Board Members of UOWGE along with Prof. Dr. Hiew Pang Leang, Vice Chancellor, UOW Malaysia KDU University College and Mr. Shanker A/L Sathivellu, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Administration of UOW Malaysia KDU University College.

Mr Noel Cornish, Member of the Order of Australia, Non-Executive Director of UOWGE and Chairman of UOW Malaysia delivering his speech during the Meet & Greet.

From (L-R): Ms Margaret – Mr Noel’s partner, Mr Noel Cornish – Member of the Order of Australia, Non-Executive Director of UOWGE and Chairman of UOW Malaysia, Ms Brenda Lee – Head of Corporate Strategy Development and Prof. Dr. Hiew Pang Leang – Vice Chancellor, UOW Malaysia KDU University College.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Brian Wong Kee Mun, Head of School of Business of UOW Malaysia KDU University College and Dr Stewart Routledge, Officer of the Order of Australia, Non-Executive Director of UOWGE exchanging intellectual ideas during the Meet & Greet session.

By Davin Dhanraj

UOW Malaysia KDU welcomed the Board Members of UOW Global Enterprises by organising an interactive Meet & Greet session. The event served as a platform to socialise with the staff of UOW Malaysia KDU University College and UOW Malaysia KDU College to build positive working relationships and were treated to an exclusive tour of the Glenmarie campus, highlighting the state-of-the-art facilities.

Present at the event were Mr Peter Robson (Officer of the Order of Australia), Chairman of UOWGE, Mr Noel Cornish (Member of the Order of Australia) Non-Executive Director of UOWGE and Chairman of UOW Malaysia, Ms. Marisa Mastroianni, Managing Director & Group CEO of UOWGE, Mr Gregory West, Non-Executive Director of UOWGE, Dr Stewart Routledge (Officer of the Order of Australia), Non-Executive Director of UOWGE, Mr Robert Ryan, Non-Executive Director of UOWGE, Professor Joe Chicharo (Order of Merit Portugal), Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the University of Wollongong and Executive Director of UOWGE, Professor Alex Frino, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Strategy) of the University of Wollongong and Executive Director of UOWGE, Mr Damien Israel, CFO and Executive Director of UOWGE, Ms Jennifer Ng, UOWGE and CEO Asia, Mr Peter Janu, Executive Director Commercial & Legal at UOWGE along with Prof. Dr. Hiew Pang Leang, Prof. Dr. Hon Wei Min and Mr. Shanker.

“From a pioneer in Malaysian private education as one of the first private colleges in Malaysia to have its own purpose-built campus to receiving a ‘University College’ status in 2010, UOW Malaysia KDU has evidently established itself as one the leading private institutions in Malaysia. On behalf of the UOWGE team, we are very excited to begin this new chapter with UOW Malaysia KDU as they have now become part of the UOW family”, said Ms. Marisa Mastroianni, Managing Director & Group CEO of UOWGE. She added that both UOW Malaysia KDU and UOW share the same values and spirit of innovation in producing career-ready graduates to meet real world needs.

In November 2018, Paramount Corporation Berhad (Paramount) entered into a strategic partnership with Australian public university, University of Wollongong (UOW), to enhance its tertiary education business. Considered one of the best modern universities in the world with an outstanding reputation for its learning environments across a broad range of disciplines, University of Wollongong, is among the top 250 ranked universities worldwide, and 16th in the world in the QS Top 50 under 50 Rankings 2019 (a ranking for universities under 50 years old).
 
 
UOW Malaysia KDU and UOW are committed to the best interests of the students and staff, and are working together to ensure the smooth entry of UOW into UOW Malaysia KDU, and to enhance:

• International student growth and student mobility
• Integrated learning and student employability
• Student entrepreneurship via supported start-up enterprise programmes
• Positive employee relations and continuing staff development

 
This auspicious day marked an important milestone for UOW Malaysia KDU, beginning this bold new chapter with UOW. With strong alignment between missions, values and course offerings, UOW Malaysia KDU and UOW aims to pave the way of excellence by providing a high-quality educational experience to nurture graduates with a truly international outlook to become future global leaders.