Professor Lu Yang

Biography of Professor Lu Yang

Professor Lu Yang is a Professor of Management, Doctor of Management and doctoral supervisor. She currently serves as Executive President of ELITE Innovation College Cambridge, UK; Vice President and International Conference Chair of the China Association for Management of Technology (CAMOT), UK; Deputy Director of the International Education Digitalisation Committee (CIDE) of CAET; Visiting Researcher at the Research Center for Technological Innovation at Tsinghua University; and International Academic Advisor to Xi’an Peihua University. She has 28 years of experience in education development, management and leadership across global higher education. Her appointments have included Provost and Executive Vice President of Arden University in the United Kingdom; Provost and Global Academic Director of the London Global Business Education Group; Provost and Vice President of Zhengzhou Sias University; and senior academic leadership roles at leading British public universities including Newcastle University, Bournemouth University, Northumbria University and the University of Plymouth.

Professor Lu is a highly respected leader in global higher education, with 28 years of experience across public and private universities in the United Kingdom and China. Her career has been characterised by visionary, considered and authentic leadership, successfully advancing academic excellence, internationalisation and sustainable financial growth.

Together with Xi’an Peihua University, Professor Lu established the WIN Education Innovation Peihua Outstanding Women’s Leadership Award—WIN representing Wisdom, Innovation and Navigation. The award has received broad public recognition for its contribution to women’s leadership development and was brought to the international stage at the 2025 Peihua Forum of Chinese and International Women University Presidents. Building on this successful collaboration and the WIN strategy she advocates, Professor Lu has developed deep working relationships with education leaders and university presidents around the world. Through innovation, global partnerships and strategic transformation, she has demonstrated an exceptional ability to deliver measurable impact across diverse institutional settings and remains committed to building a more inclusive and forward-looking future for global education.

As Vice President of CAMOT and Chair of its International Conference, Professor Lu has successfully organised and chaired sixteen high-level international conferences since 2008. She is skilled at convening leading global scholars, industry leaders and senior government representatives. She has built substantive partnerships with world-renowned universities, including Tsinghua University in 2014 and the University of Cambridge in 2016, as well as with the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), jointly organising major events such as the World University Presidents Forum. In 2025, she brought together Xi’an Peihua University, UNAI and ELITE Innovation College Cambridge to organise the 2025 World Women University Presidents Forum, continuing to advance knowledge exchange and practical collaboration in technology management, innovation and global leadership.

Professor Lu’s research interests include Triple Helix innovation—the University-Government-Industry Innovation Model—strategic leadership, higher-education innovation, entrepreneurship education and women’s leadership development. She has organised and chaired major global academic conferences and international forums, and has edited academic publications. Her editorial roles include Editor-in-Chief of the Outlook China special issue on Cambridge Education Innovation and of CAMOT international conference special issues and proceedings; Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Chinese Knowledge Innovation; and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Innovation Studies. During her time at Bournemouth University, she served as International Associate Dean of the Business School, founded the China Innovation Research Centre and served as its Director.

Professor Lu holds a Doctor of Business Administration jointly awarded by Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and Grenoble School of Management in France, an MBA from Newcastle University, and an honours bachelor’s degree in International Business from Northumbria University.