Judy Tsui Joins Institute as Special Advisor in China

The Institute for New Economic Thinking is proud to announce that Dr. Judy Tsui is joining the organization as a Senior Advisor in China.

The Institute, which has held conferences in Hong Kong and Tsinghua, China, is in the process of building a strong presence in Asia. Dr. Tsui will play a key role developing these programs and spreading the Institute’s message about the need for new ideas to replace outmoded ways of thinking about the economy.

Dr. Tsui is senior advisor of Female Founders HK/Greater China, a non-profit global initiative, and the Innovation Forum, a student-led initiative at Cambridge University. She is chairman of Arbutus Capital Partners Ltd. and director of Joy Sprouts Inc. She also is also a certified senior associate of AsiaCorp Enterprises Ltd. in the Leadership Architect suite of tools for assessment, selection, and development of leaders and talent at all levels.

Dr. Tsui is an elected member of the Election Committee for the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR Government, representing the Accounting Functional Constituency. She was vice president of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University as well as chair professor of accounting, dean of faculty of business, and director of the Graduate School of Business.

Dr. Tsui holds positions as honorary professor and visiting professor at several top universities on Mainland China. She has been appointed as a visiting scholar at the Sloan School of Management at MIT in the United States and is currently an honorary professor at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. She was the first professor of accounting to be awarded Cheung Kong Chair Professorship by the Chinese Ministry of Education.

Dr. Tsui recently was appointed vice chairman of the Committee of Education by the Institute of Certified Management Accountants Hong Kong Office. Dr. Tsui served as a member of the Research Grants Council and as a member of University Grants Committee, both appointed by the Hong Kong SAR Government. She has been appointed Member of Nominating Committee of International Federation of Accountants.

Dr. Tsui has served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of CLP Holdings Ltd. and China Vanke Co. Ltd. She was a featured speaker at TEDx HongKong in May 2014, discussing the need for a new paradigm for education in Greater China. Presentation slides are available here.

Dr. Tsui has a bachelor’s degree in accounting and information systems management from the University of British Columbia, a master’s degree in accounting and finance from the London School of Economics, a Ph.D. in accounting from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.