Shun Au OBE

Shun Au was born in Hong Kong in December 1955. He attended Ying Wa College in Hong Kong and came to Britain to Study in 1975. He attended City University and earned a BSc. in psychology and a MPhil in psychology. He went onto Cambridge University to complete his MPhil. in Linguistics as well as his MBA.

Shun Au has work experience in both the private and public sectors covering the charity sectors, NHS and local authorities. He has been extremely ACTIVE in charity work amongst the Chinese community. He was a founding member of the following organizations, the Islington Chinese Association (1986), the Edinburgh Chinese Elderly Project (1988) and the Chinese Mental Health Association (www.cmha.org.uk) (1992) where he has remained Chairman ever since.

He was appointed an OBE for services to the Chinese community in the Queen 80th birthday honours’ list in 2006. Shun Au has a professional interest in complementary therapies, especially in mainstreaming them into the NHS. He founded TCM HealthCare (www.tcm-healthcare.co.uk) in 1998 and has been managing director for the agency ever since. His interest include reading (especially politics, history and philosophy), music (especially classical medieval) and the cinema.