薛珍纳博士,加拿大毅伟商学院副院长、亚洲校区院长
薛珍纳女士,现任加拿大毅伟商学院副院长、亚洲校区院长。其于2011年3月加入加拿大毅伟商学院亚洲校区。在这之前,Jan在中国有超过10年的企业CEO的经验。从2000年到2007年,她在香港担任加拿大光大金融公司的首席执行官, 随后担任其在中国的合资公司-光大永明人寿保险公司的CEO。》》更多专访视频点击:问答商学院 》》
在她的领导下,仅用了三年的时间, 光大永明在中国的业务范围从2个城市扩大到14个城市,且员工增长到4000余名。2007年,Jan离开光大永明,创建了与国际零售品牌相关的中国公司,针对中国不断壮大的中产阶级。在2009年底,该公司被一家新加坡集团收购。自那时起,Jan开始积极参与与商业及资本相关的项目。
Jan在商界拥有较高名望,并曾 担任香港加拿大商会的主席和总裁,同时还兼任北京加中贸易理事会的主席。2007年,基于其在光大永明中国区的成就,Jan还被提名为加拿大最具影响力的100名女性之一。2006年,Jan 被授予名誉博士学位,并且担任天津科技大学的客座教授。
Jan拥有毅伟商学院的MBA学位,并且是毅伟商学院亚洲顾问委员会的一员。同时,她也是香港美国商会及香港加拿大国际学校的董事。
Jan与她的丈夫及10岁的儿子生活在香港。
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Dr. JANET (Jan) DE SILVA
Dean, Ivey Asia
Jan joined Ivey Asia, in March 2011, providing leadership to the Hong Kong permanent campus of Canada’s premier business school, and, with a mandate for further expansion and development throughout Asia.
Jan assumes this role with more than 10 years of CEO experience in China. From 2000 to 2007, she was CEO of Canadian, Sun Life Financial’s businesses in Hong Kong and then its Mainland China joint venture. Under her leadership, Sun Life Everbright expanded its China operations from 2 to 14 cities, and grew to a workforce of more than 4,000 in just three years. In 2007, Jan left Sun Life to co-found Retail China Limited, a company that worked with international retail brands targeting China’s growing middle class. The company was acquired by a Singapore group in late 2009. Since then, she has been active with business and capital advisory projects.
Highly respected in the business community, Jan has served terms as both Chair and President of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Chair of Canada China Business Council, Beijing. In 2007, Janet was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women for her role with Sun Life in China. In 2006 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Thompson Rivers University in Canada and a guest professor designation by Tianjin University of Technology in China. She was named Asian Business Executive in the 2006 Stevie Awards for Women in Business.
She holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and sits on their Asian Advisory Board. Jan also sits on the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Canadian International School of Hong Kong where she also chairs their long term development committee.
Jan lives in Hong Kong with her husband Yves Therien and their 9-year old son, Jake.