Graduate Management Admission Council appoints Themin Suwardy as new chair of board

Ana María Zermeño Padilla, director of operations at Tecnológico de Monterrey’s EGADE Business School in Mexico, has been appointed member of GMAC.

NEW DELHI: The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), a global association of graduate business schools, has changed the board of directors. Themin Suwardy, a GMAC board member since 2019 and associate provost of postgraduate professional education at Singapore Management University, has been elected to chair the GMAC board.

Ana María Zermeño Padilla, director of operations and academic experience at Tecnológico de Monterrey’s EGADE Business School in Mexico, has been appointed the members of GMAC board. The GMAC also said the Asia School of Business (ASB) has joined as the 227th member of the council. ASB, which is based in Kuala Lumpur, was established in 2015 by the Bank Negara Malaysia, the central bank of the country, in partnership with MIT Sloan School of Management.

“GMAC research has shown that business schools in Asia Pacific are attracting more talent in-region than prior to the pandemic despite rebounding international mobility, while those in Latin America are benefiting from growing international applications,” said Joy Jones, CEO of GMAC. “I am thrilled to have these talented individuals and the esteemed ASB organization deepening their engagement with the Council, enhancing our board diversity and membership roster. They are bringing valuable perspectives and critical insights to GMAC’s global mission of helping business schools and talent discover and evaluate each other,” he added.

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The GMAC thanked its outgoing board chair, Jon Erickson, former president of education and career services at ACT, and outgoing board member, Katy Montgomery, former associate dean of degree programmes at INSEAD.

“I have in the past years worked alongside Jon and Katy, witnessing firsthand their dedication as we together advocate for the graduate management education community. I am grateful for their contributions,” said Themin Suwardy.

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