KAUST President

KAUST welcomes President Tony Chan

1 min read · Sat, Sep 1 2018

KAUST President

Speaking after his appointment was announced in April, Dr. Chan said the new role was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and he is eager to play a part in the University's next chapter as well as in Saudi Arabia's exciting new era of innovation. Dr. Chan has been a friend of KAUST for more than 10 years, having initially hosted a delegation of the University's founding team in 2008 while he was with the U.S. National Science Foundation. He joined the University's Board of Trustees in 2011, and is most recently a member of the Board's newly established Innovation Committee. "My deep history with