Professor Chris Chan named New Dean at Cornell-Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management (CNI)

As dean of CNI, Chan will provide academic, intellectual, strategic, and administrative leadership to the institute, as well as further elevate the CNI brand in Asia. In addition, he will direct CNI's prestigious 12-month Master of Management in Hospitality (MMH) program and strengthen corporate relations. The MMH program is housed at Nanyang Technological University's campus in Singapore. Chan, who will be based in Singapore, will begin his duties in November. Chan is currently an associate professor of accounting as well as assistant dean and director of MBA programs at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), where he is responsible for brand development, marketing and admissions, financial and program management, academic and student affairs, and industry and media relations. Under his leadership, the HKU MBA has become one of the top three programs in Asia. In 2009, Chan received the prestigious university-wide Outstanding Teaching Award from HKU; he has also been a two-time winner of the Business Faculty's Outstanding Teacher Award. Before joining the University of Hong Kong, Chan was a tenured faculty member at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management in Sydney, Australia.