CIS ALUMNI in the news
This artwork was created by renowned Hong Kong illustrator Rob Sketcherman charting the journey of a CIS student from reception to alumni. Sketches were made on location through direct observation on campus, composed and painted completely on an iPad Pro, then printed for installation on glass.
International Recognitions in Academia, Industry & Sport
CIS alumni have been recognised in the following international and widely regarded awards and scholarships:
- Rhodes Scholarship - Sophie Li '17
- Schwarzman Scholarship - Alina Luk '12
- All Souls Prize Fellow - Lucas Tse '12 and Alexander Georgiou '13
- Packard Fellowship for Science & Engineering - David Hsieh '99
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers - David Hsieh '99
- Forbes 30 under 30 - Food & Drink
- Forbes 30 under 30 - Venture Capital - Danielle Lay '12
- Forbes 30 under 30 - The Arts
- Forbes 30 under 30 - Consumer Technology - Catherine Dennig '11
- Prestige's 40 under 40 - Valerie Chiu '11
- Matthew Powell Literary Reporting Award
- Overseas Press Club Foundation Fellowship
- Healthcare Leadership Academy Scholarship - Carol Chan '14
- National Academy of Medicine-HKU Fellowship, Global Health - Kai Ning Cheong '05
- ASC Scholar-Athlete Recognition 2021-2022 - Henry Poon '17
what have our alums been up to?
Alex Woo '99
Netflix enters into overall deal with Kuku Studios and green-lights first animated feature film
Christian Yang '96
Hong Kong chef Christian Yang urges visitors to venture beyond char siew and dimsum
Sarah Pemberton ’11
Hong Kong Four Trails: persevering Sarah Pemberton puts ‘deficiencies’ behind her, to grow into stronger 298km survivor
Steph Cuvelier ’09
After a 10-year absence, former rugby star Stephanie Cuvelier is back on the netball court for Hong Kong
Lily Cheng '97
Lily Cheng recognised as Leading Woman Director/Executive at AmCham's 19th Women of Influence Awards
Ramona Pascual '06
Hong Kong’s first female UFC fighter vows to learn from 'rookie mistakes' in debut defeat
And have been members of the following Hong Kong national teams:
- Fencing
- Show Jumping - Raena Leung '06
- Water Polo
- Rugby Union - Henry Poon '17
- Rugby 7s - Henry Poon '17
- Netball - Stephanie Cuvelier '09
- Olympic Skiing - Audrey King '21
- UFC - Ramona Pascual '06
Alumni Across industries
All originating from Braemar Hill, our alumni are represented in many different industries:
A representation of the alumni network as measured by the percentage of individuals who have experience in each industry – data was collected from LinkedIn and represents 1,600 alumni (out of a total of approximately 5000) as of July 2022.