John Teng has been appointed to serve as the new National Director of World Vision China starting 2 Jan 2019.

Besides giving congratulations to John, we want to express our deep gratitude to Victor Kan, the previous National Director, for his faithfulness, commitment and all the meaningful contributions he has made to China ministry during his tenure for more than 20 years, last 6 years being the National Director. Victor has played a significant role to lead WV China to obtain registration of representative offices in eight provinces and has taken the National Office to a new chapter.

►John Teng（left）， the new National Director of World Vision China

John comes to World Vision after a long and illustrious career in international business and finance. With a degree in Biochemical Engineering from the University College London (UCL), John started his career with Bangkok Bank in London. Moving to Hong Kong, John had experience in risk management, fixed income, capital markets and corporate strategy with major international finance institutions such as Morgan Stanley, SBC Warburg, and for the last 20 years with Nomura International. He has demonstrated accomplishments in starting up new business initiatives and teams, as well as executed plans to develop new markets, clients and products.

John’s wife and his two adult sons are also excited about John’s decision to switch careers and join World Vision.

John hopes to lead World Vision China successfully into the next leg of its journey, working closely with mainland China partners, together striving to enable life in all its fullness for the most vulnerable children.