more than a decade in Shanghai before moving to Bangkok.
His work spans leadership and teacher recruitment, HR, project management, admissions and school operations. At HQP, he has supported the establishment and growth of a new bilingual pathway from concept to implementation. His particular interests include identifying leaders and educators who can succeed internationally, building effective multicultural teams, and developing the people, systems and organisational structures required to turn educational vision into sustainable school growth.
