UM’s new Vice Chancellor
Friday, April 21st, 2006 | 2:37 pm @ SK
Rafiah Salim, has been appointed as the new Universiti Malaya (UM) Vice Chancellor (VC) effective May 1, making her the first woman to hold the post.
"The Election Committee is of the view that she is the best candidate and capable of returning Universiti Malaya’s excellence as a prominent university in our country," Higher Education Minister Mustapa Mohamed said.
A lawyer by qualification, brings with her almost three decades of experience in the academic and human resource fields.
She is currently the International Centre for Leadership in Finance executive director and has served as dean of the UM Law Faculty and was assistant secretary-general for human resource management at the United Nations headquarters in New York from 1997 to 2002. She was also a Bank Negara assistant governor before joining the UN.
Welcome on board!