Feridun Hamdullahpur

• Carleton University
• University of Waterloo

Feridun Hamdullahpur CM
Hamdullahpur in 2016
6th President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waterloo
In office October 1, 2010 –June 30, 2021
Thesis	Two Phase Flow Behaviour in the Freeboard of a Gas Fluidized Bed  (1985)

Feridun Hamdullahpur CM ^[3] (born 1953or1954) ^[1] is the chancellor of International Business University. Previously, he was the president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo. ^[4] Hamdullahpur was named the sixth president of the University of Waterloo in March 2011. ^{[5] [6]} Hamdullahpur's term ended on July 1, 2021, when his successor, Vivek Goel, took office.

Early life

Hamdullahpur was born in Turkey to an Iranian Azerbaijani father and a Turkish mother. He is the youngest of five brothers. His businessman father, Nasri, died of liver disease before Hamdullahpur turned one. His mother, Merziye, raised her five sons in Turkey. ^[1] He moved from Turkey to Nova Scotia in 1981 where he met his wife, Cathy. Cathy was 21, a fourth-year nursing student at Dalhousie University. ^[7] They married in Halifax on June 28, 1985, and later traveled to Turkey for a small ceremony with family.^{[ citation needed ]}

Education

Hamdullahpur attended the Istanbul Technical University earning his undergraduate degree and his master's in mechanical engineering. He moved to Canada to do a PhD at the Technical University of Nova Scotia, which is now part of Dalhousie University. ^[4]

Prior to being appointed president, Hamdullahpur was Waterloo's vice president academic and provost, a role which he held for just over a year before being appointed interim president. Prior to this, Hamdullahpur held various roles at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Career

After completing his time as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo, Hamdullahpur continues to serve on several boards, including as a board director for AMTD Group of which he started a relationship with the overall group since 2015 as an Independent Chairman of the Firmwide Executive Management Committee. ^[8] He also currently serves as a member of ApplyBoard's Canadian Advisory Board ^[9] and as a member of the Honorary Treasurer for the Association of Commonwealth Universities. ^[10]

He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2022. ^[3] Hamdullaphar is also the publisher and director of L'Officiel , a subsidary of AMTD. ^[11]

See also

• List of University of Waterloo people

References

1. "Feridun Hamdullahpur prepares to lead UW into the future". Waterloo Region Record. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
2. "Waterloo president living in student housing". University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
3. "Order of Canada appointees – December 2022". The Governor General of Canada. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
4. University of Waterloo. "The Hamdullahpur era begins today" . Retrieved 2011-05-20.
5. University of Waterloo. "Feridun Hamdullahpur named University of Waterloo President & Vice-Chancellor" . Retrieved 2011-05-20.
6. Council of Ontario Universities. "Feridun Hamdullahpur named University of Waterloo President & Vice-Chancellor". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
7. "UW post is more than a job" (PDF). Grand Magazine. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
8. "Board of Directors | AMTD Group". www.amtdgroup.com. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
9. "Leadership". ApplyBoard. 2019-11-28. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
10. "Governance | ACU". www.acu.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
11. "SEC Registration Statement The Generation Essentials Group". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.