Arnoud De Meyer Explained

Arnoud De Meyer
Birth Place:Belgium
Nationality:Belgian
Occupation:Academic
Education:PhD
Alma Mater:University of Cambridge
University of Ghent
Discipline:Business
Sub Discipline:Management
Workplaces:Singapore Management University
University of Cambridge
INSEAD

Arnoud De Meyer is a Belgian business academic at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business of Singapore Management University (SMU). He was previously President of SMU, Director of the Judge Business School of the University of Cambridge, and founding Dean of INSEAD's Asia Campus in Singapore.

Career

An electrical engineer by training, De Meyer obtained a graduate degree in business administration from the University of Ghent and worked as an instrumentation engineer for a few years before returning to the university to complete a PhD in management. After that, he started on the path of being a business academic.[1] [2] He was associated for 23 years with INSEAD as a professor and as Dean for INSEAD's MBA programme, Executive Education and the Euro Asia Centre. He was also the founding Dean of INSEAD's Asia Campus in Singapore and wrote extensively with Frank-Jürgen Richter.[3] After that, he was appointed Director of the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge from 2006 to 2010.[4] He was also Professor of Management Studies and Fellow of Jesus College at Cambridge. De Meyer resigned as the Director of the Judge Business School in August 2010 to assume the position of the President of Singapore Management University (SMU) on 1 September 2010.[5] [6] [7] He stepped down as President of SMU at the start of 2019 and was succeeded by Lily Kong.[8] He remains a faculty member at SMU's Lee Kong Chian School of Business.

Notes and References

  1. News: Davie . Sandra . Arnoud De Meyer: 'If I were 18 again...' . 16 July 2019 . The Straits Times . 30 May 2016.
  2. Web site: Arnoud De Meyer . Singapore Management University . 16 July 2019.
  3. De Meyer, A., Mar, P.C.M., Richter, F.R. and Williamson, P. (2005) Global future: the next challenge for Asian business. Singapore: J. Wiley and Sons.
  4. http://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/research/faculty/demeyera.html Arnoud De Meyer, Cambridge Judge Business School Profile
  5. http://www.finchannel.com/Main_News/B_Schools/56218_Professor_Arnoud_De_Meyer_to_step_down_as_director_of_Cambridge_Judge_Business_School/ Professor Arnoud De Meyer to step down as director of Cambridge Judge Business School 18 January 2010
  6. Web site: Press Release: SMU President Howard Hunter passes the baton to President-designate Arnoud De Meyer. 11 August 2010. Singapore Management University.
  7. Web site: Professors take academic road to the east. Financial Times. Della. Bradshaw. 25 September 2011. 27 September 2011.
  8. Web site: Social scientist Lily Kong to become first Singaporean academic to helm SMU. Davie. Sandra. 2018-04-03. The Straits Times. en. 2019-07-15.