Board

2013-05-02

Administrative Board:

Chaired by the President of the IAU, the Administrative Board is made of twenty elected and two ex officio members as follows: eighteen executive heads of member institutions and two heads of member organizations, the immediate past President and the Secretary General. A number of deputy members, from different regions and both categories of members are also elected. The Administrative Board meets annually, ensures that decisions of the General Conference are implemented and guides the work of the International Universities Bureau. The term of tenure is four years.

Administrative Board 2012-2016

President

Dzulkifli ABDUL RAZAK, Former Vice-Chancellor University Sains Malaysia and Vice-Chancellor, Albukhary International University, Malaysia

Vice-Presidents

Pam FREDMAN, Rector, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Manuel J. FERNÓS, President, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico; Treasurer, IAU
Pornchai MONGKHONVANIT, President, Siam University, Thailand
Olive MUGENDA, Vice-Chancellor, Kenyatta University, Kenya

Immediate Past President

Juan Ramón de la Fuente, Former Rector, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico

Full Board Members

Africa

Ernest ARYEETEY, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana, Ghana
Hope C SADZA, Vice-Chancellor, Women's University in Africa, Zimbabwe

Americas

Stephen FREEDMAN, Provost, Fordham University, USA
E. Nigel HARRIS, Vice-Chancellor, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Juan TOBIAS, Rector, University of Salvador, Argentina

Asia and The Pacific

Anna CICCARELLI, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President, The University of Queensland, Australia
Walid MOUSSA, President, Notre Dame University Louaize, Lebanon
Khalid OMARI, President, Jerash University, Jordan
Yutaka TSUJINAKA, Executive Advisor to the President, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Wei YANG, President, Zhejiang University, China

Europe

Howard NEWBY, Vice-Chancellor, University of Liverpool, UK
Patricia POL, Policy Advisor for European and International Affairs, Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne, France
Angelo RICCABONI, Rector, University of Siena, Italy
Daniel Hernandez RUIPEREZ, Rector, University of Salamanca, Spain

Organizations

Marianne GRANFELT, Secretary-General, Association of Swedish Higher Education (SUHF), Sweden
Etienne E. EHILE, Secretary-General, Association of African Universities (AAU), Ghana

Secretary-General

Eva EGRON-POLAK, Executive Director, Ex-Officio, International Universities Bureau

Deputy Members

Africa

Sharon SIVERTS, Vice-Chancellor, National University of Lesotho, Lesotho
Abdul AMBALI, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Americas

Betsy Vogel BOZE, President, The College of the Bahamas, The Bahamas
Juan Remigio SALDAÑA, Rector, Peruvian Scientific University, Peru

Europe

Victoria MARICH, Pro-Rector, St Petersburg University of Management and Economics, Russia
Remus PRICOPIE, Rector, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania

Organizations

Godehard RUPPERT, Chairman, Bavarian University Association, Germany
Roberto ESCALANTE SEMERENA, Secretary-General, Union of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean (UDUAL), Mexico

Honorary Presidents

Guillermo SOBERON, President 1980-1985, Former Rector, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Blagovest SENDOV, Acting President 1984, Former Rector, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Justin THORENS, President 1985-1990, Former Rector, Université de Genève, Switzerland
Hans VAN GINKEL, President 2000-2004, Former Rector, Utrecht University, Netherlands; Former Rector, United Nations University, Japan
Goolam MOHAMEDBHAI, President 2004-2008, Former Secretary-General, Association of African Universities (AAU), Ghana

Executive Committee:

The Executive Committee is composed of the President and four Vice-Presidents. The Secretary General of the IAU serves as secretary to the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee acts on behalf of the Administrative Board between meetings and guides the Association's action agenda and program of activities. It provides support to the President of the Association by preparing the meetings of the Administrative Board and the business sessions of the General Conference. One Vice-President, so designated, replaces the President of the Association should the need arise for whatever reason during the latter's term of office. One Vice-President, also so designated, acts as Treasurer and chairs the Finance Committee.

The Members of the Executive Committee are designated by the President from among the Members of the Administrative Board, elected at the IAU 14th General Conference, in November 2012.

The Executive Committee 2012-2016

President

Dzulkifli ABDUL RAZAK, Former Vice-Chancellor University Sains Malaysia and Vice-Chancellor, Albukhary International University, Malaysia

Vice-Presidents

Pam FREDMAN, Rector, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Manuel J. FERNÓS, President, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico; Treasurer, IAU
Pornchai MONGKHONVANIT, President, Siam University, Thailand
Olive MUGENDA, Vice-Chancellor, Kenyatta University, Kenya

Standing Membership Development Committee

Terms of Reference: * Advise the Secretary-General on admission policy (issues of principle) in order to prepare for Board discussions, especially in case the IAU eligibility criteria may need revision; * Develop for discussion by the Board, general and/or specific membership development strategies and recruitment campaigns that may be carried out by the President, by the Secretariat, by the Membership Development Committee and by all Board Members; * Monitor membership recruitment campaigns and other membership development activities to assess successful and less successful approaches; * Propose how IAU may offer current services better or develop additional services to increase membership satisfaction, based first of all on current, on-going activities and later on activities that could be developed in the future.

2012-2016 Committee

Chair

To be appointed

Members

To be appointed

Secretariat

Hilligje van't Land, Director, Membership and Programme Development
Trine Jensen, Executive Assistant

Standing Committee on Finance

Committee 2012-2016