Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA Program: Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2002-2003

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[evdate 2003-09-13] Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA Program Class of 2002-2003 Citibank Lecture Theater September 13, 2003 Graduation Ceremony Greetings Speaker Address Top Professor Award Ceremony Student Address Program of Events Procession of the Faculty & Students Professor Steven J. DeKrey Associate Dean & Director Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA Program School of Business and Management The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Professor Yuk-Shee Chan Vice-President for Academic Affairs The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Professor Dipak C. Jain Dean, Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University Professor K. C. Chan Dean, School of Business and Management The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The Honorable Mrs Anson Chan GBM, GCMG, CBE, JP Former Chief Secretary for Administration The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government of China Recipient Professor Ranjay Gulati Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University Presented by student representative Valerie Blaisdell Professor Stephen Burnett Associate Dean of Executive Education Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University Ms. Judy Au Assistant Director Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA Program Jeffrey Vogt / David Qiu Recession of Faculty and Students to the Entrance Piazza for group photo Cocktail reception to follow in Academic Concourse Master of Ceremony Ms. Judy Au Assistant Director Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA Program

Professor Dipak C, Jain Dean of Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University To Our Newest Alumni: This is a wonderful celebratory day for all of you. We are proud to welcome you into the world community of some 50,000 alumni of the Kellogg School. It has been our goal to join with HKUST in providing you with the finest and most up-to-date thought-leadership across a variety of managerial disciplines. How well we have succeeded will be judged by the leadership roles you take on to ensure your future success in the many industries, companies and endeavors that you represent. For nothing pleases me more than the success of OUI graduates. You and your families can be proud of your hard work, and your commitment to learning while maintaining the heavy responsibilities of family and business life. We are grateful to your families for their support. And we can all be grateful for the vision of the faculty and administration of HKUST. They recognized the potential for such a global program and continue to expertly meet our customers' expectations. It has been our experience at Kellogg that the bonds formed in intensive learning sessions, such as the program you have just completed, provide a lifetime of contacts and networks. With the newest technology being employed in all of our Kellogg programs, our students and alumni can be in immediate contact with each other in all corners of the globe. In our inter-reliant world of business, these contacts will become increasingly essential to success. I would like to thank Vice-President for Academic Affairs Yuk-Shee Chan, Dean K. C. Chan and Associate Dean Steve DeKrey for helping to make this a formidable and successful partnership.

Professor K. C. Chan Dean of School of Business and Management The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology To the KH05 EMBA Graduation Class: Congratulations to all of you on your successful completion of the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program Initiated in 1998, this partnership program has gone from strength to strength in terms of the recognition, size and profiles of the student body that it attracts. We have taken pride in bringing our partner school, Kellogg, into the region and building with them what is now a world-acclaimed executive MBA program based in Hong Kong. Clearly as a crucial part of the program you have contributed significantly in building and maintaining its reputation through your support and participation. Likewise, I have no doubt that the experience you gained from your participation in this program and the knowledge that you acquired through learning from our professors and from each other will continue to be major assets in your future endeavors. From this day, you become part of the big families of both the HKUST and Kellogg alumni. We welcome you and look forward to being in frequent contact with you in the future.

Professor Steven J. KeKrey Associate Dean and Director Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA Program School of Business and Management The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology To Kellogg-HKUST Anniversary Class Five: This is a very proud day for all of us. Let me begin with congratulations. First, to the families and sponsors, who have valued the education offered to this class, and who have supported you through Out a very demanding schedule. Second, to the two partner schools represented here today by Deans Chan and Jain. They have dedicated their schools to a unique and positive collaboration which prepares you for your future boldly and competently. And finally, congratulations to the graduates of Class Five. You have successfully accomplished a major milestone for yourselves and set a new standard for the program. After you joined this program it became clear that you would not settle for anything but excellence which became your own high standard. The program is better because of you and I am confident you are all better because of the program. Contrast feelings and status during Live-in Week with Professors Deshmukh and Isenman with your thinking now. You have all come a long way. You are an ambitious class with a focus on quality and we have enjoyed having you here. As our anniversary class your impact will be with us in the future. What you have achieved will be with you forever. When you think back on the times you spent here and in Chicago know that you have earned the right to claim alumni homes at two distinguished business schools. We are proud to claim you as alumni and we expect you to make us prouder. Active networks between business schools and their alumni are critical to our success and yours. Let's stay in contact! Do keep in touch with us and please call on me personally if I can be of any assistance in your developing career. My final message is one of warm regards not goodbye.

