Dr Margrit Leuthold is the Director for International Institutional Affairs at ETH Zurich. Her previous appointments included various research and science management positions in institutions such as the University Hospital Zurich, NIH, the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences. She is concurrently the Vice-President of the Board of University Hospital Zurich, and a member of the National Ethics Committee for Medicine. Dr Leuthold is experienced in medical research and related areas.

Mr Anders Hagström is the Director of International Educational Affairs at ETH Zurich. His previous appointments included project manager of ETH Zurich's ICT development program, "ETH World", and various positions in the field of lifelong learning for engineers at Helsinki University of Technology, Cambridge University and European Federation of National Engineering Associations. Mr Hagström is an active leader in engineering education and continuing professional development.

Professor Barry Halliwell is Deputy President (Research and Technology) at the National University of Singapore and is responsible for driving the University's research agenda. He is involved in planning and establishing research institutes, centres and programmes as well as in formulating policies and agreements relating to intellectual property rights. He oversees the NUS research institutes and centres, the NUS Institutional Review Board (IRB) and NUS Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) and enforcement of the NUS Research Integrity Code. His responsibilities also include overseeing the expansion and allocation of research funding. In particular, he helped to drive the development of the Life Sciences / Translational Medicine initiatives at NUS over the past ten years and is now driving initiatives in ageing research.

Professor Lily Kong is Vice President (University and Global Relations) at NUS. Her previous appointments at NUS include Vice-Provost (Education), Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and Dean of the University Scholars Program. Professor Kong is a well respected administrator and an outstanding researcher with prestigious fellowships such as the Commonwealth Fellowship and the Fulbright Award as well as the Robert Stoddard Award for Distinguished Service to the Geography of Religion and Belief Systems Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers.

Peter Pang is Assistant Vice President (University and Global Relations) and Associate Professor of Mathematics at NUS. He has served in various administrative capacities at the University, including as director of graduate studies in mathematics, and as director of the University Scholars Programme. He was a former president of the Singapore Mathematical Society, and former member of the Developing Countries Strategy Group of the International Mathematical Union. Assoc Prof Pang has published more than 50 research articles in international refereed journals, and served on organizing/steering committees of various international conferences. In 2006, he received the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) from the President of the Republic of Singapore.

Dr Li Yansong is the Vice President and the Director of the Office of International Relations at Beida. He is concurrently the Secretary-General of the Society for International Human Resources Development of Institutions of Higher Learning, China and the Chairman of the Board of the Society for Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese Students Education, Beijing. His previous appointments in Beida included various key positions in the Office of International Relations. Dr Li is an experienced administrator and researcher with a specialization in international relations, communication and development related issues.

Dr Xia Hongwei is Director of the Office of International Relations of Peking University and the Deputy Director of the Peking University Center for International Higher Education. He received his Bachelor degree in Political Science from the University of International Relations in 1989, and went on to further his postgraduate studies at Peking University and was awarded the Master and Ph.D in International & Intercultural Studies in 1994 and 2009 respectively.

From 1995 to 1997, Dr Xia was invited as an exchange scholar in the Department of Communication Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States, engaging in the study of cross-cultural communication. In June 2005, he was again invited as a visiting scholar sponsored by DAAD to conduct research on the China-Germany Educational Exchange in the late 19th century at Freie Universiti Berlin. In the summer of 2007, Dr Xia visited the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University as a visiting fellow focusing on the research of cultural interactions between China and US in early 20th century.

Dr Xia has published several theses in academic journals about Sino-Foreign Higher Education Exchange, and edited books on the Internationalization of Universities, and conducted some research projects on Student Mobility of China's National Association of Research on Study Abroad. His main research areas include: Sino-Western Cultural Exchange in late Qing Dynasty, Cross-cultural Conflict and Communication, Internationalization of Higher Education and International Communication and Management between Universities.

Professor Pradeep Chhibber is the Director of the Institute of International Studies at UC Berkeley. He is concurrently the Indo-American Endowed Chair and Class of 1959 Chair as well as a professor at the Department of Political Science at UC Berkeley. Professor Chhibber has published extensively on issues related to party systems, electoral politics, and the politics of India.

Professor Robert Price is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Professor of Political Science. His research interests include comparative politics and African affairs. He has authored several books with an impressive list of publications. Professor Price specializes in the politics of contemporary South Africa. He is a knowledgeable expert in his field and well-regarded by his students.

Dr Jennifer Barnes is the Pro Vice-Chancellor of International Strategy and President of Murray Edwards College at Cambridge. She is concurrently a Director of St Bart's Medical Hospital Trust, a Director of Trinity College London and a member of the Society of Authors. Her previous appointments included Director of Global Education for BP, and Assistant Principal and Dean of Trinity College of Music. Dr Barnes is a passionate practitioner and educator in the areas of the arts and music. She is also highly versed in strategic issues pertaining to higher education.

