Feridun Hamdullahpur (born ) is the chancellor of International Business University. Previously, he was the president and vice-chancellor of the

University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo (UWaterloo, UW, or Waterloo) is a Public university, public research university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is on of land adjacent to uptown Waterloo and Waterloo Park. The university also op ...

. Hamdullahpur was named the sixth president of the University of Waterloo in March 2011. Hamdullahpur's term ended on July 1, 2021, when his successor,

Vivek Goel Vivek Goel is a Canadian physician and academic who is the current President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waterloo. As a physician and public health researcher, he was also a university administrator, and served as a special advisor ...

, took office.

Early life

Hamdullahpur was born in

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to an Iranian Azerbaijani father and a Turkish mother. He is the youngest of five brothers. His businessman father, Nasri, died of

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before Hamdullahpur turned one. His mother, Merziye, raised her five sons in Turkey. He moved from Turkey to

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in 1981 where he met his wife, Cathy. Cathy was 21, a fourth-year nursing student at

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. They married in Halifax on June 28, 1985, and later traveled to

for a small ceremony with family.

Education

Hamdullahpur attended the

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University, also known as Technical University of Istanbul (, commonly referred to as İTÜ), is an public university, public technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...

earning his undergraduate degree and his master's in

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. He moved to

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to do a

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at the

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, which is now part of

. 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

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, 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. He also currently serves as a member of ApplyBoard's Canadian Advisory Board and as a member of the Honorary Treasurer for the

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in 2022. Hamdullaphar is also the publisher and director of ''

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'', a subsidary of AMTD.

References

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Early life

Education

Career

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References