Professor Tony DICKSON
President, Raffles University

"I am delighted to have the opportunity to lead the development of a major new international university. Raffles University will build upon the very strong foundations for quality education already established within Raffles Education Group. The University will be a forward looking modern institution that offers its students the opportunity to develop their creative skills and their knowledge base so that they have a major advantage in a rapidly changing international economy. The University will operate from day one as a genuinely international institution, delivering its programmes in a range of countries which form the basis of the emerging powerhouse of the new world economy."

Professor Dickson had previously held senior posts in the UK at Northumbria University, Paisley University and Glasgow Caledonian University. During 14 years in the senior team at Northumbria Professor Dickson was responsible at different times for the University's QA systems, Teaching and Learning, Property development, business strategy, and technology transfer. His most recent role as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development) included the University's International activities, as well as its Regional Strategy. These activities were closely linked with his lead role in developing Northumbria's business interests both in the UK and internationally. At Northumbria he led the development of the University's web presence, ebusiness capability, and elearning strategy. He also worked extensively with both public and private sector organisations on ebusiness and elearning issues.

This work included being a founding member and Director of Smart Isles and Northern Informatics, both early adopters of ebusiness solutions; acting as Non-Executive Chairman of AskHow2, a start up company offering web based solutions to business; and undertaking consultancy for organisations that include Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard, BT and Kodak.