PolyU announces appointment of senior management personnel

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(Free-Press-Release.com) November 25, 2009 -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) yesterday (25 November) announced the candidates appointed to fill its five top management positions. Following these appointments, the new senior management structure under the presidency of Prof. Timothy W. Tong, who assumed office in January this year, will gradually be in place. The new structure, together with redefined roles and responsibilities for various key posts, will cater more effectively for PolyU's development needs.

The new structure saw the introduction of the posts of Provost and Executive Vice President. Prof. Philip Chan Ching-ho, immediate past Dean of Engineering at the University of Science and Technology, has been appointed as the Provost to lead a team consisting of Vice Presidents with academic portfolios and Faculty Deans in the overall planning, development and operation of the University's academic enterprise which includes teaching and research activities, professional and continuing education, as well as student affairs. The Provost will also deputize as President during his absence.

Mr Nicholas Yang, currently Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, has been appointed as the Executive Vice President a team of Vice Presidents with non-academic portfolios in the overall planning, development and operation of the University's non-academic enterprise. His portfolio will cover administration, institutional advancement and partnership development, as well as marketing, internationalisation and advanced executive development.

The appointments of Provost and Executive Vice President were approved by the University Council at a Special Meeting held today, while the appointment of three management posts at the level of Vice President are made by the Council's Senior Executives Evaluation and Compensation Committee. The new appointees (in order of alphabetical order by surname) are:

Prof. Judy Tsui, currently Associate Vice President, Dean of the Faculty of Business, Director of the Graduate School of Business and Chair Professor of Accounting, will assume the post of Vice President (Marketing, Internationalisation and Advanced Executive Development);

Prof. Angelina Yuen, currently Associate Vice President and Head of the Department of Applied Social Science, will assume the post of Vice President (Institutional Advancement and Partnership); and

Prof. Walter Yuen, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Strategic Task Specialist of PolyU, will succeed Prof. Suleyman Demokan, Vice President (Academic Development), upon his retirement in mid 2010.

For details, please visit: http://www.polyu.edu.hk/cpa/polyu/hotnews/details_e.php?year=2009&news_id=1734

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