Professor Stephen Burnett Associate Dean of Executive Education Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University To KH05 on the occasion of your graduation: You made it and appear to have come through me process better for it, looking younger, thinner, and a whole lot smarter. On behalf of me Kellogg family, I bring you our hearty congratulations and best wishes for me future. To your families, we also offer congratulations and especially our thanks for supporting you during the program. Hug your loved ones, indeed hug them several times and thank them, for they too have sacrificed for what you have achieved. Promise them that you will spend more time with them, and then keep mat promise. Remember, KH05 is a class, and once a class always a class. Learning from each other should not end just because a degree is awarded. Continue to share your lives, problems, and successes with your classmates. As you assume greater levels of responsibility, honest and concerned counsel from your classmates will become priceless. It does not have to be lonely at me top. We expect great things from you - building high performing organizations that have proud and passionate employees who do an excellent job of satisfying their target customers. We expect you to make me planet a better place, and when you do these wonderful things, we will celebrate your achievements, take all the credit of course, and ask you for large donations. But there is indeed such a thing as a free lunch, and that lunch is available on me shores of Lake Michigan at me Allen Center. As distinguished alumni, you are always welcome, and we certainly look forward to the opportunity to see you again. We wish you great success, but most importantly, we wish for you and your loved ones bealm and happiness. Welcome to the family.

The Honorable Mrs Anson Chan GBM, GCMG, CBE, lP Former Chief Secretary for Administration The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government of China To All Graduates of the KHOS EMBA Class: My heartiest congratulations to each and every graduate on reaching this milestone in your life. All your hard work and the sacrifices that you and your families have made during the course of your studies have paid off. You should emerge from this programme with your leadership skills honed and ready to take on future challenges. Part of the value of this programme is that it provides a unique opportunity for executives from different cultures, social backgrounds and professional disciplines to mix and exchange views and experiences. Each of you will have benefited from your studies in different ways. But I hope all of you will have acquired a better understanding of yourselves and of your place in the global community. We live in a world divided by extremes of wealth and poverty, by nationalism, religious intolerance and man's inhumanity to man. It is a world polarized by dissent, distrust and deep seated hatred. If we are to see a more humane and more compassionate world, a world in which more people can see and share in the fruits of their toil, we must open our minds to the rest of the world. We must strive to understand and appreciate different cultures and attitudes. We need to build bridges between different nations so that there can be a stronger foundation for lasting peace and mutual trust and respect. We need leaders who are committed to honesty, fairness, equality, freedom and service to others. I very much hope that you will all develop such qualities if you do not already have them. I wish you well in all your future endeavours. Be the best that you can be and bring honour to everything that you do.

