As Taylor's advances towards a dynamic and promising future, robust leadership and governance guarantee that we meet and surpass the highest standards in the quality of our programmes, research, community engagement, administration, and policies.
Taylor’s University is a reputable and leading private education institution in Malaysia. With more than 50 years of experience in the education scene, we remain steadfast in fostering excellence in education, innovation, and the holistic development of our students. We infuse our research, education, and advocacy with purpose and meaning to empower our community in pursuing their passion and purpose, thus leaving a positive impact to their surrounding community.
Our prime location exposes our diverse student body from almost 100 countries to the nation’s rich cultural landscape and attracts the brightest and most creative students from around the world. Our students come together to create a vibrant and exciting community that supports a wide range of sporting, cultural and leisure activities, which have become the hallmark of the Taylor’s experience – cultivating a positive campus environment.
We hope that Taylor’s University will be your higher education institution of choice as we remain committed in our stance as a leading institution that is equipped to empower its students to address the challenges of the modern world. Most importantly, let us work together driven by the limitless potential within our community to ensure that when you graduate, you are ready to create your own pathway to excellence and become a productive leader of change.
We look forward to seeing you at Taylor’s Lakeside Campus.
Professor Barry Winn
Vice Chancellor and President of Taylor’s University
Vice Chancellor & President
Four decades of expertise in higher education leadership, research, and academic development. Barry’s visionary leadership aims to propel Taylor’s to global excellence, prioritising a positive campus environment and fostering a diverse community.
His commitment to research, reflected in over 100 publications, promises transformative growth and innovation for Taylor’s University.
Chief Operating Officer
Joined Taylor’s in 2011 as Chief Information Officer.
In 2014 took on the role of Group Chief Information Officer, and in 2017 as Chief Operating Officer of Taylor’s University. Previously Project Director in Silverlake Systems, focusing on the implementation of core banking systems.
Chief Marketing Officer
Joined Taylor’s in 2016 as Chief Marketing Officer.
Previously the Marketing Director of McDonald’s in Malaysia with 25 years of revenue and marketing experience across multiple industries in food retail, media, and fast-moving consumer goods.
Chief Financial Officer
Joined Taylor’s in 2019 as Chief Financial Officer.
Cheryl started her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers and was previously the Finance & Administration Director with Moet Hennessy Diageo for more than 16 years, spearheading the accounting, tax, financial planning & analysis, sales planning, legal, supply chain, customer service, IT, and administration functions.
Campus Director, Taylor's College
Pro Vice Chancellor, Taylor's University International Relations
Josephine Tan is currently the Pro Vice Chancellor of Taylor’s University International Relations and Campus Director of Taylor’s College with over 30 years of working experience in both corporate and education sectors.
Her extensive years of experience in the field of Media and Communication ensconce the areas of Organizational Culture, Corporate Communication, Human Communication as well as Crisis and Conflict Management. Her expertise in communication led to a number of national and international forums, conferences and corporate trainings as a keynote speaker and professional trainer.
Josephine has also shared her expertise through her position as part of the External Panel appointed by Monash University, Australia for their communication degree programmes conducted at their Malaysian branch as well as the External Examiner appointment by University of the West of England (UWE) for their dual degree business programmes. On top of these appointments, she established the South East Asia Research for Communication and Humanities (SEARCH) Journal which is indexed by SCOPUS since 2009.
Pro Vice Chancellor, Research & Enterprise
Dr Anthony Ho obtained his PhD in Animal Biotechnology from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2002. He then joined the Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation, Malaysia. as a Research Scientists, characterizing photosensitisers from natural sources. Subsequently, Dr Ho joined Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) with teaching and research responsibilities. In 2010, he joined Taylor’s University, being appointed the Associate Dean for Research for the Division of Medicine, Pharmacy & Health Sciences.
