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Council of Wawasan Open

The Council is the executive body responsible for the overall management of the institution. The present council comprises the following:

Chairman: Tun Dr Lim Keng Yaik
Former Minister of Energy, Water and Communications, Malaysia
Former President of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia
Deputy Chairman: Dato’ Chet Singh
Former General Manager, Penang Development Corporation
Secretary: R. Padmanathan
Former Deputy Registrar of USM, former Principal of Disted-Stamford College
Former Director of Administration, Allianze College of Medical Sciences
Members: Dato’ Dr Freezailah Che Yeom
Chariman, Malaysian Timber Certification Council                                                      Former Executive Director, International Tropical Timber Organisation
Tan Sri Dato’ Emeritus Prof Gajaraj Dhanarajan
Vice Chancellor / Chief Executive Officer, Wawasan Open University
Former President / Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
Datuk Dr M Jegathesan
Former Deputy Director-General, Research & Technical Support
Ministry of Health, Malaysia
Former Director, Institute for Medical Research
Dato’ P Y Lai
Executive Chairman of Global Edu Tech Management
Vice Chairman, Peking University Software Education Development Company.
Dato’ Emeritus Prof Sham Sani
Former Vice Chancellor, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).
Dato’ Dr Tan Tat Wai
Chief Executive Director, Southern Steel Berhad
Dato’ Dr R Thillainathan
Executive Director, Genting Berhad
Prof Wong Poh Kam
Director, NUS Entrepreneurship Centre
Professor, Business School of the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Dato’ Dr Michael Yeoh
Founder / Executive Director / CEO, Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI)
Human Rights Commissioner, SUHAKAM .
Rinalia Abdul Rahim
Executive Director
Global Knowledge Partnership
Dato’ Dr Leong Yueh Kwong
Director, Socio-Economic and Environmental Research Institute (SERI)
Dato’ Boonler Somchit
Chief Executive Officer, Penang Skills Development Centre (PSDC)
Prof Dr Mahani Zainal Abidin
Director-General, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia