Tony F. Chan

Tony Fan-Cheong Chan () is a Chinese American mathematician who has been serving as President of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) since 2018. Prior to that, he was President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 2009 to 2018.

In June 2017, Chan announced his early resignation in September 2018 from HKUST. In January 2018, HKUST announced that Wei Shyy was appointed acting president to succeed Chan, who took over the remaining half year of Chan's tenure, as he left the university earlier for foreign exchanges aimed at helping prepare for HKUST's future construction of an innovation building. On 31 August 2018, Chan formally left his position as president following 10 years of tenure. Provided by Wikipedia