Meet the Speakers

Kevin Lin

Co-Founder

Kevin graduated from Auckland Grammar School in 2017 and will be part of the University of California Berkeley Class of 2022.

Some of his achievements:

• 7th in his final year at Auckland Grammar School

• Top in the World CIE IGCSE Mathematics 

• Leader of AGS World Vision Group

• Leader of AGS Premier Concert Band, which won gold at the New Zealand Concert Band Association Festival

• Member of NZ Junior Men's Table Tennis Team

• Captain of the AGS Premier Table Tennis Team

• New Zealand Secondary School Table Tennis Champion, 2017

• Youth Digital Enterprise Award from the Ministry of Youth Development

Secret Hobby: Meditating in the morning

Thomas Chang

Senior Academic Expert

Thomas graduated from Auckland Grammar School in 2015 and is part of the University of Auckland Class of 2019, pursuing Medicine.

Some of his achievements:​

• Proxime Accessit of Auckland Grammar School, 2015

• ​3rd place at the 2014 International Brain Bee Challenge in Washington D.C.

• Bronze medal at the 2015 International Chemistry Olympiad held in Baku, Azerbaijan

• NZQA Outstanding Scholar Award, 2015

• Top in the World CIE AS Mathematics

• Top in NZ CIE A Level Mathematics

• 2016 Top in course awards MEDSCI142, BIOSCI107, CHEM110

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Secret Hobby: Spending quality time with 'my homies'

Jonathan graduated from Auckland Grammar School in 2017 and will be part of the University of Oxford Class of 2022.

Some of his achievements:

• Winner of the Prime Minister's Future Scientist Award

• 2nd in Externals in his final year at Auckland Grammar

• A*s in all his CIE subjects 

• Top in the World in IGCSE Maths

• Top in NZ in IGCSE Physics and AS Biology

• Member of the New Zealand team that ranked 5th at the 2017 International Young Physicists Tournament in Singapore

• NZQA Outstanding Scholar

Secret Hobby: Collecting fountain pens

Jonathan Chan

Chief Strategist