The Centre for Leadership and Professional Development Universiti Malaya (UM LEAD) and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) announced a collaboration on leadership development.
Representatives of RANEPA and UM LEAD gathered in Moscow to announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding and begin discussions that will impact the development of leaders of both institutions and countries.
RANEPA was represented by Mr. Margolin Andrey Markovich, the Vice-Rector and Universiti Malaya by Datuk Dr. Anis Yusal Yusoff, Dato' Cheong Loon Lai, the Malaysian Ambassador to the Russian Federation was a witness in the ceremony.
“We deeply value our partnership with RANEPA and are grateful for the opportunity to had trained their students in Universiti Malaya. We look forward to working together in the field of leadership to benefit our students and serve our countries,” said Datuk Dr. Anis, the Director of UM LEAD and Executive Director of INPUMA.
Datuk Dr. Anis added that the interest in UM's Purposeful and Principled Leadership programme cumulated in this announcement building on the relationship.
The leaders of UM and RANEPA believe the opportunities to expand the present programme to benefit a broader community of current and aspiring leaders in the private, public and civil society sectors; setting a new standard to contribute in developing the shared potential of UM LEAD and RANEPA.