In 2011, he was appointed the Deputy Dean of the School of Biosciences and assumed the Dean’s position in 2012 and was then appointed to the position of Pro Vice Chancellor, Research & Enterprise in April 2017. Dr. Ho’s research interests include investigating how natural compounds exert their effects at the cellular and molecular level to better understand pathogenesis and progression of disease, particularly for cancer.
He has published and supervised postgraduate students in this area and has been invited to speak about his research at various conferences. He has taught various topics in cancer biology, pharmacology, human physiology, natural products chemistry at the undergraduate level and research methods in science at the postgraduate levels.
Dr. Ho is currently the Honorary Secretary of the Malaysian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and a Life Member of the Laboratory Animal Science Association of Malaysia (LASAM) and The Malaysian Biosafety and Biosecurity Association.
Executive Dean, Faculty of Business and Law
Professor Dr Eddy Chong Siong Choy is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law, Taylor’s University, Malaysia. He was instrumental in Taylor’s Business School earning the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation in 2023. He was previously the Chief Technical Officer (Quality Assurance) at the Finance Accreditation Agency, Malaysia.
Professor Chong carries with him more than 15 years of knowledge and skills in quality assurance (QA) in professional and higher education settings. Currently an Accreditation Committee member of the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA), he was a senior assessor, had chaired the development of Programme Standards in Business Studies, and was a panel member for the development of the instrument for compliance assessment of accredited programmes, Programme Standards in Finance, and Guidelines to Good Practices on Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning and micro-credentials. At the regional level, he is a lead assessor for the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance, having assessed academic programmes at various higher education institutions in Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos), Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
Professor Chong has been invited to serve on the Expert Advisory Group of the European Union Support to Higher Education in the ASEAN Region (EU-SHARE). He was instrumental in developing the Shenzhen Statement for adoption by the Asia Pacific member states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). In 2018, UNESCO appointed him as a Specialist to develop the Guidelines for the Implementation of Qualifications Frameworks in Asia and the Pacific, published in October 2020. UNESCO has also engaged him as an Expert Specialist to review the National Qualifications Framework of Bhutan, Laos, and Nepal. He has also served on the board of the International Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (INQAAHE) for one term (2016-2018). INQAAHE has appointed him as an agency reviewer to review the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT) in 2020 and the Japan University Accreditation Association (JUAA) in 2022. He has also served HEEACT as a panel member for assessing programmes offered by higher education institutions in Indonesia. He has also been invited to speak and chair panel discussions at numerous local, regional, and international events.
He has supervised over a dozen PhD candidates to completion, published over 100 papers in international journals, and reviewed more than 300 papers for various journals and conference proceedings.
Professor Chong received his BBA with First Class Honours, Master of Philosophy, and PhD in Knowledge Management from Multimedia University, Malaysia. He is also a Certified Training Professional by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (UK) and a Professional Competency Practitioner by the Institute of Leadership & Management (UK).
Executive Dean, Faculty of Innovation and Technology
Dr. David Asirvatham is currently the Executive Dean for the Faculty of Innovation & Technology, Taylor’s University, Malaysia. Prior to this, he was the Director for the Centre of Information Technology at University of Malaya. He has held numerous posts such the Associate Dean for Faculty of Information Technology (Multimedia University), Project Manager for the Multimedia and IT Infrastructure Development for a university campus (US$14 million), Finance Committee for Multimedia University, SAP Advisory Council, Consultant for e-University Project and many more. Dr. David completed his Ph.D. from Multimedia University, M.Sc. (Digital System) from Brunel University (U.K.), and B.Sc. (Hons) Ed. and Post-Graduate Diploma in Computer Science from University of Malaya. He has been lecturing as well as managing ICT projects for the past 30 years. His area of expertise will include Neural Network, E-Learning, ICT Project Management, Multimedia Content Development and recently he has done some work on Big Data Analytics and AI.
