Ray Global Management Group

About

Strategy, brand governance and curriculum development are anchored at the Singapore headquarters.

Who We Are

Ray Global Management Group (RGMG) is the Singapore-headquartered owner and steward of the Adcote School brand, with top-tier Global Campus schools across the world. Adcote is a proprietary education brand of RGMG, with strategy, brand governance and curriculum development anchored at the Singapore headquarters.

History

2011 to 2013

Ray Education is founded in Shanghai with the philosophy “Rooted in China, Globally Oriented”, opening its first international curriculum and university preparatory centres across China.

2014 to 2016

The network expands to more than ten international high school curriculum centres and four university preparatory centres, backed by a strategic investment from an A-share listed technology company.

2017

Acquired a controlling investment in Adcote School UK, a renowned British private school founded in 1907 in Shrewsbury.

2018

Adcote School Shanghai opens as the first overseas campus of Adcote School UK, a boarding school for Grades 9 to 12 set at the foot of Sheshan Mountain in Songjiang District.

2020

Adcote School Suzhou opens on the historic site of the century-old Tongchuan Academy, the second Adcote campus in China.

2023

Adcote School Zhezhong opens in Zhejiang province, the third Adcote campus in China and the first purely British-style school in the central Zhejiang region.

2024

Acquired Adcote Matrix International School in Seremban, Malaysia, a K-12 boarding and day school for 2,600 students and the group's first campus in Southeast Asia.

2026

Ray Global Management Group (RGMG) is established as the group's Singapore-headquartered holding entity, anchoring an international education group spanning K-12, vocational and holistic education. Singapore is the global operating headquarters, where strategy, brand governance and curriculum development are anchored.

Leadership

Group Leadership

An executive team with careers across British and Asian international education.

Portrait of James Hu

James Hu

Chief Executive Officer

James Hu (Hu Jing) has spent 25 years shaping international education across Asia and the United Kingdom. He has led Adcote's expansion from the United Kingdom into Malaysia, China and Singapore, and holds governance roles including Governor of Adcote School (UK).

Portrait of Stanley Wong

Stanley Wong

Chief Operating Officer

25 years operating institutional education assets across Asia. Stanley previously served as founding Director of Operations at ISA International Education Group, including Harrow Beijing, and Head of General Administration at UWCSEA. He holds a B.Sc (Honours) from NUS and has completed executive programmes at INSEAD, Duke Fuqua and Darden.

Portrait of John Ong

John Ong

Chief Academic Officer

30 years leading curriculum and academic governance in international schools, including as a quality-assurance specialist with the Singapore Ministry of Education. John holds First-Class Honours from NUS and a Master of Education from Monash University.

Responsibility

Through the RGMG Excellence Innovation Special Fund, run jointly with the Shanghai 'Dreams Come True' Charity Foundation, the group supports talented students in high-demand fields including AI, STEM, robotics and sustainability.