Asian Advisory Board

Chairman

Dr. Henry Cheng
HBA 1971, MBA 1972, LL.D. (Hon.) 1997
Managing Director
New World Development Co. Limited

Board Members

Henry Cheng Kar-Shun
Managing Director, New World Development Company Ltd.
Dr. Henry Cheng is the Managing Director of New World Development Co. Ltd. He is also the Chairman of New World Infrastructure Limited, Chairman of New World Development (China) Limited, Chairman of New World Telephone Holdings Ltd., Managing Director of New World Hotels (Holdings) Ltd., Chairman of Tai Fook Group Limited; and a director of various companies including Asia Television Limited., Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Ltd., and HKR International Limited. Dr. Cheng is the Chief Executive Officer of a large number of development projects including the multi-billion dollar Hong Kong Conventions and Exhibition Centre. He is Chairman of the Advisory Panel of the Asian Management Institute, Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. Dr. Cheng is also a member of the Advisory Committee to the Securities and Futures Commission, a member of the Advisory Board of the business school at the University of Alberta, Canada, a member of the Young Presidents' Organization (China Chapter) and a Committee Member of the Eighth Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee of the People's Republic of China. Dr. Cheng is the founder of the Better Hong Kong Foundation and Chair of its Advisory Board.Dr. Cheng received his higher education at the Richard Ivey School of Business in Canada. He graduated in 1971 with an HBA degree in business administration and was awarded the MBA degree in business administration in 1972. In May 1996, Dr. Cheng was awarded an honorary Doctor of Business Administration in Hospitality Management degree by Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. In 1997, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by The University of Western Ontario.His wealth of experience has allowed Dr. Cheng to make substantial contributions to the New World Group. He is particularly known for his successes in the many hotel projects in which he has been involved.

John Kao
Director, WorldVest Holdings Limited
Mr. John Kao received his HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business in 1976 and joined Ivey's Advisory Board in November 1995. He is a founding partner to this investment banking firm, which is involved in providing services to businesses that are about to go public. Mr. Kao is past director, Investment Banking, ARAB Asian International Ltd. and past associate director, Prudential-Bache Trade Corp.

Yoshihide Nakamura
President & CEO, Uldage Inc.
Prior to starting Uldage Inc., Mr. Nakamura was President of Sony Chemicals Corporation, one of the subsidiary companies of Sony Group. The company had US$500,000,000 in annual sales and employed 3000 employees. Mr. Nakamura joined Sony Corporation in 1968 after graduating from law school. For 29 years he worked in the legal and intellectual property area. In April 1997, he was transferred to one of Sony Corporation's 10 divisional companies, the Computer Peripheral and Components company, as the senior VP. He was named president of the company a year later. The Sony restructuring in April 1999 merged the 10 divisional companies into three. Mr. Nakamura joined the Advisory Board for Ivey's Asian Management Institute in the Winter of 2000.