At the national level, he was the Chairman, ICT Human Capital Development for 11th Malaysia Plan 2016-2020 (Prime Minister’s Office), Secretary for the Artificial Intelligence Society Malaysia, Country Representative for the Asia E-learning Network (AEN) based in Japan, Steering Committee Member for the Implementation of E-Learning for Malaysian Public Sector, and Member of the Malaysian Grid for Learning's (MyGfL) Standards Expert Group (SEG), 2003-2004.
At International level, he worked on various ICT Projects and e-learning Workshops in South Africa, Sudan, Iran, Ghana, Kenya, Vietnam, Maldives, Bangladesh (World Bank Project), UAE, India and Brunei.
On Research, currently he hold two Research Grants: (a) Newton Grant (RM800,000) and (b) Taylor’s University Grant for Travel Behavior Analytics (RM300,000). He is also leads the Data Analytics, Modelling and Visualisation Research Cluster at the university.
Executive Dean at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
P.T. Thomas is Professor and Executive Dean at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor’s University, Malaysia. Thomas had the good fortune of being educated in Malaysia, India and the United States of America. He worked with the Ministry of Health Malaysia for 19 years and subsequently as an academic at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia for 17 years, before taking up a position at Taylor’s University in January 2014.
In 2013, Thomas served for 3 months as Visiting Scholar at Mahidol University. His area of expertise and research interests are pharmacy practice and quality use of medicines and he is frequently invited as a speaker at conferences, both locally and abroad.
He has also published many papers, written books and book chapters related to toxicology and pharmacy practice. Thomas has been very closely involved in the development of the Malaysian guidelines and standards for accreditation of pharmacy programmes.
He was previously a council member and Vice President of the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society and also the Chairman of the Regulatory, Law and Ethics Section of the Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations. He is a founding member and current council member of the Malaysian Academy of Pharmacy.
Thomas is the first and only Malaysian in the US-based ACPE’s International Services Program Advisory Group (ISPAG). In July 2016, Thomas was appointed for the second time by the Minister of Health as a member of the Pharmacy Board of Malaysia. He also currently serves on the Board of Trustees of World Vision Malaysia. He is a strong believer that healthcare professionals and students must contribute to society and that teamwork among healthcare professionals will bring significantly greater benefits to the patient.
Executive Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Leisure Management
Dr. Neethia has over 23 years of academic experience. Apart from his Bachelor of Laws {LLB (Hons)} from the University of London UK, he also holds a BA (Hons) in Education from Universiti Sains Malaysia; a Master Degree in Education (with Distinction) from Universiti Malaya; and, a Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology from University of Toulouse Jean Jaures, France. He also holds a professional qualification of a Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) awarded by the American Hotel & Lodging Association, USA. He is presently the President of ASEAN Tourism Research Association (ATRA) and has been active in various International Boards such as the Asia-Pacific Council of Hotel, Restaurant and Educational Institution (ApacCHRIE) and Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA).
His recent works include the appointment as one of the 4 key experts by the European Union funded project for ASEAN countries in the Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development Programme for Tourism Administrators of Vietnam National Tourism Administration. In November 2013, he initiated the setting-up of the ASEAN Tourism Research Network or now aptly known as ATRA a regional cooperation among Universities in ASEAN countries for greater research collaboration on issues related to Hospitality & Tourism. He actively publishes research papers and holds significant grants for research and consultancy projects. Presently, he is the Executive Dean, Faculty of Hospitality, Food and Leisure Management at Taylor's University, Malaysia which is ranked Top 20 in the world by QS World University Rankings by Subject.
The Executive Leadership Team also acts as The University Ethics and Compliance Office. They will support administration of the University and ensure that the University’s environment adhere to a standard of ethics and comply with accordance to laws, regulations and guidance. The office is supported by a wider committee to ensure that the University uphold high level of ethics in our daily operations:
We encourage all employees, students and other stakeholders to report or raise concerns on any suspected wrongdoing. All reports will remain confidential and will be investigated. Whistleblowers will be protected from retaliation. Reports can be raised here.
