AACSB Welcomes New Chief Officer of Asia
Pacific: Geoff Perry
AACSB is delighted to announce that Geoff Perry has been
named AACSB's executive vice president and chief officer
of Asia Pacific. A former business school dean, Perry has
extensive volunteer experience with AACSB, including as
an accreditation mentor and reviewer, an event speaker
and facilitator, and current co-chair of the Business
Accreditation Task Force. Perry currently serves as deputy
vice chancellor at Auckland University of Technology and
will assume his new role in AACSB's Singapore office on
January 15, 2020.
¡°It has been my privilege to spend my career in higher
education in the Asia Pacific region,¡± said Perry. ¡°I hold
sincere appreciation for the diversity, complexity, people,
and geopolitics of the region, and I embrace this
opportunity to join AACSB as we elevate the quality of business education and foster the important links between
industry and academe.¡±
Perry holds a PhD and MPhil in economics from University
of Auckland, and undergraduate and post-graduate
degrees in economics, geography, and history. He is a
founding member of the Champions for Change initiative
in New Zealand, which aims to accelerate inclusive and
diverse leadership in the workplace.
Geoff Perry will also attend the AACSB¡¯s Global
Accreditation Conference from 15–17 September 2019 in
San Antonio, Texas, USA. The conference gives peers a
chance to connect and discover strategies for the
continuous improvement of your school as well as for your
own professional development.
Together with Stephanie Bryant, Executive Vice President
and Chief Accreditation Officer, AACSB International and
Nancy Bagranoff, Dean and Professor, Accounting,
University of Richmond, Robins School of Business, Geoff
Perry will speak on the Featured Session: What's Next for
the Accreditation Standards? This session allows
conference attendees to discuss the first exposure draft of proposed changes to the AACSB accreditation standards.
Learn more at: aacsb.edu/gac.
Upcoming Events
Continuous Improvement Review Seminar
19 October 2019 | Seoul, South Korea
Faculty Standards and Tables Workshop
20 October 2019 | Seoul, South Korea
Asia Pacific Annual Conference
21–23 October 2019 | Seoul, South Korea
Assurance of Learning Seminar I
24–25 October 2019 | Seoul, South Korea
Diversity and Inclusion Summit
12–13 November 2019 | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Associate Deans Conference
13–15 November 2019 | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Business Accreditation Seminar
9–10 December 2019 | Hong Kong
Quality Assurance Professionals Workshop
(Offered in Mandarin)
11 December 2019 | Hong Kong
Assurance of Learning Seminar I
(Offered in Mandarin)
12–13 December 2019 | Hong Kong
Deans Conference
2–4 February 2020 | Nashville, Tennessee, USA
International Conference and Annual Meeting
26–28 April 2020 | Denver, Colorado, USA