Program Officer

Rachel Zhang joined the United Board programs team in December 2022. Based in Hong Kong, Rachel is responsible for the oversight and coordination of the United Board Fellows Program, while liaising with the network institutions and supporting leadership development.

Rachel has been passionate about empowering young people through international education and development. She gained international and local program experience from her previous work managing the KAUST discovery scholarship and Fellowship programs at the Institute of International Education and implementing a portfolio of start-up projects at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) for promoting education, research and professional training.

Rachel holds an MA in Applied Linguistics from Hunan University in China, and a Master of Public Health from the Faculty of Medicine of CUHK. She’s travelled extensively and lived and worked in mainland China, Thailand, the US, and Hong Kong.