As the world’s first global network university, NYU is spearheading a bold paradigm shift in higher education. The President’s Global Council was created to act as an advisory body to the president of NYU to help the University realize its global vision. The Council’s membership includes world citizens who are experts in international business, finance, law, technology, real estate, media, public service, the arts, and other industries. The Council roster below clearly reflects the diversity and breadth of experience of the participants, whose input and guidance are of enormous benefit as we address the challenges and opportunities that emerge as NYU builds its global presence.

The President’s Global Council meets twice a year—once in New York City and once in another city within NYU’s global network. The inaugural meeting took place in New York City in October 2013, with subsequent meetings in London, Abu Dhabi, and New York. Each meeting demonstrated the enormous potential the Council has in influencing the course of NYU’s global development. 

Decorative President's Global Council


Membership

(as of May 2020)

Chandrika Tandon
Chair, President's Global Council
Chair
Tandon Capital Associates
United States *NYU Trustee
Faria Abedin
Managing Partner
Abedin Enterprises
United States  
Abdulmohsin Al Omran
Chief Executive Officer
The Family Office
Bahrain  
Constance Allavena (CAS '15)
Senior Brand Product Manager
L’Oréal Group
United Kingdom/France  
William R. Berkley (STERN '66)
Executive Chairman
W. R. Berkley Corporation
United States *NYU Trustee
Andrea C. Bonomi (STERN '86)
Founder and Chairman
Investindustrial
Switzerland *NYU Trustee
Matthew Bronfman
Managing Director
ACI Capital New York
United States  
Cyril Camus
Chairman
Camus Cognac France
France  
Zach Du Chao
Champion for Children
UNICEF
China  
Charles C.Y. Chen (STERN '91)                    
Chairman
Eyon Holding Group
Taiwan  
Edward K.C. Cheung
Chairman, APAC Board
DTZ Cushman & Wakefield
China/Hong Kong  
Weiling Chua (GSAS '07; SPS '09)
Business Development Manager
Ho Bee Holdings Pte Ltd.
Singapore  
Enrique Bañuelos De Castro
Chairman and CEO
Veremonte Real Estate
Spain  
Wei Deng
Founder and Chairman
Bright Oceans Corporation
China  
Jinsong Ding
Chairman
Shanghai HiTime Real Estate (Group) Co.,
Ltd.
China *NYU Trustee
Bhavik Doshi (STERN '07)
Singapore  
May Elaraby
Interior Designer
Egypt  
Eddy Fang
President
Living Word Shanghai
China  
Miguel R. Forbes (GALLATIN '95; SPS '02)
President
Worldwide Development Forbes Media
United States  
Luiz Fraga
Co-Founder and Co-CIO of Private Equity
Gávea Investimentos
Brazil *NYU Trustee
Tango Gao
Founder
YEE Advertising
China
 
Mehmet Germiyanligil
Manager
Yesa AS
Turkey  
Caroline Guen
Company Director
Cusk and Wood Ltd
United Kingdom/Hong Kong  
Mounir Guen
Chief Executive Officer
MVision
United Kingdom/Hong Kong  
James Hahn
Founder & President
Asia Alpha Private Equity
United States/China/Israel  
Lisa Yoo Hahn (LAW '89)
Curatorial Director
Hahn Fine Art
United States/China *NYU Trustee
Andrew Hamilton
President
New York University
United States *NYU Trustee
Ahmed Heikal
Chairman
Qalaa Holdings
Egypt  
David Iakobachvili
Vice President
Russian Union of Industrialists and
Entrepreneurs
Monaco/Russia  
Boris A. Jordan (WSC '88)
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Sputnik Group
United States/ 
Russia
*NYU Trustee
Zahabiya Khorakiwala (CAS '04)
Managing Director
Wockhardt Hospitals
India  
Jonathan C. Kim (SPS '09)
Co-Founding Principal
Miya Capital
United States/Republic of Korea  
Wonsook Suzy Kim (WSC '87) Thailand  
Andre J.L. Koo (STERN '94)
Chairman
Chailease Group
Taiwan *NYU Trustee
Hani Lazkani (STERN '92)
Olayan Capital Ltd. Pte.
United Kingdom/Singapore  
Alice Li
SVP, Head of M&A for Asia Australia
Siemens
China  
Bin Li (GSAS '92, '96; STERN '00)
Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer
Lake Bleu Capital
Hong Kong  
Martin Lipton (LAW '55)
Partner
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
United States *NYU Trustee
Wei Lu
President
CDP Group, Ltd.
China  
Winston Wenyan Ma (LAW '98)
Chairman, Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp (MCAA)
China/United States  
Oki Matsumoto
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Monex Group, Inc.
Japan  
Rima Al Mokarrab
Executive Director, Strategic Affairs
Executive Affairs Authority
United Arab Emirates *NYU Trustee
Christian Mouchbahani (STERN '91)
Managing Partner
M Capital Group
United Arab Emirates/
United Kingdom/
United States
 
Valeria Napoleone (WSC '90)
Art Collector
United Kingdom *IFA Trustee
Renato Ochman
Partner
Ochman, Real Amadeo Advogados
Brazil/SP  
Oliver Ofer (SPS '13)
CEO
The Eyal & Marilyn Ofer Family Foundation
United Kingdom  
Maddalena Paggi-Mincione, PhD (CAS '96; IFA '98; IFA PhD '05)
Art Historian
United Kingdom *IFA Trustee
Chinwon Park (STERN '93)
President
Doosan Corporation
Republic of Korea  
Veronique Parke (STERN '84)
Art Historian and Collector
United States/France/United Kingdom  
Stan Polovets
Chief Executive Officer
Alfa-Access-Renova Consortium
United States/
Russia
 
Wyatt Rockefeller (STERN '14; TSOA '17)
Writer & Director; Trustee
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
United States/United Kingdom  
Domenico G. Siniscalco
Vice Chairman
Morgan Stanley International Limited
United Kingdom
 
Charlene Tang
Vice President
Yes-Asia (Shanghai) Education Consulting Corporation
China  
Anne E. Tasca (SPS '83, STERN '88)
Owner
Paisiello Servizi
Italy/United States  
Richard Ming-Hsing Tsai (STERN '81)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Fubon Financial Holding Co.
Taiwan  
Hakan Üstünberk
Chief Executive Officer
Martur
Turkey  
Muge L. Üstünberk
Turkey  
Jan Vilcek
Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman
Vilcek Foundation
United States  
Marica Vilcek
Co-Founder, Vice Chairman and Secretary
Vilcek Foundation
United States *IFA Trustee
Vivat Vithoontien (WSC '82; GSAS '90, '92)
CEO and Director
SGF Capital Public Company Limited
Thailand  
Jeff Wang (STERN '02)
Partner
Z-Park Fund
China  
Shi Wang
Chairman of the Board
Vanke Co., Ltd.
China  
Wayne Wang
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
CDP Group, Ltd.
China  
Weize Wang
Chairman
Sailing Enterprise Group
China/Canada  
Hope I. Warschaw
Political Consultant
United States  
Bing-Le Wu
Partner
Capula Investment Management
United Kingdom  
Richard H. Wu (STERN '91)
Vice Chairman & President
Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store Co., Ltd.
Taiwan  
Sascia Yuan (CAS '10)
Managing Director, Credit Suisse
 United States/Canada  
Anna Zaoui United Kingdom  
Michael Zaoui
Founding Partner
Zaoui & Co. Ltd.
United Kingdom  
Annie X.Q. Zhang
Founder
Litwick Investment Management
China/Hong Kong  
Isabella Zheng
CFO China
Logwin Air + Ocean China Ltd.
China