Mr. Melo most recently served as Athletic Director, PE Leader, and Activity Coordinator in Shenzhen. Previously, he worked in Shanghai for two years as a PE teacher and Head of the Football Department. Prior to that, he spent nearly three years in Hangzhou as a PE teacher and Headteacher of Football, where he led his team to victory in the Hangzhou Inter-Schools Football Championship.

Mr. Melo is a certified UEFA football coach, he also played volleyball for over a decade and now enjoys Padel Tennis.

Mr. Melo is fluent in English and Portuguese.

Ms. Song has 10 years' experience in the education industry. Her students won many championships and runners-up places, as well as gold, silver, and bronze medals in various national and international Taekwondo competitions. She was awarded the honorary title of "Excellent Coach" for multiple times.

Ms. Song holds a Master degree at Beijing Normal University, and is currently pursuing her PhD (pending) at SEGi University & Colleges.

Mr. Matsiyevych is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Physical Education. With eight years of experience as a Physical Education (PE) teacher in China, he brings extensive expertise in management and sports event organization to BBSG.

He has obtained several professional qualifications, including a TEFL/TESOL certification, UEFA Football License C, Fitness License GYM Coach, and Swimming License from ASCA. Mr. Matsiyevych has also participated in IB PYP and IB MYP workshops.

With diverse sporting interests including boxing, wrestling, football, tennis, and swimming, Mr. Matsiyevych demonstrates a broad athletic background.

Linguistically versatile, he has varying levels of proficiency in five languages: Ukrainian, English, Polish, Czech, and Chinese.

Ms. Chen has been working for over 8 years in the field of sports coaching and development focusing on swimming, badminton, and fitness performance for younger ages.  

She was a Physical Education teacher and also as a swimming coach from Early Years to Year 12 at an International School in Shanghai for over 8 years before joining Benenden Bilingual School Guangzhou.

Ms. Chen graduated from Tongji University in Shanghai.

Mr Xu has 4 years experience of education, and used to serve as a high school PE teacher and homeroom teacher before joining BBSG.

Mr Xu graduated as a Master from Guangzhou University.

Mr. Cooper holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching, specialising in Health and PE (Level 7).

With two decades of sports experience, particularly in Rugby Union, Golf, and Basketball, Mr. Cooper has also coached Rugby Union for over six years, working with children aged 5 to 18.

He served as the Head of the Activities Centre at a school in New Zealand, where he focused on motivating students who face challenges in mainstream education.