Dr John E. Andersen is the Director of International Affairs at KU and the Head of the International Office. Prior to his current appointment, he was Associate Professor at KU's Department of Nordic Philology. Dr Andersen is well-established in the academic community and he has held a number of honorary positions such as Chairman of the Danish Rectors' Conference for International Relations, member of the Board of Directors at Denmark's International Study Institute, and member of the Council of Internationalization of Higher Education at CIRIUS (an authority within the Danish Ministry of Education). He is active in driving outreach initiatives and in meeting the challenges of higher education.

Professor McKendrick was admitted as Registrar of the University of Oxford on 1st January 2011, succeeding Dr Julie Maxton.

He is Professor of English Private Law and a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. He holds law degrees from the University of Edinburgh and the University of Oxford, and was called to the Bar in 1998. He is a barrister at 3 Verulam Buildings and a Master of the Bench at Gray's Inn. His teaching and research interests are in commercial law, contract law and tort law. He served as Chair of the Board of the Law Faculty at Oxford from 2004 to 2006 and was Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) from 2006 to 2008 and then Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education, Academic Services and University Collections) until the end of 2010.

As Registrar, Professor McKendrick is the head of University Administration and Services (UAS) (consisting of 15 sections, which include Legal Services, Academic Services, Student Admissions, Finance Division, Personnel and Research Services). The Registrar also has responsibility for the management and professional development of UAS staff and for the development of senior administrative support. He is also the principal adviser on strategic policy to the Vice-Chancellor and Council.

In his former role as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education, Academic Services and University Collections) – Professor Ewan McKendrick assumed responsibility for the University's strategy and policies for teaching, learning, student support and admissions.

Before taking up his Professorship at Oxford, Professor McKendrick taught at a number of institutions, including the University of Essex, the London School of Economics and University College London. He has published widely in the areas of contract law, commercial law and tort law. He is a Delegate of Oxford University Press and also sits on the AHRC (Arts & Humanities Research Council).

Professor Yoichiro Matsumoto is the Managing Director and Executive Vice President at the University of Tokyo. His previous appointments included various influential positions such as Special Adviser to Todai's President and Vice President, Dean of the School of Engineering in Todai, President of the Visualization Society of Japan and President of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. Professor Matsumoto is an outstanding researcher with numerous awards such as the Calvin W. Rice Lecture Award from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Japan Society Mechanical Engineering (JSME) Medal for Outstanding Paper, the Fluids Engineering Award from JSME and the JACM Award for Computational Mechanics. He is an expert in the field of fluid engineering and related areas.

Professor Kiichi Fujiwara is Professor of International Politics at the University of Tokyo, teaching courses on international relations and international conflict at the Faculty of Law, Graduate Schools of Law and Politics, and the Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo.

A graduate of the University of Tokyo (B.A. and M.A.), Professor Fujiwara studied as a Fulbright

student at Yale University, before he returned to Japan at the Institute of Social Science (ISS). He first joined the faculty at Chiba University, and then returned to ISS for seven years before moving into his present position. He has held positions at the University of the Philippines, Johns Hopkins University, and was selected as a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center at Washington D.C.

Professor Fujiwara is better known for his writings on international affairs, including Remembering the War, 2001; A Democratic Empire, 2002; Is There Really a Just War? 2003; Peace for Realists, 2004 (winner of the Ishibashi Tanzan award, 2005), International Politics, 2007; and War Unleashed, 2007. Professor Fujiwara is a regular commentator on international affairs and Japanese foreign policy on Japanese TV networks such as NHK and TBS, along with the BBC World Service, CNN, and NPR.

Ms Linda Koch Lorimer is the Vice President and Secretary at Yale. Since 1993, Ms Lorimer has served as the senior counselor to the Yale President and as the leader of major strategic initiatives for the University. For five years she was responsible for Yale's efforts to contribute to the revitalization of the city of New Haven. In recent years, she has developed an ambitious strategy and numerous programs for internationalizing Yale. She is currently guiding Yale's use of digital technology to disseminate the University's intellectual treasury much more extensively in this country and around the world. She assumed oversight of Yale's sustainability initiative in 2009, to underscore Yale's aspirations to be a model of best practice for universities worldwide. Ms Lorimer also serves as Secretary of the Yale Corporation, and she is the officer responsible for Yale's public relations, alumni affairs, safety and security, corporate governance, and licensing. Ms Lorimer was awarded the Order of Merit by the Government of Argentina for advancing international education (2003), the Sandra Day O'Connor Award by the American Bar Association for board excellence (2008), and the Yale Medal for conspicuous service to Yale (2008). Ms Lorimer has received four honorary degrees for her efforts to advance women.

Mr Donald L. Filer is Director of the Office of International Affairs and Associate Secretary of the University, appointed to this position in 2000. Prior to his appointment at Yale, he served in a number of capacities at Connecticut College from 1991 to 2000 including Vice President for Community and Public Affairs, Secretary of the College, and Acting Vice President for Development. He worked for former U.S. Representative Bruce A. Morrison of New Haven from 1985 to 1991.