Tsinghua University SEM Appoints New Advisory Board Members: Tim Cook, Ma Yun and Jim Breyer

Beijing, Oct. 28, 2013, — On Oct. 23, School of Economics and Management (SEM) Advisory Committee of Tsinghua University, the leading university in science and technology fields in China, held 2013 meeting at Tsinghua University. Three new members were appointed to SEM’s Advisory Board: Tim Cook, Apple CEO , Ma Yun, founder of Alibaba Group, and Jim Breyer, venture capitalist and board member of Harvard University.

Cover of book Zhu Rongji On The Record, The Road to Reform, 1991 – 1997

SEM Dean Dr. Qian said that the development of the college advisory committee played an important role, and the advisory committee meetings in the form of innovation. Advisory Committee agenda this year the addition of a new event, the "Advisory Board administered into the classroom." On Oct. 22, 15 advisory board members visited 15 classes, and had face to face communication with Tsinghua students. Initiated by SEM’s Founding Dean Zhu Rongji, the Advisory Board of Tsinghua SEM was established in October 2000. Since its establishment, the Advisory Board has met annually to offer advice on the development of Tsinghua SEM.

List of SEM's board members as of October, 2013. Honorary Chairman: ZHU Rongji Founding Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University(1984-2001) Former Premier, State Council, People’s Republic of China(1998-2003) Honorary Members: Lord Browne of Madingley Partner and Managing Director, Riverstone Holdings LLC Former Group Chief Executive, BP PLC Henry M. Paulson, Jr. Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Former Chairman and CEO, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. H. Lee Scott, Jr. Chairman, the Business Advisory Board for BDT Capital Former President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. WANG Qishan Member, Standing Committee of Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee Secretary, the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Members: Daniel F. Akerson Chairman and CEO, General Motors Dominic Barton Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company Lloyd C. Blankfein Chairman and CEO, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Sir John Bond Former Chairman, Vodafone Group PLC Former Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings PLC Jim Breyer Partner, Accel Partners Henri de Castries Chairman and CEO, AXA Group Tim Cook CEO, Apple CHANG Zhenming Chairman, CITIC Group CHEN Jining Vice Chairman, Tsinghua SEM Advisory Board Meeting President, Tsinghua University CHEN Yuan Vice Chairperson of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Former Chairman, China Development Bank Jamie Dimon Chairman and CEO, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Robert Dudley Group Chief Executive, BP PLC Michael T. Duke President and CEO, Wal-mart Stores, Inc. William E. Ford CEO, General Atlantic LLC Dr. Victor K Fung Honorary Chairman, Li & Fung Limited Group Chairman, Fung Group Christopher B. Galvin Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, Harrison Street Capital LLC Former Chairman and CEO, Motorola Inc. Carlos Ghosn Chairman and CEO , Renault-Nissan Alliance Terry Gou Founder and CEO, Foxconn Technology Group Maurice R. Greenberg Chairman and CEO, C. V. Starr & Co., Inc. Former Chairman and CEO, AIG GU Binglin Chairman, Beijing Association for Science and Technology Former President, Tsinghua University GUO Shuqing Governor, Shandong Province Former Chairman, China Securities Regulatory Commission HO Ching Executive Director and CEO, Temasek Nobuyuki Idei Founder and CEO, Representative Director, Quantum Leaps Corporation Former Chairman and Group CEO, Sony Corporation Irwin Mark Jacobs Founding Chairman and CEO Emeritus, Qualcomm Inc. Muhtar Kent Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company Henry R. Kravis Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, KKR Richard C. Levin Former President, Yale University Richard Li Chairman and Chief Executive Pacific Century Group Office Robin Li Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Baidu Inc. Li Rongrong Former Chairman, State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission LIU Chuanzhi Chairman, Legend Holdings Ltd. Founder and Honorary Chairman, Lenovo LIU He Minister, Office of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs LIU Mingkang Former Chairman, China Banking Regulatory Commission LOU Jiwei Minister, Ministry of Finance, People’s Republic of China Andrònico Luksic Chairman, Luksic Group Jack Ma Executive Chairman, Alibaba Group MA Kai Member, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee Vice Premier, State Council, People’s Republic of China Michael McNamara CEO, Flextronics Alan Mulally President and CEO, Ford Motor Company Nitin Nohria Dean, Harvard Business School Indra K. Nooyi Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo Jorma Ollila Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell Thomas S. Robertson Dean, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania David M. Rubenstein Chairman, Tsinghua SEM Advisory Board Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group Garth Saloner Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Business David Schmittlein John C Head Ⅲ Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management Stephen A. Schwarzman Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, Blackstone Martin Senn CEO, Zurich Insurance Group Risto Siilasmaa Chairman, Nokia Corporation John L. Thornton Chairman, Board of Trustees, Brookings Institution Co-Chairman, Barrick Gold Corporation Joseph M. Tucci Chairman and CEO, EMC Corporation WANG Dazhong Former President, Tsinghua University Sir Andrew Witty CEO, GlaxoSmithKline PLC Marjorie Yang Chairman, Esquel Group ZHAO Chunjun Former Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University ZHOU Xiaochuan Vice Chairperson, the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Governor, The People’s Bank of China