Graduating Class 2002-2003 (KH05) Noel Angeles Plant Director Solid Cement Corporation Mark Beaumont Manager, Procurement Quality Assurance The Boeing Compan), Valerie Blaisdell Regional Sales Manager Knoll. Inc. Charles Brian-Boys Managing Director Mediaedge:cia HK Ltd. Craig Carlyon Director. Human Resource. Asia Pacific 3Com Asia Pacific Agnes Chan Vice - President. Corporate Marketing & Investor Relations Pacific Century Insurance Holdings Ltd. Gustav Chan Regional Director Asia Alberto Culver (HK) Ltd. Steven Chang Vice President Zenith Media Sue Chen Executive Director Sallmanns (Far East) Ltd. Honnus Cheung Regional Financial Controller. Asia Yahoo lnc. William Cheung Sales & Marketing Director Eyecare Pharmaceuticals. Greater China Allergan Asia Ltd. Charles Chiang Managing Director Ample Sources Industries Ltd. Helena Chiu Director Nam Fung Printing Co. Ltd. Julian Colvile Asia Pacific marketing Manager. eServer xSeries - Asia Pacific IBM China / Hong Kong Ltd. Peter Davidson Asia Regional Manager. Digital Media Division Microsoft Julien Dedman Head of Research Hong Kong Sports Development Board Jessica Gu Vice President - Corporate Development China Motion Telecom International Ltd. Victor Herrero Senior Manager Saurer Philip Hsin Director Barclays Global Investor Southeast Asia Ltd. Alex Hsu Category Manager Chia-Kan Hung Asia Pacific New Business Development Manager DuPont Matt Hutchison Regional Vice-President The Walt Disney Studios Asia Pacific Company Jack Jia Director Tack China Chris Jones Senior Vice President Meespierson Fortis Bank Asia HK Elizabeth Judson Project Manager BP plc. Han-Jun Kim Engineering Director Carrier Korea Operations William Ko Assistant Director - Project Management Hang Lung Properties Ltd. Richard Kwan CEO Proficiency Net Ltd. Joy Lee Marketing Director McDonald's (China) Co Ltd. Audrey Leung Vice President & General Counsel Alcatel Shanghai Bell Co.,L td. Carrick Leung Director Service & Business Management (HK/China) STMicroelectronics Ltd. Alice Li Head of Corporate Marketing Legend Group Ltd. Kwan-Tao Li Senior Counsellor Lee and Li Attorneys-at-Law Cindy Lin Vice President LCT (H.K), Ltd. Louis Ma Director Business Development and Finance Southco Asia Ltd. Angela MUI Finance Manager Health Imaging GCC, Korea & S.E. Asia Kodak (Hong Kong) Ltd. Virginia Ng Managing Director DIYR Communications Ltd, Jocelyn Phi Associate Marketing Director Kimberly-Clark Hong Kong John Philtjens C.EO Asia Pacific Barco Ltd. David Qiu President & Managing Director Silvertie Holding Co Ltd. Roberto Sanchez Asia Procurement Regional Director Cemex Strategic Philippines. Inc. Alex Shlaen Managing Director Panache Management Ltd. Ricky Short Business Management Director - Lucent Worldwide Services. Asia Pacific Lucent Technologies Xiaotan Si General Counsel - Asia Johnson Controls. Inc. Todd Silvestri General Manager Advanced Technology Materials Inc. Weichou Su Vice President Vice President and General Manager Asia Pacific GRIC Communications Ltd. Jan Verkade General Manager Jimho International Ltd. Jeffrey Vogt Managing Director. ESP Asia Environmental Systems Products. Inc. Herb Wong Managing Director P&H Group Kenny Wong Associate Director. Strategic Business Development Motorola Inc. Mike Wong Vice President. Greater China and Managing Director. Hong Kong McCann-Erickson Guangming Ltd. Richard Wright Media and Government Relations Director Lucent Technologies James Yang Planning Manager. Pepsi-Cola Division, China Business Unit PepsiCo. Inc. Kellogg- HKUST Executive MBA Program Class of 2002-2003

EMBA Program Staff Steven J.DeKrey Associate Dean and Director Chris Tsang Associate Director, Postgraduate Programs Judy Au Assistant Director Salina Kong Program Officer Ivy Tsui Program Assistant Anthony Yeung Program Assistant Emily Wong Office Support Assistant

Class Representatives Agnes Chan Charles Brian-Boys Craig Carlyon David Qiu Jeffrey Vogt Valerie Blaisdell Live String quartet Music Wong Wai Ming 1st violin Wong Wai Man 2nd violin Tsui HungWei Viola Patrick Sohn Cello