Source: Lingnan (University) College
Written by: Lingnan (University) College
Edited by: Wang Dongmei

On November 22nd, 2014, the International Advisory Board (IAB) Meeting of Lingnan (University) College, Sun Yat-sen University was held in the Lingnan MBA Building, Sun Yat-sen University. This is the third meeting since the IAB was established. The IAB members are global business and academic leaders from leading multinational corporations and business schools. 

On the day before the IAB meeting, Mr. Zhu Xiaodan, Governor of Guangdong Province, met with Prof. Liu Mingkang, Honorary Dean of Lingnan (University) College, Sun Yat-sen University, Prof. Zheng Detao, Party Secretary of Sun Yat-sen University, Dr. Annie Wu, Chairman of Board of Trustees of Lingnan (University) College, Sun Yat-sen University, Dr. James T. Wu, Honorary Chairman of Board of Trustees of Lingnan (University) College, Sun Yat-sen University and other members of IAB. Members contributed valuable ideas which were highly appreciated by Guangdong provincial leaders. 

The members and representatives attending this year’s meeting include: Mr. Mark Tucker, President, Group Chief Executive, Executive Director of AIA Group Ltd; Mr. Raymond K.F. Ch’ien, Chairman, MTR Corporation Limited and Hang Seng Bank Limited; Ms. Marjorie Yang, Chairman, Esquel Group; Mr. Ciao Koch-Weser, Vice Chairman, Deutsche Bank Group; Mr. Benjamin Hung Pi Cheng JP, Chief Executive Officer for Greater China, Standard Chartered; Mr. Robert NG, Chairman, Sino Group; Mr. Peter Wong Tung Shun, JP, Group Managing Director, HSBC Group; Mr. Tim Langmead, Director External Relations, Fortescue Metals Group Ltd; Mr. Edward Ho, Asia Pacific Assurance Managing Partner of Ernst & Young; Ms. Annie Wu, Standing Committee Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Vice Chairman, Beijing Air Catering Co., Ltd.; Mr. Jacob Cohen, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Master’s Programs, MIT Sloan School of Management; Mr. Carl P. Zeithaml, Dean, F.S. Cornell Professor in Free Enterprise, McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia, and Mr. Paul Christopher Earley, Former Dean & James Brooke Henderson Chair, Krannert School of Management at Purdue University.

Prof. Carl P. Zeithaml, Dean of McIntire School of Commerce at University of Virginia chaired the meeting. At the meeting, Prof. Xu Xinzhong, Dean of Lingnan College, presented to the IAB Members on Lingnan’s 2020 strategies and Lingnan’s aim to be widely recognized as one of the top 100 global business schools. He stated that Lingnan would continue to strengthen its faculty development in the future, particularly bring in teachers with international background, establish research areas with global reputation, provide equal education opportunity, cultivate students with strong social responsibility, develop strategic partnership with global partners, provide project base learning with corporate support, and increase global visibility, etc. The meeting continued with the presentation by Prof. Liu Mingkang, Honorary Dean of Lingnan College. He updated Lingnan EMBA’s achievements in the past year, and he also pointed out the challenges faced by Lingnan’s EMBA program.  
 
In the discussions, the IAB Members emphasized that Lingnan should put priority on attracting excellent faculty staff, educating students from diverse background with strong responsibility, strengthen industry connections, and increase brand visibility and so on. Members expressed that they would keep supporting the development of Lingnan College. After the meeting, the IAB Members had lunch with Lingnan's undergraduate student representatives.