[3] Chan trained as a music teacher in Grantham College of Education before going up to the University of Newcastle as an undergraduate.

He furthered his studies in Heythrop College, University of London, in 2003 and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Pastoral Theology in 2004.

Soon after the inauguration of the Anglican Communion's province of Hong Kong and Macao the Sheng Kung Hui in 1998, he assisted the Archbishop Peter Kwong in establishing the administration system of the Provincial Office and building an effective network with diocesan and missionary offices to maintain mutual support amongst all areas of the Church in Hong Kong.

He is Chairman of the Diocesan Worship Committee and SKH Primary School Council,[3] Hon.

[6] On 18 October 2020, the bishop was elected the next Archbishop of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, succeeding Paul Kwong.