AIM president to lead AACSB board of directors

MANILA, Philippines — Asian Institute of Management (AIM) president, dean, and MVP professor of marketing, Jikyeong Kang, will serve as 2021-22 board chair of AACSB International (AACSB), the world’s largest and most prestigious business education alliance and accreditation body.

Appointed as the first AACSB board chair from an Asia Pacific business school since its inception in 1916, Kang brings to the table her extensive background and expertise in the field of business education.

At present, Kang serves as the first female president of AIM, a position she assumed in 2015. Alongside venerable Ivy League business schools such as Harvard University, Yale University, and Duke University, AIM is the only school in the Philippines with AACSB accreditation – one of the first 10 schools to be accredited in Asia.

Kang, likewise, holds key positions in other renowned international organizations. She is a board member of European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD); a council member of the Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools (AAPBS); and a board member of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), which was founded in 2007, supported by the United Nations Global Compact. She is also a Fellow of the International Academy of Management (IAOM).

Additionally, she serves on the international advisory boards of several premier international business schools, including Stockholm School of Economics, ESADE Business School, Hanken School of Economics, LUMS Business School, and Yonsei Business School.

Kang’s term as board chair began July 1 and extends one year.