The FINANCIAL — Professor Arnoud De Meyer, director of Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, will resign from his tenure at the end of August 2010 to become president of Singapore Management University (SMU). His new appointment begins 1 September 2010.
De Meyer, a professor of management studies at Cambridge University, was appointed director of Cambridge Judge Business School in September 2006.
Professor Alison Richard, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, said: "Cambridge Judge Business School has gone from strength to strength under Professor De Meyer's direction. We congratulate him on all that he has achieved and wish him well in his new position."
De Meyer said: "I have truly enjoyed my experience at Cambridge Judge Business School and I am proud of the developments that it has achieved during my tenure. I had the privilege of working with a strong and professional staff and was able to rely on a culture of collaboration, distinguished by the innovative, international and collaborative ethos that makes Cambridge such a unique and exciting place to discover and learn. It will be difficult to leave this behind."
"Before becoming director of Cambridge Judge Business School, De Meyer, a leading figure in business school management with a distinguished international reputation for his academic work, was associated for 23 years with INSEAD as a professor and as dean for the MBA programme, Executive Education and the Euro Asia Centre. He was also the founding dean of INSEAD's Asia Campus in Singapore," Cambridge Judge Business School reported.
During his tenure as director of Cambridge Judge Business School, the School has achieved extraordinary success. The MBA programme has been expanded, drawing outstanding students from across the globe representing a diverse range of nationalities, and consistently ranks among the top schools in Europe and the World. A Master of Finance (MFin) and an Executive MBA (EMBA) were launched and are attracting extremely high standards of applicants. The School's executive education also grew significantly and developed a capability to deliver programmes in Cambridge and elsewhere in the world. The PhD programme's organisation has been revised and streamlined. And several new research centres have been launched and are hosted by the School.
De Meyer's leadership has created a robust platform from which to expand and strengthen the faculty and further develop and professionalise the School.
The process for appointing De Meyer's successor has already begun.
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