McLean, Virginia—Dr. Japhet S. Law, a leading member of the Hong Kong community and longtime academic and administrator of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, has been named to lead the activities of the Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®) in Asia. Law will play a key role in the Council’s efforts to increase and improve awareness in Asia of GMAC products and services, including the Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®).<br /> <br /> Law will serve as the first chairman of the GMAC Asia Pacific Advisory Board, a team set up to give GMAC a regional presence in Asia and help the organization with its mission of making quality graduate management education accessible to students worldwide. He will initially focus on building the Council’s presence in China, a key and fast-growing market for graduate management education.<br /> <br /> “I look forward to spearheading the Council’s efforts to expand its international presence in this part of the world,” said Law, a former member of the Council’s board of directors. “I am particularly excited to be able to help match promising business minds in Asia with top-notch business education programs in this and other regions.”<br /> <br /> The Graduate Management Admission Council owns the GMAT exam, a standardized exam used by MBA and other graduate management education programs. GMAC also operates mba.com, a prominent online source of information about management education programs and the benefits of earning a business school degree. GMAC recently established an international operations department as part of a broad-based strategy to increase its ability to work with universities and students throughout the world.<br /> <br /> Law’s responsibilities for GMAC will include analyzing Asian market conditions as they affect the market for graduate management education and the GMAT exam. He will also advise GMAC about business schools in the Asia Pacific region that could become members of GMAC. In addition, Law will help the Council design and organize professional development programs for the management education industry in Hong Kong.<br /> <br /> “I am very pleased Japhet has agreed to take on this key assignment for GMAC,” said David A. Wilson, president and chief executive officer of the Graduate Management Admission Council. “Connecting with and serving Asian schools and students is a top priority for us, and I look forward to working with him as we strengthen our role in this extremely important part of the world.”<br /> <br /> Law is a professor in the Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has served as Dean of the Faculty at the university, and as an advisor to corporations and government agencies in Asia and the U.S.A. Law received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1972 and a doctorate in mechanical/industrial engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1976.<br /> <br /> The Graduate Management Admission Council (<a href="http://www.gmac.com/">www.gmac.com</a>) is a non-profit education association of graduate business schools worldwide dedicated to creating access to and disseminating information about graduate management education. GMAC is based in McLean, Virginia, and has an office in London. The GMAT exam, created in 1954, is used as part of the admissions process by more than 3,800 business education programs worldwide.
McLean, Virginia—Dr. Japhet S. Law, a leading member of the Hong Kong community and longtime academic and administrator of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, has been named to lead the activities of the Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®) in Asia. Law will play a key role in the Council’s efforts to increase and improve awareness in Asia of GMAC products and services, including the Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®).
Law will serve as the first chairman of the GMAC Asia Pacific Advisory Board, a team set up to give GMAC a regional presence in Asia and help the organization with its mission of making quality graduate management education accessible to students worldwide. He will initially focus on building the Council’s presence in China, a key and fast-growing market for graduate management education.
“I look forward to spearheading the Council’s efforts to expand its international presence in this part of the world,” said Law, a former member of the Council’s board of directors. “I am particularly excited to be able to help match promising business minds in Asia with top-notch business education programs in this and other regions.”
The Graduate Management Admission Council owns the GMAT exam, a standardized exam used by MBA and other graduate management education programs. GMAC also operates mba.com, a prominent online source of information about management education programs and the benefits of earning a business school degree. GMAC recently established an international operations department as part of a broad-based strategy to increase its ability to work with universities and students throughout the world.
Law’s responsibilities for GMAC will include analyzing Asian market conditions as they affect the market for graduate management education and the GMAT exam. He will also advise GMAC about business schools in the Asia Pacific region that could become members of GMAC. In addition, Law will help the Council design and organize professional development programs for the management education industry in Hong Kong.
“I am very pleased Japhet has agreed to take on this key assignment for GMAC,” said David A. Wilson, president and chief executive officer of the Graduate Management Admission Council. “Connecting with and serving Asian schools and students is a top priority for us, and I look forward to working with him as we strengthen our role in this extremely important part of the world.”
Law is a professor in the Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has served as Dean of the Faculty at the university, and as an advisor to corporations and government agencies in Asia and the U.S.A. Law received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1972 and a doctorate in mechanical/industrial engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1976.
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www.gmac.com) is a non-profit education association of graduate business schools worldwide dedicated to creating access to and disseminating information about graduate management education. GMAC is based in McLean, Virginia, and has an office in London. The GMAT exam, created in 1954, is used as part of the admissions process by more than 3,800 business education programs worldwide.