Philip Sohmen is the deputy chairman of YK Pao School in Shanghai, a pioneering not-for-profit school named after his grandfather Sir YK Pao, the renowned Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist.  YK Pao School was one of the first schools to allow Chinese students and international students to study together side by side, offering a unique bilingual educational program pioneering an international approach to delivering the Chinese curriculum alongside a focus on whole person education and character development.  The School serves over 1500 primary and secondary age students across three campuses.