KUNSHAN — Nineteen distinguished business, civic and education leaders from around the world have been named founding members of the Duke Kunshan University (DKU) Advisory Board, a group that will provide strategic guidance to the new joint venture university in Kunshan, China.
Chaired by G. Richard Wagoner Jr., former chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors, the board will advise DKU Chancellor Liu Jingnan and Executive Vice Chancellor Mary Brown Bullock on a wide range of issues.
‘DKU was founded to provide innovative educational and research experiences that will help shape future generations of leaders,’ Liu said. ‘We are fortunate to have the support, guidance and advocacy of these leaders, and look forward to applying their insights and experiences to our new venture in Kunshan.’
“Speaking for all the advisory board members, we are thrilled to have the chance to be involved with this unique and innovative Chinese-American educational partnership,” said Wagoner, who helped establish DKU while serving as chair of the Duke University Board of Trustees from 2011 to 2013. “We are excited to support the important role that DKU will play in enhancing educational opportunities for students in China and from around the world, and preparing them to contribute to an ever more rapidly changing, interconnected world.”
‘I know first-hand how valuable the opportunity to learn in a global setting can be,’ said advisory board member Gao Xiqing, president of China Investment Corporation and a graduate of Duke Law School. ‘DKU represents a new level of educational opportunity and global enrichment for students from China and around the world, and I am honored to work with the other members of the advisory board to support DKU’s educational mission.’
The DKU Advisory Board will hold its first meeting in Beijing in spring 2014.
‘I am delighted to welcome this exceptional group of leaders to the DKU team,’ said Richard H. Brodhead, President of Duke University. ‘Their cumulative experience in education, business and civic life will be of great benefit to DKU, and we are grateful for their willingness to lend their expertise to this new endeavor.’
The founding DKU Advisory Board members are:
G. Richard Wagoner Jr.
Former Chairman and CEO, General Motors
Dhanin Chearavanont
Chairman and CEO, Charoen Pokphand Group
Gao Xiqing
Vice Chairman and President, China Investment Corporation
Hu Maoyuan
Chairman, SAIC Motor Corporation Limited
Andrew T. Huang
President and CEO, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center
Jin Haitao
Chairman, Shenzhen Capital Group
Lawrence J. Lau
Chairman, CIC International (Hong Kong)
Ralph and Claire Landan Professor of Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kenneth G. Lieberthal
Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development, and Former Director, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution
Dennis M. Nally
Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd.
Thomas R. Nides
Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley
Former Deputy United States Secretary of State for Management and Resources
Clark T. Randt, Jr.
Former Ambassador of the United States of America to the People’s Republic of China
David M. Rubenstein
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group
Chauncey Shey
Founder, CEO and Managing Director, Softbank China Venture Capital Pte. Ltd.
Kirk R. Smith
Professor of Global Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Jesse J. Wu
Chairman, Johnson & Johnson China
Yang Yuanqing
Chairman and CEO, Lenovo
Yuan Ming
Professor, Vice-President, Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Peking University
Zhang Xinsheng
President, China Education Association for International Exchange
Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
Former Chairman, Executive Board of UNESCO
Zhong Nanshan
Director, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases
Former Director, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases
Former President, Chinese Medical Association
About Duke Kunshan University
Duke Kunshan University (DKU) is a Sino-American joint venture university founded by Duke University and Wuhan University in Kunshan, China. DKU was granted final establishment approval in September 2013, and is governed by an independent Board of Trustees. The university is accepting applications for admission to master’s degree programs in medical physics, global health and management studies, and for an undergraduate global learning semester program for students currently enrolled at other universities around the world.
